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Read & Write digital literacy tool to support your learning

Reading, writing, comprehension and recall are vital to success, and Read&Write will provide you with key study tools to strengthen these skills.

You can use it with on-screen/digital texts to generate notes from your readings, to research, revise, complete assignments, check spelling, grammar, punctuation, take exams and do much more.

UC Assistive Technology Service is hosting an online webinar. You will get to see a range of digital literacy tools to support your learning. From reading, writing, studying and researching. 

This webinar will provide an introduction to how Read&Write can support with text-to-speech, dictionary and vocabulary tools, study tools, annotation tools and more. As well as helping you with writing via word prediction, voice notes, speech recognition, vocabulary support, research skills and more.

Presenter: Rachel Coathup, Customer Success Manager, TextHelp for Education.

Date: March 5, Tuesday

Time: 1 to 1.30pm

To enrol in the webinar, write to assistech@canterbury.ac.nz

Space audit inside classrooms

A space audit will be taking place on weekdays between Monday 11 March until Friday 22 March between 9.00am – 5.30pm.

This means surveyors wearing hi-vis vests with ‘Facilities Management’ on the back will be entering UC’s working, learning and common spaces to perform a head count – this includes your classrooms.

They will not be taking any photos nor requiring students’ names, this is simply a counting exercise. The team will try to minimise disruption as much as possible.

If you have any queries please contact FMAssist@canterbury.ac.nz