Student Accessibility Services Newsletter January 2019

Student Accessibility Services JAnuary 2019 Newsletter

Welcome!

Welcome to SAS's newsletter! Scroll on through for updates, information, and tips to improve your grades.

TIP FOR A GOOD START

1. Go through every class syllabus and add all due dates and exam dates into your calendar.

2. Count back 5 -7 days from each due date or exam date. Make a note in your calendar to begin working on that assignment or studying for that exam.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!

Our new office walls are pretty bare and we'd like to turn them into a student art gallery.

Are you an artist? Would you be willing to donate some work for our walls? We could even fund your piece!

Email Amy for more information (afaust@fandm.edu).

We've been busy over here...

Check out our website for information about our new Academic Programs!

Through the Blue Door

Workshops for Academic Success

Join Amy Faust for these 9 great workshops, including 3 Blue Door Sessions- a time to come and get help with anything academic.

Register here!

(registration not required)

Here's some cool stuff you should know about.

note-taking & note organization apps

NOTABILITY

combine handwriting, photos, typing, and sketching
option to record and replay audio (linked to your notes)
annotate PDFs
organization features

$9.99

iTunes Rating: 4.0 (out of 5)

AUDIONOTE

links audio & notes (typed or handwritten)
indexes audio for easy playback
tap notes to hear audio playback
text and drawings highlight during playback

$12.99

iTunes Rating: 4.4 (out of 5)

EVERNOTE

create notes, notebooks and notebook stacks
search feature allows you to search for specific notes
includes reminders and to-do lists
mobile and desktop version (synced)
can integrate email and web-based content
share feature
add photos and attachments
records audio

Free (for Basic version, Upgrades available)

iTunes Rating: 4.1 (out of 5)

ONENOTE

mimics a real notebook
color-coding feature
easy to move notes around within a notebook
tag feature including to-do, important, question, idea, etc.
web-link automatically included when copying/pasting from website
can insert text, link, pictures
mobile and desktop version (synced)

free download

iTunes Rating: 4.7 (out of 5)

Need to reduce stress?

Try this...

Click here to BREATHE!!!

JOB OPPortunities!

Bender Consulting Services is a consulting firm that recruits and hires individuals with disabilities for full-time, competitive employment opportunities in the private and federal work force. Their clients are Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies looking to fill their job openings with high-quality candidates with disabilities.

Bender Consulting Services, Inc.

Job Openings

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Created By

amy faust

Appreciate

Credits:

Created with images by Jon Tyson - "Good news is coming" • Steve Johnson - "untitled image" • Gem & Lauris RK - "untitled image" • LUM3N - "workplace office desk" • Dmitriy Be - "untitled image" • Matam Jaswanth - "Spoyl ANdroid" • relexahotels - "iphone have a look mobile" • Jye B - "Photographers iPad Workflow" • Simon - "sky clouds atmosphere"