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: Please note that when Assistive technology is requested an individualized assessment and training will be scheduled between the access specialist and the student. Some training material will be available on the Assistive Technology Training Page
| -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, TRIO, Boswell Hall second floor, at each outreach campus, Workforce Training Center 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 |
| - DHOH: Assistive Listening systems (FM Systems), Ubi Dou, CART |
| -Special Student class chairs to accommodate for certain physical disabilities |
| -Accessibility Software: JAWS, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Mathtype, Equatio, Adobe Pro, Read and Write Gold and NVDA. |
| ....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." |
Students who use DSS assistive technology work stations at DSS, Molstead Library, TRIO, Boswell Hall second floor, Testing Center, NIC Outreach Centers and Workforce training centers must adhere to NIC's Computer policy and procedures section 3.8 which is stated online NIC Policy Manual .