Assistive Technology Information
North Idaho College Disability Support Services offers a variety of assistive technology options and training to qualified students (NIC main and outreach campuses, and North Idaho Campuses for Lewis-Clark State College, Boise State University, and Idaho State University). Examples of assistive technology include:
| -Digital Textbooks |
| -Captioning |
| -Lecture Recording |
| -Screen Readers and Digital Text Reading technology |
| -Screen Magnification Hardware and Software |
| -Touch Screens and iPads are available for use in Seiter Hall Room 100. (The purchase of this technology was made possible with a grant from the North Idaho College Foundation.) |
| -Computer Work Stations with pre-installed accessibility software located in Molstead Library, at each outreach campus, and Seiter Hall Room 100. |
| -Two (2) private Student Study Rooms equipped with Assistive Technology located in Seiter Hall Rm 100 |
| -Calculators/keyboards with large buttons |
| -Digital tape recorders |
| -Smart Pens for note taking and digital recording of lectures |
| -High quality microphones and headsets |
| -Specialized Computer Peripheral Equipment |
| -Noise Cancelling Headphones |
| -Braille printing |
| -Assistive Listening systems (FM Systems) |
| -Special Student class chairs to accommodate for certain physical disabilities |
| -Accessibility Software |
| ....and more. |
Please note that North Idaho College does not provide attendants, individually prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a personal nature. For additional information, please refer to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights September 1998 letter "Auxiliary Aids for Services for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities." |