Welcome 2024!
Welcome 2024, and welcome to new and returning students! Hopefully you had a refreshing holiday season. 🙂
To start the year we wanted to do another (yes, another) post to summarize the different supports we’ve highlighted. Maybe your New Years Resolution is to be more organized, read more, be more focused, or maybe just generally, get better grades. …and that my friends, is why we’re doing another summary style post!
This time however, we’re formatting things a little differently! What’s the application, where is it available, what does it support, and blog posts for more information, all presented in a neat little table!
Don’t like information presented in a table?
Check out our last post of 2023 for a different style of a summary post! Tech Tips Blog Post: 2023 Wrap-Up
What’s the application, and how does it help?
| Application | Supports | Tech Tips Blog Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Kurzweil 3000 Available for: Windows, Mac & web extensions (Chrome, Edge) | Reading Writing Notetaking Thought organization Studying Translation | Kurzweil 3000 Reading Week – Reading Supports Graphic Organizers in Kurzweil 3000 Graphic Organizers + Voice Dictation |
| Immersive Reader Built into: Microsoft 365 products (Word, OneNote, Outlook, Teams, Edge) | Reading Focus Comprehension Translation | Immersive Reader |
| Edge (Web Browser) Available for: Windows, Mac, Android & iOS | Reading Focus Comprehension Translation Notetaking | PDF Files in Edge Collections in Edge |
| OneNote Available on: Windows, Mac & Online | Notetaking Writing Organization Studying | OneNote Top 8 Tips for OneNote |
| Voice Dictation Built into: Microsoft 365 products (Word, OneNote, Outlook) | Writing Thought Transferring | Voice Dictation Graphic Organizers + Voice Dictation Voice Commands for Editing and Formatting in Office 365 |
| Editor Built into: Microsoft 365 products (Word, OneNote, Outlook, Edge) | Edits for: spelling, grammar, clarity, conciseness, formality & vocabulary | Microsoft’s Editor |
| RefWorks Web based application & integrated into Microsoft Word | Research Citation Organization Bibliography creation | RefWorks |
| BrightSpace Pulse Mobile app available for: Android & iOS | Task & Time Management Organization | Brightspace Pulse |
| Microsoft To-Do Available on: Windows & Mac | Task & Time Management Organization | Microsoft To Do |
| Speaker Coach Built into: Microsoft 365 – PowerPoint | Helps develop presentation skills: pace, pitch, use of filler words, informal speech/profanity, euphemisms, etc… | Speaker Coach |
| Microsoft Word Available on: Windows, Mac & Online | Focus Organization Translation Reading Writing | Fun Features of Microsoft Word (Part 1) Fun Features of Microsoft Word (Part 2) Fun Features of Microsoft Word (Part 3) Voice Dictation Immersive Reader |
Other (awesome) blog posts not listed above
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Reducing Distractions in Windows 10 or 11 – different settings and features built into Windows 10 or 11 that may help reduce distractions while using your computer for school
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Technology Literacy – A self-directed tutorial designed for students that provides basic skill development for using College-approved applications, including LEARN, HUB, Webex, MS Teams, and Office 365.
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Tech Peer Tutors – Help you familiarize yourself with a specific College application and help you gain the basic-foundational tech literacy skills you need to be successful online.
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Accessibility Features of WebEx – Inclusion and accessibility features of WebEx that you can enable yourself.
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Captions & Subtitles in PowerPoint – Add real time captions in either the language you are presenting in, or translated into another language.
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Visual Ergonomics – Different setting, features, and suggestions to potentially reduce headaches and eyestrain from computer use.
- Tech Tips Blog Post: Tech Supports (and Other Supports) at Red River College Polytechnic – A very special blog post highlighting some of the supports available through the various departments at the College.
In-Person IT Support at NDC and EDC
From January 2nd to 15th, there will be pop-up service desks at both the NDC (in DM18) and EDC (at the Lower Learning Commons Service Desk) campuses.
The pop-up service desks will assist Students, Faculty and Staff with their IT related issues such as: accessing Wi-Fi, setting up MFA and other account or IT issues.
All traditional channels for requesting support will remain operational alongside the pop-up service desk:
- submitting a ticket at the ITS Service Desk Website
- email (ITS Service Desk servicedesk@rrc.ca or Learn Support learn@rrc.ca)
- ITS Service Desk Phone number 204-632-2125