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Colleges Face Investigations Over Whether Their Use of Social Media Follows Accessibility Regulations

Edsurge

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards.

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SchoolStatus Announces Acquisition of SchoolNow, Enhancing Its Communication Capabilities for K-12 Schools

eSchool News

SchoolNow’s technology enables users to create accessible and SEO-friendly school or district-level websites, unify messaging, branding, and communications across all channels, and connect family and staff through consistently branded social media posts.

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8 ways to improve your school or district website

eSchool News

To achieve this, your website should focus on the digital customer experience and feature accessible, searchable and relevant information while being easily updatable, scalable and secure. Text, images and videos should be viewable, readable, scalable, and interactive regardless of the device used to view them. or the extended WCAG 2.1

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Some ideas for Course Management Systems and Apps

Educational Technology Guy

Edmodo is a free social learning network for teachers, students and schools, providing a way to connect and collaborate, share content, access homework and grades, and much more. There is a resource library with videos, web sites, wiki’s and more. You can create groups and blogs and use the messaging system.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

Teachers can access the front office, enable daily communications campus-wide, or initiative an emergency alert from the touch of a button. With itopia Labs, educators can provide anytime, anywhere, any device access to software applications that students commonly use for Career Technical Education (CTE) and various certification programs.

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Need an LMS next year? Here are three to consider

Ask a Tech Teacher

That means it’s accessible from school or home, with any platform (including Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, and tablets). The term ‘LMS’ is often conflated with ‘SMS’ (student management system) and ‘CMS’ (course management system) because their purposes and tools are so similar.

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Robotify Partners with Steve Wozniak’s Woz ED to Virtualize the STEM Learning Experience

eSchool News

Global virtual robotics education company Robotify has partnered with Steve Wozniak’s Woz ED to provide over 3,500 schools, coding clubs and school districts across the globe with cost-effective access to the world’s most premium robotics technology. “I’m impressed with the way Robotify makes coding engaging and accessible.

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