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Here are all the strategies stored in the Lexdis system. Happy hunting!

Issue: Accessible MP3 player

Strategy: Larger Button Media Player for recordings

Issue: Adobe PDF accessibility issues

Strategy: Screenshot Reader for reading inaccessible text

Issue: Adobe PDF annotation issues

Strategy: Adobe Reader Snapshot tool for images

Issue: Adobe PDF conversion to text to speech

Strategy: Adobe PDF to Word for text to speech and annotation

Issue: Adobe PDF restricted access

Strategy: Scanning restricted Adobe PDFs

Issue: Adobe Reader toolbar additions

Strategy: Adobe Reader page layout and Read Out Loud

Issue: Alphabet muddles

Strategy: Microsoft Word tables for references

Issue: Article searches related to engineering

Strategy: Subject specific portals and Google short cuts

Issue: Avoiding distractions whilst doing projects or revising

Strategy: Spotify for helping with concentration

Issue: Black text on white background

Strategy: Microsoft Word highlighter colours

Issue: Blackboard - Resources

Strategy: Blackboard Quizzes for overlearning

Issue: Blackboard - Uploading assignments

Strategy: Blackboard upload assignments and passwords!

Issue: Blackboard cluttered and hard to use

Strategy: Web of Knowledge easy to use

Issue: Blackboard default views

Strategy: Blackboard colour and layout changes

Issue: Blackboard for collaboration

Strategy: Online collaboration Opera and email

Issue: Blackboard navigation

Strategy: Find Resources via Blackboard & Google spell check

Issue: Blackboard with Magnification

Strategy: Microsoft Windows Magnifier for viewing Blackboard

Issue: Browser icon and text sizes

Strategy: Firefox - Enabling text menus

Issue: Captcha log-ins are inaccessible

Strategy: WebVisum to get round captchas

Issue: Changing colours for writing

Strategy: Colour Explorer and Eyepilot for colour changes

Issue: Checking images are accurate

Strategy: Google images to check molecules

Issue: Clutter on the desktop

Strategy: Taskbar - Quick launch and short cut keys for programs

Issue: Collaboration problems in projects

Strategy: Groove for Project Organisation and Management

Issue: Collecting References

Strategy: WebCat and collecting References

Issue: Complex keyboard short cuts

Strategy: Opera mouse gestures and clicks

Issue: Connecting and using accessible devices

Strategy: Wifi, Bluetooth and Skype SMS

Issue: Coursework issues

Strategy: MSN for Real-Time Communication

Issue: Designing Presentations

Strategy: Colours for Presentations

Issue: Dictionary comparison

Strategy: Dictionary as part of Mac OS

Issue: Difficulties reading some fonts

Strategy: Font changed to sans serif Verdana

Issue: Documents are not available in electronic format

Strategy: Scanning print documents

Issue: Downloading files using external devices

Strategy: Download files using a USB hub

Issue: Dragon NaturallySpeaking for getting ideas down.

Strategy: Dragon NaturallySpeaking to get the ideas going

Issue: e-mail for project work

Strategy: Skype for project work

Issue: EndNote too complex for simple references

Strategy: IEEE plug-in for Word Reference Tool

Issue: Essay planning in collaboration.

Strategy: Webcam and Live Messenger for collaboration

Issue: Essay planning takes too long

Strategy: Planning using Word and Texthelp

Issue: Essay structure

Strategy: Inspiration for planning a case study

Issue: Essay writing accuracy

Strategy: Dragon NaturallySpeaking for essay writing

Issue: Excessive mouse use

Strategy: AutoText and Phrase Express

Issue: Facebook has its uses but you also waste time!

Strategy: Facebook with MSN

Issue: Finding data on the computer

Strategy: Highlighting and Colour coding folders

Issue: Finding journals in a library

Strategy: Journals on-line for gathering references

Issue: Finding notes for revision

Strategy: OneNote for creating notes for revision

Issue: Finding places

Strategy: Google Maps for directions

Issue: Flickering on the screen

Strategy: Monitor in portrait mode and high resolution

Issue: Forgetting ideas for assignments or missing appointments

Strategy: Smartphone to help with memory skills

Issue: Forgetting tasks and thoughts on a subject

Strategy: Tasks recorded on the mobile phone

Issue: Formatting in Word

Strategy: Balancing text in columns

Issue: Forums not good for collaborative writing.

Strategy: Google Docs for collaboration

Issue: Gathering information from the web

Strategy: Snipping tool for capturing web content

Issue: Generating keywords and lists

Strategy: Google Sets for lists

Issue: Glare on the screen

Strategy: Screen dulled down and blue

Issue: Going off on a tangent when writing

Strategy: Blogging as a framwork for writing

Issue: Group organisation and planning

Strategy: Wiki used for collaborative writing

Issue: Handwriting a personal diary

Strategy: LiveJournal as a personal diary

Issue: Having to use a screen reader for reading

Strategy: Adobe Reader with magnification

Issue: Hearing in groups

Strategy: Forums for discussions

Issue: Hearing in lectures

Strategy: Podcasts to review lectures

Issue: Internet Explorer does not offer the flexibility of Mozilla Firefox

Strategy: Firefox add-ins and adaptations

Issue: Jargon can cause problems

Strategy: Wikilook for jargon busting

Issue: Journals - quick access

Strategy: Tabs in a browser for quick access

Issue: Keeping in touch when revising

Strategy: Skype for testing knowledge

Issue: Keeping on topic

Strategy: Word clouds for key points

Issue: Keeping up to date with Research

Strategy: Videos online for keeping up to date with research

Issue: Keyboard access to multimedia players

Strategy: Keyboard access to flash audio player

Issue: Lack of handouts in lectures

Strategy: Blackboard download files

Issue: Language switching when writing

Strategy: Quickly Changing languages

Issue: Layout and colour of wikis and blogs

Strategy: Choosing a good layout and colour for wikis and blogs

Issue: Learning by doing rather than listening

Strategy: QuickTime and video podcasts

Issue: Listening and finding things in long recordings

Strategy: Index marks and using earphones with a recorder.

Issue: Magnification needs to be selective

Strategy: Changing font and icon sizes in Windows

Issue: Magnification on the screen

Strategy: Switching magnification programs

Issue: Making fonts larger to read online

Strategy: Mouse wheel and keyboard shortcut for zooming

Issue: Making Presentations

Strategy: Microsoft PowerPoint for summarising

Issue: Making short notes and spelling

Strategy: Smartphone for notes and spell checking

Issue: Mind mapping for planning

Strategy: Planning using yEd Graph

Issue: Mobile phone choices

Strategy: Mobile phone with text to speech

Issue: Moodle course pages are too long

Strategy: Moodle Navigation tips

Issue: Mouse causing discomfort

Strategy: Hot Keys and Ergonomic Keyboard to speed searches

Issue: Mouse speed across the desktop

Strategy: Mouse clicks slowed

Issue: Mouse use difficult.

Strategy: Joystick with macros for mouse use

Issue: Navigation with magnification

Strategy: Blackboard reduce navigation options

Issue: No subtitles on videos

Strategy: Transferring videos using a pen drive

Issue: Note making and writing

Strategy: Braille note taking and writing

Issue: Note taking at speed

Strategy: iPod downloads from lectures

Issue: Note taking difficulties

Strategy: Recording lectures

Issue: Note taking in lectures

Strategy: Podcasts to supplement note taking

Issue: Note taking independently

Strategy: Podcasts of lectures

Issue: Note taking when lecturers digress

Strategy: Speeding up recordings and adding to OneNote

Issue: Notetaking and listening

Strategy: Livescribe for note taking

Issue: On-line resources for quotes

Strategy: Literature Network for quotes and references

Issue: One screen feels too crowded when working on documents

Strategy: Two screens for notes and editing.

Issue: Organising ideas and notes

Strategy: Planning using OneNote

Issue: Organising references

Strategy: References from digital archives and EndNote

Issue: Organising thoughts for reports

Strategy: Microsoft Word Table of Contents

Issue: Organising timetables

Strategy: Organising with a PDA and mobile phone

Issue: Organising timetables and e-mails

Strategy: HP iPaq for organisation and note taking

Issue: Planning appointments and tasks

Strategy: Google Calendar for planning

Issue: Post-it notes for revision

Strategy: Sticky Notes in Vista on a TabletPC

Issue: PowerPoint not showing equations on the Mac

Strategy: Keynote shows equations on Mac

Issue: PowerPoint slides too cluttered

Strategy: Microsoft PowerPoint content divided up

Issue: PowerPoint slides viewed from a projector

Strategy: Laptop and large fonts to make notes

Issue: Preparing Presentations

Strategy: Mind mapping for presentations

Issue: Printing out notes for lectures

Strategy: OneNote for writing and searching notes.

Issue: Putting thoughts into the right order

Strategy: Microsoft PowerPoint for ordering thoughts

Issue: Quick access to tools - Office 2007

Strategy: Microsoft Word 2007 toolbar additions

Issue: Reading accurately

Strategy: Slowed text to speech and screen shot reader

Issue: Reading edit boxes in Hot Potatoes

Strategy: JAWS and human support to read Hot Potatoes quizzes

Issue: Reading for long periods difficult

Strategy: Crib cards and recordings

Issue: Reading from the screen - quick access to zoom

Strategy: Gestures on Mac touchpads

Issue: Reading paper based work

Strategy: Dual monitors for reading and writing

Issue: Recording lectures for revision

Strategy: Speed up recordings on a digital recorder

Issue: Recording useful information

Strategy: CapturaTalk and the HTC mobile phone

Issue: Reference software for home use

Strategy: CiteULike for references

Issue: References from the internet

Strategy: Google Book Search

Issue: Referencing problems

Strategy: Reference Crib Sheet with EndNote

Issue: Referencing taking up too much time

Strategy: Referencing using Idea Rover and EndNote

Issue: Referencing with numerical format

Strategy: Referencing using Microsoft Word 2007

Issue: Reflecting on academic work

Strategy: Blogging to reflect on my PhD

Issue: Remembering lectures

Strategy: Impatica PowerPoints with audio

Issue: Remembering numbers, web addresses etc.

Strategy: Smartphone camera as a memory aid

Issue: Remembering short sections of books

Strategy: References and text captured on mobile phone

Issue: Remembering tasks

Strategy: Notes as reminders on mobile background.

Issue: Reports do not help me remember things

Strategy: Podcasts to aid memory

Issue: Research and Exams online

Strategy: Large fonts, extra time and Google toolbar for research online

Issue: Research in the library

Strategy: Digital versions of information easier than books

Issue: Researching old reports and magazines

Strategy: Google Books for text version and search

Issue: Screen glare and resolution settings

Strategy: Screen resolution changes and tinted glasses

Issue: Screen too bright in lectures

Strategy: Dim screen for note taking in lectures

Issue: Self-plagiarism

Strategy: Using the web to avoid self-plagiarism

Issue: Sharing documents

Strategy: Dropbox to backup and share files

Issue: Speeding up navigation on a tablet

Strategy: Pen flicks or gestures on the TabletPC

Issue: Spell checking for assignments

Strategy: Wikipedia for meanings

Issue: Spell checking on Facebook

Strategy: Blackberry for spell checking on Facebook

Issue: Spell checking whilst writing

Strategy: Global AutoCorrect for keeping in the flow

Issue: Spelling and vocabulary

Strategy: Google spell checker and Oxford dictionary

Issue: Spelling complex words

Strategy: Spelling with Word, Babylon and Google

Issue: Spelling online

Strategy: Blogging and checking spelling

Issue: Spelling when on placement and presenting

Strategy: Blackberry for medical spell checking

Issue: Structuring written work

Strategy: PowerPoint for structuring written work

Issue: Tables and presentation layout.

Strategy: Linearise layout of tables and presentations

Issue: Thesaurus difficulties

Strategy: Visual Thesaurus

Issue: Time on computer based tasks

Strategy: Desktop icon personalisation

Issue: Too many desktop icons

Strategy: Desktop icon removal

Issue: Trying new software

Strategy: Facebook for sharing ideas

Issue: Typing in lectures

Strategy: Soft Keys when taking notes in a lecture

Issue: Typing notes in lectures

Strategy: Mind mapping for note taking

Issue: Understanding complex vocabulary

Strategy: CapturaTalk for understanding complex medical terms.

Issue: Using a touchpad or double clicking

Strategy: Optical Mouse and Slow Pointer Speed

Issue: Using MSN rather than Forums for planning

Strategy: Using MSN to catch up on lectures

Issue: Using rich text editors for collaborating online

Strategy: Keyboard access to edit boxes in forums

Issue: Video on Blackboard

Strategy: Video clips from Blackboard to practice rooms

Issue: Viewing multiple colours on a screen

Strategy: Quick colour changes

Issue: Viewing web pages with magnification

Strategy: Accessibar in Firefox for web page changes

Issue: Voice command access to Moodle

Strategy: Dragon NaturallySpeaking used like a mouse

Issue: Watching videos for revision

Strategy: Adjust power settings to dull screen for videos

Issue: Web page creation from Microsoft Word

Strategy: Accessible Web page creation

Issue: Wikipedia issues

Strategy: Wikipedia and Wikiversity for references

Issue: Windows Media player not intuitive

Strategy: iTunes using grid view with icons

Issue: Word dictionary not helpful

Strategy: Dictionary.com when Word fails

Issue: Word finding difficulties

Strategy: Dictionary.com for word finding difficulties

Issue: Words going blurry with some colours

Strategy: TextHelp Read and Write and colour changes

Issue: Works does not save well into Word or PowerPoint

Strategy: OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Works

Issue: Writing a CV first time around

Strategy: Microsoft Templates and Outlook for CV writing

Issue: Writing by hand

Strategy: Microsoft Word Templates

Issue: Writing too much for an assignment

Strategy: AutoSummarise for cutting word limits