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How to set text-to-speech to a different language on LRC Windows XP computers
Example for Portuguese – choose your own language instead.
If you cannot log into Windows because of accessibility dialogues offering you help
- Symptom: You cannot log in since accessibility tool dialogues (like above) come up when typing your password
- Workaround: Restart the computer (and make sure you have no item sitting on the keyboard while doing so, usual suspects: textbooks, bags). If you do not want to restart, but fix it immediately, you can read more about Windows XP accessibility features and keyboard shortcuts here.
- Root cause: You may have activated Windows accessibility features by erroneously depressing for a long time or repeatedly pressing a modifier key while the LRC computer was on the welcome screen. You may not run into this behavior from your personal computer (or read here how to disable Windows 7 Sticky and Filter Keys), but the LRC needs to be ADA compliant. Think of it as another LRC language tool that sometimes may get into your way temporarily if you do not study the language, but that you would not want to miss for the language you do study.
LRC learning resources Moodle metacourses: Our list
UPDATE: The LRC Metacourses are being rolled over to MOODLE2. Metacourses having only an OldID are currently still unavailable in Moodle2. And the student enrollment needs to be updated manually until the end of add/drop. On the upside, teachers do not need to make course available to students anymore. The LRC can do this (Metacourses for languages saying #Ref are waiting to be rolled over, tell me if you need them)..
The following LRC Moodle metacourses for teaching materials are available to LCS and ELTI (including LRC-Resource with training materials for using language learning technology in and outside of the LRC, as well as for independent study languages).
The naming scheme follows the course abbreviations taught in the departments that the LRC supports:
These courses appear in the Training branch of the Moodle-courses tree-menu on the left (for all study programs you teach in):
The metacourse for a language (or field of study) is accessible to all students studying this language during the term of their study.
How students can record their picture or photo presentations with PowerPoint 2010
- The screencast shows the necessary steps:
- inserting a photo album,
- presenting while recording the presentation with narration
- saving as a show (.ppsx) – make sure you have ribbon:”Slide show”/ “Play narrations” checked:
- to prepare an assignment for a Moodle single-file-upload (How a student takes a Moodle Simple file upload assignment).
How to re-enroll in MyLanguageLab/MyGermanLab in a new term in the LRC
- Bring:
- Valid Email Address
- Student Access Code – packaged with your text or available standalone at the bookstore.
- Your Instructor’s Section/Course ID ___________ (Note: The Course ID must be entered exactly as it is provided to you including typing the hyphen “-“ and using all capital letters.)
- Open Internet Explorer, go to goo.gl/JUSUC.
Ø Click Sign in under “Sign in” 
Ø Enter the username and password you created as part of registration.
Ø In the new window, under Your Courses and Products select the link with the title of your required text.
Ø Click Enroll in Course
Ø Enter Course ID (provided by your instructor) (Note: The Course ID must be entered exactly as it is provided to you including typing the hyphen “-“ and using all capital letters.)
Done!
Or not: IMPORTANT NOTICE for Returning Users who:
· used a MyLanguageLabs course with your textbook in a previous semester
· purchased 24-month access
· received the following error after entering the Course ID you received from your instructor
If you get this error 
, go to www.mylanguagelabs.com and under Sign In click “Problems with your Course ID? Click here.”
(adapted for the LRC from How to Enroll in a New Semester Handout )
Imran’s Phonetic Keyboard for Arabic
Learners of Arabic who type in Arabic on a Western Keyboard prefer a keyboard layout closer to the phonetic of the US keyboard than the Arabic keyboard layouts that MS provides (but try also phonetically transcribing IME like Google Arabic Input or Microsoft Maren – provided the pedagogy of your writing assignment permits that! Also note the LRC has 1 hardware keyboard with overlay keys for Arabic). Here is what your keyboard installation looks like in intl.cpl: 
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If you cannot find it here, look there: 5,500 Language-Learning Links and Programs for learning or teaching 150 languages
Shortcuts:Our Lists, Our Maps, LRC Staff Moodle Site,LRC Project Moodle Site, 49erexpress, UNCC Moodle, Student Recordings: s:claslcslrcsanakostudent
Learning usage samples: Sanako oral exam, Kaltura webcam presentation, Dictation with speech recognition, Sanako written exam, Chinese and Japanese interactive stroke-order practice
Test the Sanako Installer, Webbrowser Popup Konfigurator for XP, or Windows7, faster LRC TeacherPC Log-in Let MS facilitate diacritics writing by installing for you US-International keyboard layout
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