EDN+401+501

=Notes from Class Presentation on April 19th, 2011:= =Using Technology to Make Online Content more Accessible =


 * 1) [|Google Custom Search Engine]
 * 2) select only the sites you want students to search
 * 3) allow students to conduct keyword search of those pre-selected sites
 * 4) remove annoying ads from search results
 * 5) share search engine with others, collaborate on adding sites
 * 6) example: [|Solar System Search Engine]
 * 7) example embedded in a Wiki: http://umdpractice.wikispaces.com/Search
 * 8) Creating a custom search engine
 * 9) Sign-up for Google account
 * 10) Identify 5-7 websites to use (paste them into Word document and save it)
 * 11) Adding sites
 * 12) Removing ads (use control panel under “basics”)
 * 13) Sharing your search engine with others
 * 14) Through direct URL
 * 15) Through embedding in Wiki or other website
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Editing the search engine/using the control panel
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Boolify]
 * 18) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provides support for conducting a Boolean search
 * 19) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Helps students put keywords together like a puzzle
 * 20) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|TrackStar]
 * 21) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">create a “track” through a specific set of websites
 * 22) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">no keyword searching involved for students
 * 23) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">provide guidance to students through comments attached to each site
 * 24) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">example: Track #426384
 * 25) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creating your own Track
 * 26) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sign up for Trackstar account
 * 27) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use sites from Custom Search Engine
 * 28) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write annotations/comments
 * 29) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Awesome Highlighter ([])
 * 30) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Best suited for marking-up a single page rather than an entire website
 * 31) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Can be used to help draw attention to specific information on a site
 * 32) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Example page:[]
 * 33) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Readability ([])
 * 34) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Remove the clutter of the web
 * 35) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minimize distractions from images, animations, and other multimedia
 * 36) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Example page: []
 * 37) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__[|"Readable" page]__
 * 38) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">vozMe ([])
 * 39) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Text-to-speech converter
 * 40) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Example page: []