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Student Resources

Learning Labs, electronic textbooks, and the Read&Write toolbar.

Student Resources

Learning Labs and assistive technology

Learning Partners students have access to dedicated Learning Labs equipped with internet access, computer workstations, and specialized assistive technology, including:

Electronic textbooks

Electronic textbooks are available to students who need them, through the Learning Labs.

Read&Write Toolbar for Google Chrome™

A comprehensive set of tools that supports reading, writing, studying, and research. Available to all Louisburg College students with a louisburg.edu email account. Download the toolbar.

Features include:

  • Text-to-speech with dual-color highlighting
  • Text and picture dictionaries for vocabulary support
  • Translation into multiple languages
  • Predictive text while typing
  • Speech-to-text dictation
  • Text highlighting and collection from documents and webpages
  • Voice notes within Google Docs
  • Webpage simplification and summarization

From the Learning Partners office

Learning Partners students have access to exclusive learning labs with internet access, ample computers, and specialized assistive technology including:

The Read&Write Toolbar for Google Chrome™ offers a range of powerful support tools to help students gain confidence with reading, writing, studying, and research. The toolbar is available to all Louisburg College students with a louisburg.edu email account.

The toolbar allows you to:

  • Hear documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting
  • See the meaning of words explained with text and picture dictionaries
  • Hear the text translated into other languages
  • Predictive text as you type
  • Turn words into text as you speak
  • Highlight text in documents or webpages and collect for use in other documents
  • Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs
  • Simplify and summarize text on web pages

Get Started

Request information

Interested students, parents, or guardians can contact the Louisburg College Learning Partners Program to schedule a campus visit: call (919) 497-3278 or email learningpartners@louisburg.edu for application information, or send us an interest form.

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