I’ve checked with several advisors, and no one is aware of VangoNotes. But checking with Disability Services, Jackie shared the following with me:

“I have heard of VangoNotes but I don’t have much experience with them. I believe they are only available for Pearson textbooks, so I think it would depend on how many Pearson text are used in her program. If it were me, I’d bug them for a free trial or demo before investing too much.

If she is looking for portability as well as audio, there are a few text-to-speech options our there that will read text aloud from the computer screen but will also convert text into audio. They work well with word docs, most PDF files and maybe some ebooks. We have learners with and without disabilities use this to convert ebook chapters into audio files to download onto an MP3 player or iPod. It would be a matter of finding the books electronically and it does depend on the file format of the ebook.

TextAloud at http://www.nextup.com is a popular one and reasonably priced at around $30 (+ another $25 for natural sounding voices).
Natural Reader at http://www.naturalreaders.com has a Personal Version that has an option to convert to audio.
ReadPlease at http://www.readplease.com also has a paid version that converts to audio.”

Know that Capella does not endorse any particular type of software of this type. I hope this helps you decision making process.

Are you familiar with VangoNotes, and do you know if it would be worth signing up for a membership which is really only financially worthwhile if I plan on purchasing multiple items from the site.

All wonderful questions!

Kashi, I’m afraid I don’t have any real insight to offer your question. You might inquire with the Business Office. For what it’s worth, and not much really, in the time I’ve been with Capella, the issue of pricing has been an ongoing dialogue. Some programs (like Psychology) do, in fact, utilize a different pricing model. But at large, I don’t see quarterly tuition going away any time soon for the PhD programs. Certainly stand to be proven wrong.

Gary, Supplemental Form G has actually now been integrated into the main application (a high percentage of folks use the internet in some way to conduct their research, email, web surveys, etc.) I will send you a Word version, just to cover your bases, but good question. Threw me off too when I went in and saw A-F, H-O.

James, also an excellent question. Like many institutions, Capella does employee some of its graduates as faculty. Their applications are reviewed and accepted with the same criteria and standards as those of any other applicant, however, there is the added stipulation that no more than 5% of the aggregate faculty of any Capella school may hold a terminal or the highest degree from Capella University. In cases of hiring faculty for targeted purposes such as experience and diversity, schools are allowed to hire an additional 5% of Capella graduates. I’m afraid I’m not familiar with the PhD in IT, IA’s current faculty, but I suspect it would be clearly articulated in their bios where they attended school. Does that help?

Thanks
Kashi

You need to submit an electronic form on iGuide 3 to start the process.

iGuide 3/
Policies and Administration/
University Forms/
Enrollment Forms/
Change Degree/Program

This will open up a case for the Registrar’s Office and Academic Advising.
You need to have a conversation with the advisor based on a simulated audit showing how your current and past transfer credits will apply to your new program. If you agree to go ahead with the change, your advisor will assign the case to Registrar’s Office for processing. You should then recieve a new official CCE (Course and Credit Evaluation). A new advisor will contact you to schedule a call to creat a new degree plan and registration.

Hope this helps some.

Dr. Vera

1) Check Course schedule on iGuide, using the menu on the left side of your screen

SELF SERVICE/Course Schedules/Psychology/2more/Psychology 2010 Schedules/Gradyate courses

If you click on the title it will show you brief description,
If you click on extended description it will show you detailed course descritpion

2) You can also look up the course description in the Catalogue on iGuide
using the same menu on the left side of the screen,
ACADEMICS/University Catalogues/2009-2010 January/Graduate Courses Description

Hope this helps.

Best,

Dr. Vera

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