INFORMATION REGARDING THE LEARN MY WAY WEBSITE
You do not have to register to try out the website but it is better if you DO REGISTER if you are going on to complete a learning goal with CLD.
If you register any work you do will be saved so that you can go back later and start from where you left off. It also lets us have a record of what subjects you have completed, to link with SQA qualifications.
Click on the See all learning tab to see all the learning modules available.
Click on the choose where to start tab to get some help in choosing.
The Help someone else tab will also show you some useful guides to help build computer skills.
The show me how it works tab explains more about how to use the website and why and how to register.
You will also see an Accessibility tab at the top of the home page.
The information here could help you to set up the text to speech tool, or screen reader. This lets you hear the words being read out loud as you look at them on the screen.
You can also make the words on the page bigger, or change the colours you see, if you are finding it hard to read.
These helpful tools work differently on different kinds of laptops so you need to find the information that is for your own device.
There are also lots of useful videos for this on You tube.
If you have a laptop with Windows 10, Narrator is built in, so you don’t need to download anything and you can use the guide below:
Hear text read aloud with Narrator on Windows 10
Narrator reads aloud the text on your PC screen. It also describes events such as notifications and calendar appointments, which lets you use your PC without a display.
To start or stop Narrator, press Windows logo key + Ctrl + Enter. To see all Narrator commands, press Caps Lock + F1 after you open Narrator. If your device has a touchscreen, tap it three times with four fingers.
Note: For detailed info about how to use Narrator, including a complete list of Narrator keyboard commands, see Complete guide to Narrator.
Use Scan Mode to get going fast
Scan Mode can help you navigate apps and webpages more quickly. To turn Scan Mode on or off, press Caps lock + Spacebar.
When Scan Mode is turned on, press the up and down arrow keys to move to the next or previous line of text in an app or webpage. Press the right and left arrow keys to move to the next or previous character. To activate an item such as a button, press the Spacebar.
You can also navigate by word or paragraph. Press Ctrl + Left arrow and Ctrl + Right arrow to move by word. Press Ctrl + Up arrow and Ctrl + Down arrow to move by paragraph.