Windows Colour Scheme

Windows offers several high contrast colour schemes which may be useful for users with vision impairments or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia.

Using zappers in Common Learning Spaces (Windows XP)

This resource is now obsolete and has been replaced by http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/5920/ This PowerPoint is an animated step-by-step guide that shows tutors how to use zappers in a teaching session. It covers starting the PC, distributing the zappers, plugging in the receiver, starting the software, running the presentation and managing voting, saving data at the end and collecting the handsets. It takes around 5 minutes to view.

Using Zappers in a Common Learning Space (Windows 7)

This 8 minute video provides a step-by-step guide for tutors wishing to use zappers (Turning Point) in a Common Learning Space with Windows 7 and Office 2010.

Turning Point (zappers) quick guide (Windows 7)

This single page PowerPoint can be printed out and provides brief instructions on how to use zappers ina Windows 7 teaching space.

Using Problem Steps Recorder on Windows 7

Problem Steps Recorder is a standard piece of software on Windows 7 computers, which allows you to record a sequence of actions on your computer, along with screenshots. It can help ServiceLine diagnose any problems that you might be experiencing.