Windows Accessibility Ease of Access Centre. Provides a centralised location where you can adjust accessibility settings and programs. Magnifier. Magnifies the screen or a portion of the screen to make text, images and objects easier to see. On-Screen Keyboard. Narrator. Speech recognition. Change text size. Personalisation. Touch. Select your version of Windows below to access guides on Accessibility. Select Windows Version Windows 10 Click to access Windows 10 guide. Make Windows 10 easier to see Resize icons, adjust text size and color, customize the mouse cursor, and more. Windows 8 Click to access Windows 8 guide. Everybody works differently, and there are lots of settings you can change so you can use your PC the way you want. Windows 7 Click to access Windows 7 guide. The Windows 7 “Control Panel” contains the “Ease of Access Center”. This has many tools to help you change your computer settings so that the computer is easier to use.

Information on Microsoft Excel Excel Turn data into insights Enhanced by intelligence, Excel learns your patterns, organizing your data to save you time. Create spreadsheets with ease from templates or on your own, and perform calculations with modern formulas. Get a better picture of your data New charts and graphs help you present your data in compelling ways, with formatting, sparklines, and tables to better understand your data. Easily create forecasts with just a click to predict trends. Work better together Share your workbook with others and always work on the latest version for real-time collaboration to help get work done faster. With Office 365, work within an Excel file from mobile, desktop, and web.2 Excel Guides Quickstart Introduction to Excel Cells Formatting Charts All Guides Excel All Categories Play Video Play Video 00:48 Analyze your data quickly in Excel Excel's Quick Analysis button lets you instantly create different types of charts, including line and column charts, or add miniature graphs called sparklines. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: https://support.office.com/excel Play Video Play Video 01:07 Conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel Conditional formatting in Excel provides visual cues to help you quickly make sense of your data. For example, it’ll clearly show highs and lows, or other data trends based on criteria you provide. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: https://support.office.com/excel Play Video Play Video 01:11 Apply styles in Excel Apply Excel Styles to make your cells stand out. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: https://support.office.com/excel Play Video Play Video 01:40 Creating Microsoft Excel formulas and functions Find out how to create Microsoft Excel formulas and functions, which are short cuts for formulas, and discover how Excel can help you do more in less time. Learn more at the Office 365 Training Center: https://msft.it/6008T9ou6

Meet the learning technology team at West College Scotland Explore Our Guides and Support We cover a range of information and resources to help you with digital learning and building your digital skills. You’ll find guidance on: Office 365 Microsoft Teams Accessibility information Moodle guides WCS-specific resources in the College Zone If you’re looking to create your own content, we also provide tools for: Interactive elements Assessments For extra support, check out: Our FAQ section The search function Still stuck? Drop us a message at learningtech@wcs.ac.uk and we will point you in the right direction. Meet the Team Emma Hanna Learning Technology Team Leader emma.hanna@wcs.ac.uk Lindsay Took Learning Technologist lindsay.took@wcs.ac.uk Paul Leavy Learning Technologist paul.leavy@wcs.ac.uk How Can We Help The Learning Technology Team is here to help the college make effective use of information and communication technology in learning and teaching. We offer advice and assistance in the design, development, adaptation, and use of electronic learning systems, resources, and strategies such as Moodle, Turnitin, BLC resources and more. Our staff can also provide practical development skills to create interactive learning resources tailored to the needs of different curricular areas. Our support services include: Just-in-time email support, with availability for calls on Microsoft Teams One-to-one or small group training sessions on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face Curriculum team workshops delivered as needed on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face Accessibility Policy Contact the Team

Word from Microsoft using Office 365 Word Put your best words forward Write with confidence, knowing intelligent technology can help with spelling, grammar and even stylistic writing suggestions. With tools at your fingertips, easily go from pen and paper to digital inking and edit intuitively. Stay in the flow Get all the information you need as you write without leaving Word, whether it’s a teammate’s PowerPoint slide, cited research, or information from LinkedIn to help you craft a compelling resume. Close up of Smart Lookup Word Share functionality being shown in a laptop Work better together Wherever you are, collaborate in real time. Share your documents with the click of a button to invite others to edit in realtime or add comments. Plus, no matter your preferred full language or accessibility options, everyone can work together to do more. Word Guides Quick Start Welcome Word Write and Edit Format Text Lay out pages Insert tables and picture Save and print All Training Guides Word All Categories Play Video Play Video 01:08 What is Microsoft Word? With Microsoft Word on your PC, Mac, or mobile device, you can: - Create and format your document with Themes. - Review work with Track Changes. - Polish your words with proofing tools like Editor. - Save to OneDrive, to get your documents from your computer, tablet, or phone. - Share your work to chat, comment, and collaborate with others, wherever they are. Learn more at the Office 365 Training Center: https://msft.it/6003Tiusb ► Subscribe to Microsoft 365 on YouTube here: https://aka.ms/SubscribeToM365 ► Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/microsoft-365/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Microsoft365 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/microsoft365/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Microsoft365/ ► For more about Microsoft 365, visit https://msft.it/6006Tc8Z4 #MicrosoftWord #Microsoft #Microsoft365 Play Video Play Video 00:37 Apply a theme in Microsoft Word Apply a theme to quickly format an entire Microsoft Word document and give it a modern, professional look. Learn more at the Word Help Center: https://support.office.com/word Play Video Play Video 00:49 Apply text styles in Microsoft Word Styles give your Word document a consistent, professional look. Learn more at the Word Help Center: https://support.office.com/word Play Video Play Video 01:25 Add a Table of Contents in Word To create a table of contents that’s easy to keep up-to-date, apply heading styles to the text you want to include in the table of contents. After that, Word will build it automatically, from those headings. Learn more at the Office 365 Training Center: http://office.com/training

OneNote from Microsoft using Office 365 OneNote Your digital notebook Your world, organized Get organized in notebooks you can divide into sections and pages. With easy navigation and search, you’ll always find your notes right where you left them. Gather your thoughts, then make them even better Revise your notes with type, highlighting, or ink annotations. With OneNote across all your devices, you’ll never miss a flash of inspiration. Share and collaborate Great minds don’t always think alike, but they can share ideas and create together in OneNote. OneNote Guides Get Started Take Notes Format Notes Draw and sketch Stay organized Share and sync All Guides OneNote All Categories Play Video Play Video 07:21 Microsoft OneNote: How to search and tag action items Microsoft OneNote: Basics and beyond. Part 3: Search and Tag Action Items. This is the third video in a 6-part series brought to you direct from Microsoft IT. Join Microsoft OneNote Senior Trainer, Brian, as he explains the OneNote searching and tagging functions, as well as adding additional content. Learn more at www.microsoft.com/itshowcase Play Video Play Video 01:20 OneNote Tips: Learn how to draw A quick and easy guide on how to draw in Microsoft OneNote Play Video Play Video 06:04 Microsoft OneNote: how to organizing your Notebook Microsoft OneNote: Basics and beyond. Part 2: Organizing your Notebook. This is the second video in a 6-part series brought to you direct from Microsoft IT. Join Microsoft OneNote Senior Trainer, Brian, as he recommends how to organize the content within your OneNote notebook. Learn more at www.microsoft.com/itshowcase

Quick checklist to help you make documents accessible Digital Accessibility Quick Checklist Use this checklist to see how accessible your digital resource is. Download a word.doc version

Turnitin Turnitin provides tutors with the tools to engage students in the writing process, provide personalized feedback, and assess student progress over time. Turnitin is used by more than 30 million students at 15,000 institutions in 150 countries. Use feedback studio to prevent plagiarism and provide meaningful feedback. Provide feedback to encourage original writing using drag-and-drop, voice, and text comments. Turnitin Video Guides Turnitin Video Guides Play Video Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Search videos Search video... Now Playing Creating and managing Turnitin on Moodle for staff 06:40 Play Video Now Playing How to check for plagiarism using Turnitin through Moodle student view YouTube 03:25 Play Video Now Playing Submitting a Turnitin® Assignment in Moodle 03:23 Play Video Help Site Click to access the Turnitin support site. Create Assignment Click for guidance on how to create an assignment for your students using the Turnitin Moodle plugin. Delete Submission Need to delete a students submission from Turnitin on Moodle? Click here for guidance. Similarity Report Click for guidance on how to interpret the similarity report. Turnitin How do I access Turnitin for my assignments? Your tutor will set up a Turnitin assignment within your course or subject on Moodle. Simply log in to Moodle and navigate to your course to find the Turnitin assignment. How can I set up Turnitin assignments for my students? Find detailed instructions on setting up Turnitin assignments on the COLT Turnitin page. Additional information can be accessed through the Turnitin document, explaining the integration into Moodle instead of Teams. Why is Turnitin integrated into Moodle and not Teams? Our Turnitin integration is designed to streamline the assignment submission and originality detection process. Refer to our Turnitin document for insights into the reasons behind its integration within Moodle.

Free Image Websites Creative Commons We have gathered together websites that have free creative commons licenses. This means that you can use them free of charge in your Learning Content. Even when they are royalty free it is best practice to still credit the image when appropriate, e.g. when you are using them in your Moodle course. Below are links to some of our favorite resources we like to use, for a full and comprehensive list of Free creative commons resources visit: "The Monster List" of Free photo sites" Photo credit: Pixabay UnSplash Pixabay Pexels morguefile Free Images RGB Stock hautestock Raw Pixel Free Pik The Noun Project Adobe Free Stock Microsoft Iwaria Monster list of all free Image sites Nappy Wocintechat ukblacktech affecttheverb Help us help everyone Please contact the learning tech team if you find good sources First Name Last Name Email Send Thanks for submitting!

Frequently Asked Questions Helpful Information - This section will be amended on a regular basis as necessary. Moodle Help Office 365 Help Ally for Moodle Moodle Moodle Access Moodle (Staff) Moodle (Student) Enhancement Turnitin How does Ally support inclusive education? What drives our use of Ally? Who should I contact with requests for advice and assistance with Ally? Staff should contact the Learning technology Team (learningtech@wcs.ac.uk) to request advice and assistance with Ally. Students should contact their tutor in the first instance. When can I use Ally? Now. Ally was made available to staff and students on January 26th 2023. Have a look at the dedicated Ally page on COLT to find out more about the service. What content types are checked by Ally? Ally checks, reports and advises on the following content types when uploaded to Moodle: PDF Microsoft Word PowerPoint Open Office Images. Ally does not check: Content hosted externally MS Stream content MS Teams Work submitted by students. What are the most commonly reported and serious accessibility issues? Moodle-wide content accessibility reports flag up the following issues as widespread and either severe or major: Documents with contrast issues Images without alternative-text Documents with no headings PDF documents that have been scanned as images rather than text Videos without closed captions. Within Moodle Ally explains why and how to fix these issues, however the Learning Technology team have created self-directed courses on Evolve that staff can undertake to gain a better understanding of accessibility and design of online and blended courses. Accessibility of Online Learning Designing Digitally WCS Learning Standards Are there any videos to support staff & students in their use of Ally? Yes. A YouTube playlist of short videos has been curated for Ally. We have also created a dedicated Ally page on COLT the Centre of Learning technology website. Full playlist (5 videos) Students Alternative formats (45 secs) BeeLine reader (32 secs) Teachers Overview for teachers (1 min 28 secs) About alternative formats (56 secs) File accessibility (1 min 6 secs) Can the playback speed of MP3 audio files be controlled? Yes. Most players allow you to adjust playback speed. For example, Windows Media player, VIC, Audacity, and iTunes/Music. Which devices and apps can I use to view ePub files? The ePub alternative creates a digital publishing file that can be viewed on mobile devices. ePub files are reflowable. Reflowable means that the content displayed automatically adapts to the device it is viewed on. Here are a few suggested apps for ePubs: Apple: EasyReader, iBooks, Voice Dream, NaturalReader, and Thorium Reader Android: EasyReader, Lithium and Voice Aloud Reader Windows: Calibre, Icecream Ebook Reader, NaturalReader, and Thorium Reader Linux: Thorium Reader. How can I learn how to write effective alt-text for images? The Poet tool is a great resource to learn when and how to describe effective alt-text for images. There is also a useful decision chart to learn when to use alt-text. Are there any limitations? Here are those we already know about: The range and quality of the alternative formats can depend on the original file; and not all files can be transformed Ally does not recognise or report on every example of inaccessible content. For example, it may flag up the false positive of an image with an alternative description - but will not report on the quality of the description (see section above on how to write effective alt-text) Audio files (MP3 format) can be created only for documents with fewer than 100 000 characters. There are no credible research articles that confirm the claims made regarding the efficacy of the Beeline reader format LaTeX PDFs score very lowly in the accessibility report because these are not tagged in such a way that screen readers can assist with them. Additionally, the HTML alternative format may struggle to accurately reproduce some content, e.g., mathematical formulae.

Discord This is a communication tool which specialises in text, image, video and audio communication between users in a chat. It combines the features of a chat lobby, a message board and a VoIP chatting. Why use Discord rather than another platform? Discord is particularly popular with gamers and young people so may be more engaging for them. Here’s a useful link on how to set it up as a classroom. Explore and enjoy! If you have difficulties with this, please click on the link below to contact the Digital Strategy Group General - WCS Digital Strategy Group