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Tutorial Objectives and Requirements for Success
Objective of the
Tutorials:
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Present strategies that
make it as easy as possible to create accessible
digital materials;
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Introduce high-quality, open source, no-cost applications designed to enable
users to
create/publish accessible digital materials;
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Provide tutorials that
explain how to create digital materials;
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Provide reference information in
support of enabling students to become self-sufficient using the applications provided.
Requirements for Success:
The student will need to:
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have access to a Windows
64-bit
Windows 10, 8, 7, or Vista computer;
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have Word for Windows installed on the
computer being used;
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be familiar with, and know how to
use, Word for Windows;
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have the ability to transfer their
"knowledge and
skills," using Word
for Windows, to Apache OpenOffice OO Writer. OO Writer is an open source word-processing
application strikingly similar to Word
for Windows... except for the fact it is a free application.
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know how, and have permission, to download and
install open source, third-party, applications on the Windows computer they
are using. In the case of institutional computers, students
may need to
have admin privileges to install the software. If they do not have admin
privileges, they will need ot have an administrator's help in downloading
and installing the applications used in the tutorials.
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We strongly recommend that
students take the tutorials using their own computers. This will
enable them to avoid permission problems and make things much easier for
them. The open source applications that will need to be installed are:
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OpenOffice;
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OpenOffice Writer2ePub (W2E) Extension
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Central Access Reader (CAR)
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Save as DAISY Microsoft Word Add-In
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Daisy Pipeline 2
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AMIS
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DDReader+
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Icecream Ebook Reader
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go above and beyond
taking the step-by-step tutorials to learn about, and become familiar with< all of the functions of
all of the applications, extensions, and plug-ins being presented; and,
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practice, practice,
practice.
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