As well as the various tools that comprise NILE, the following technologies are also available to students at the University.
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BOB (Box of Broadcasts) is an on demand TV and radio service for education. BoB allows you to view programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels, and search the extensive archive. The recorded programmes are kept indefinitely and added to a growing media archive with all content shared by users across every subscribing institution. Please note that BoB is only available from within the UK. |
BOB is accessed at: Log in using your usual University username and password. |
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LinkedIn Learning is a library of high-quality online video tutorials. It includes very many self-paced video training courses on almost all software packages used at the University of Northampton, and also offers other courses that focus on the development of academic skills, study skills, digital literacty and various other 'soft skills'. |
LinkedIn Learning is accessed at: Log in using your usual University username and password. More information about how to log in to LinkedIn Learning is available on the University's LinkedIn Learning for Students page. You can also access and use LinkedIn Learning via the LinkedIn Learning Mobile App. |
Although not officially endorsed or supported by the University, students may find the following accessibility tools helpful.
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Natural Reader Text to Speech is a text-to-speech tool that you can use to read text aloud to you. |
More information about Natural Reader Text to Speech is available from: |
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Voice In is a voice-to-text tool that you can add to Chrome and which can then type the words that you speak. | More information about Voice In is available from: dictanote.co/voicein |
Your web browser also has lots of accessibility features built into it. You can find out more about which browsers to use with NILE, and about their accessibility features on our FAQ: Which browser or app should I use to access NILE?