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Discord

Tool Overview:

Discord is a free to use communication platform, offering web or application based engagement with text, voice, and live streaming channels. 

Category: Collaboration Communication Open Discussion Social Media Web Conferencing
Pedagogical Uses: Collaborative Learning Peer Learning
Queen's Security Assessment completed: No
Link to Tool:
Similar To: WhatsApp

Availability: Asynchronous Browser-based Desktop app Mobile app Mobile-friendly Synchronous

Advantages:

  • Offers multiple ways to communicate in a parallel, student driven environment

Limitations:

  • Limits on users and channels per server 

This tool is available to: Free/Open Access

This tool can be integrated with: No Integration

Gradebook Integration: N/A
Gradebook can be exported: N/A
Classlist full integration with onQ: N/A
Class roster and groups need to be udpated manually if onQ changes: N/A

WCAG 2.0 Compliance
wcag2 - Partial

  • All users can convey information as per Universal Design For Learning guidelines in a variety of formats.
  • All users can customize the display of information in multiple ways as per UDL guidelines.

Some tool features are compatible with screen readers


Compatible Screen Readers:

  • NVDA
  • JAWS
  • VoiceOver for macOS

Alt text is supported on images in this tool.

Caption Features Availability
For Live Video Live Captions - No No
For Pre-Recorded Pre-recorded Captions - No No
Are Automatically Generated Auto-Generated Captions - N/A Not Applicable
Are Editable Caption Editing - No No
Are SRT/WebVTT Importable Importable Captions - N/A Not Applicable

Navigation Features Availability
Keyboard Keyboard Navigation - Yes Yes
Mouse Mouse Navigation - Yes Yes

  • Discord. December 16, 2020. 

 

Support available through: Vendor Support

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