Assistive Technology
About Assistive Technologies
Assistive technology is software and equipment that remove barriers for students with additional support needs or disabilities, allowing them to engage more effectively within the curriculum and their learning environment. This includes screen readers that support students with literacy challenges to access text, screen magnifiers for students who have low vision, and voice recognition software for students unable to use a keyboard or mouse.
See What is assistive technology? ETF module for more information.
City of Glasgow College have a range of assistive technology available to support the needs of learners and staff.
Identifying Learning Requirements
Learning Support meet with learners and recommend appropriate software applications to support their learning.
Licenced software and extensions
Read&Write is a text-to-speech program that provides visual and auditory feedback of text.
Immersive Reader is used to read text out loud, change the appearance of text for greater focus. It is available in all Microsoft 365 applications and is integrated with Canvas.
Ally is a Canvas plugin that automatically converts your course materials into different formats to suit different accessibility needs.
Grammarly is a cloud-based typing assistant that helps you review grammar, spelling and punctuation as you write.
NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open-source, portable screen reader for Microsoft Windows.
Literacy Support Software from the Addressing Dyslexia website offers an overview of the software and apps that can be used to support learners with dyslexia.
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Materials for supporting learners with a disability.