ATIA Webinar: IMPLEMENTING SONOCENT AudionotakeR Robert Starr, Program Support Specialist Korey Singleton, ATI Manager Sept. 13, 2017

Today’s Agenda Introductions Existing notetaking solutions Getting Started Tracking Progress Where we are now... Questions Contact Us

Introduction Accessibility@Mason, Role of ATI

Collaborative Partnership CDE DS Accommodations for Students w/ Disabilities Accommodations for Employees w/ Disabilities Electronic & IT Accessibility & Compliance

ATI’s Role... …ensuring equivalent access to electronic materials, software, and IT resources for individuals in the Mason community through video captioning, alternative text, web accessibility, and assistive technology. We also support students, faculty, staff, and visitors with disabilities and different learning styles through the provision of assistive technology resources.

ATI Staff & Reporting Structure University President VP, CDE Associate Director/ADA Coordinator, CDE ATI Manager IT Accessibility Coordinator Program Support Specialist Acc Media Coordinator Accessible Media Specialist Student Worker(s) ATI operates under Compliance, Diversity, and Ethics Office Reports up through ADA Coordinator to VP for CDE, who reports directly to University President More information about us available at http://ati.gmu.edu Accessibility Resources: https://ati.gmu.edu/resources ATI Office consists of an Accessible Media Coordinator, an IT Accessibility Coordinator, an Accessible Media Specialist, a Program Support Specialist, and a student worker. Those positions report to the ATI Manager, who reports to the ADA Coordinator in the Compliance, Diversity, and Ethics office. The VP for Compliance, Diversity, and Ethics reports directly to the President.

Existing Notetaking solutions Notetakers, Livescribe Smartpens, Why Sonocent?

Existing Notetaking Solutions Personal Notetakers Livescribe Echo Smartpens Identified with assistance from faculty member Voluntary participation Issues: Quality of notes taken Personal importance Timeliness of delivery Reliability DS loans smartpens to students who have issues with notetaking. ATI provides training/technical assistance Issues: Lack of training/technical know-how Poor writing skills Issues with quality of microphone

Why Sonocent AudioNotetaker? Issues with existing notetaking solutions Issues with smartpens Some students prefer typing as opposed to writing Costs Free semester trial Affordable Features Import PPTs/PDFs Recording Mobile app Central Management/Deployment License Manager

Getting Started Implementing the trial, Participants

Emails, Trainings, and Webinars Download and installation instructions License information Resources hosted on ATI website Trainings Introduced via AT assessments In person - 30 minute training Webinars Hosted by Sonocent

Who Participated Pilot (Spring 2017) 33 students 29 students registered with Disability Services 4 graduate research students Majority of users are: Female 18–34 years of age Have at least an associate’s degree

Tracking Progress Survey Results

Pre-Sonocent Notetaking Notetaking Strategies 55% - pen and paper/notebooks 50% - computer word processing 30% - audio recorder 15% - highlighter 10% - smartpen 5% - notetaker Hindrances to Notetaking Mobility Speed and difficulty of subject Focused on writing, not on lecture Bad notetaking skills

Quality of Notes Pre-Sonocent Post-Sonocent 5% - Excellent 20% - Good 50% - Average 15% - Fair 10% - Poor 38% - Excellent 50% - Good 12% - Average 0% - Fair 0% - Poor

Notetaking Frequency Pre-Sonocent Post-Sonocent 16% - Handful of times 5% - Once a week 37% - Few times a week 42% - Every day 22% - Handful of times 0% - Once a week 11% - Few times a week 67% - Every day

Grade Improvement Pre-Sonocent Post-Sonocent Do you think your grades could improve as a result of using Sonocent? 50% - Yes 45% - Maybe 5% - No Have you seen an improvement in your grades as a result of using these tools? 89% - Yes 11% - No

Where are we now? Current status, Going forward

ATI and Sonocent Partnered with Disability Services Mason Life 50-user license Mason Life 5-user license Distribution Hierarchy First-come, first-serve Current Status (Fall 2017) 21 students 20 students registered with Disability Services 1 graduate research student

Going Forward Issues to resolve: Distribution Recordings/Mic quality DS students receive first priority Additional licenses? Recordings/Mic quality Students complained of poor recordings Testing Samson XPD1 Presentation mics

Questions

Contact Information Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building, Rm. 238, Mail Stop: 6A11 Phone: 703-993-4329 Email: ati@gmu.edu Web: http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason