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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

ProctorU was founded at Andrew Jackson University. But I want to call out Proctorio in particular in this talk because this company has demonstrated it has no business in schools; its products have no business in classrooms. " Cop s**t supposedly brings order to the classroom by demanding compliance. But guess who's back?

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

Edsurge

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. And then we did some webinars for Blackboard Basic, Zoom, TechSmith Relay, and even Microsoft Teams. However, that is obviously very costly.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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