Introducing Kurzweil Multimedia Educational Technology Dr. Jun Wang San Joaquin Delta College

Expected Learning Outcomes Be able to name at least five functions of Kurzweil 3000 that can help you in your kinesthetic learning Be able to retrieve your digitized textbook from box.net with a user name and password Be able to navigate through the digitized textbook in Kurzweil and get instructions through sticky notes, bubble notes, and voice notes Be able to extract highlighted words or concepts into column notes or footnotes Be able to download the trial application from Kurzweil online or to locate computers with Kurzweil applications on campus 2

Click on the question mark to read or listen to the bubble note Click on the speaker to listen to your professor’s voice note Functions of Kurzweil 3

Functions of Kurzweil (Cont.) Click on the upper arrow to move to the next page Click on the down arrow to move to the previous page Click on “OK” to close the bubble note 4

Functions of Kurzweil (Cont.) Place the cursor in front of a word or a section and click on the Read button to have the text read to you. Adjust the speed of the reading by clicking on the up or down arrow 5

Functions of Kurzweil (Cont.) Place the cursor in front a new word click on Definition on the top menu to get a definition from one of the dictionaries in Kurzweil. Click on Synonym to display words with similar meanings Click on Pronounce to listen how the word is sounded Click on Syllables to find how many syllables the word has Click on Spell to listen to the spelling of the word (helpful to those who are visually impaired) 6

Translate a sentence into a foreign language Place the cursor in front a sentence Click on Translate from the top menu Select a foreign language from the dropdown language menu Click on Translate Click on Done to close the screen 7

Functions of Kurzweil (Cont.) Create or Display a hyperlink to a webpage Place the cursor in front of a word or phrase to be linked Click on Hyperlink and add the URL to link the webpage to the chosen word or phrase Click on the hyperlinked word or phrase to go to the webpage 8

Functions of Kurzweil (Cont.) Develop Your Study Skills Using Column Notes Use the highlighters to highlight words and definitions or other categories Click on Column Notes to extract the highlighted words or phrases into column notes 9

On Campus Computers: – Holt 201 (Reading and Writing Lab) – Shima 217 (Math and Science Lab) – DeRicco 115 (DSPS Lab) – Goleman Library (Single station by the Reference Desk) Personal computers: – Download and install Kurzweil 3000 application (30-day free trial) onto your personal computerKurzweil 3000 Demo login: – User Name = TUser017 – Password = NeatFarm5 Computers with Kurzweil 3000 Applications & Demo Login 10

Download the application from 11

Go to and sign inhttp://box.net – User name: smartxt – Password: smartxt Locate your textbook chapters by college  Semester  Professor/Course Code  course name  chapter number Retrieve Your Digitized Textbook Online 12

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