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Adaptive Labs

The DRC has seven adaptive technology workstations in five computer labs on campus--two workstations at the Academic Resource Center, one at the Media Center in the McHenry Library, two in the Cowell Lab (Fall-Spring only), one in the Social Sciences Lab, and one in the Science and Engineering Library. The general campus labs also have some adaptive software features on all their computers. See the link for the lab location map

Academic Resources Center (ARC) is located between McHenry Library and the Music Center. The ARCenter has two adaptive workstations, one with Dragon Naturally Speaking, Kurzweil 3000/Study Station, Inspiration Wynn Reader, and JAWS, and the other with Kurzweil 3000, RFB&D Reader, OpenBook, JAWS and a scanning station.
ARC hours are: Monday-Thursday, 9 am – 9 pm, and Friday, 9 am – 5 pm.

Science and Engineering Library is located at Merrill College. This Instructional Computing lab has one adaptive workstation, in available with Kurzweil 3000/Study Station.
Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 8am - 11:45pm, Friday 8am - 5pm, Saturday 11am - 7pm, Sunday 10am - 11:45pm.

Media Center in McHenry Library
The University Library Media Center is located in Room 0350 on the ground floor of the McHenry Library addition. The adaptive technology room is room #0337. This room in the Media Center has one adaptive workstation with Kurzweil 3000/Study Station, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, JAWS, and a CCTV.
Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 9a.m. - 10:30pm, Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday 11am - 7pm, Sunday 10am - 10:30pm.

Social Sciences 1 Lab
The Social Sciences 1 lab is located in room 135 on the first floor near the rear entrance of the building. The Social Sciences 1 lab has one adaptive workstation with Kurzweil 3000 and a scanner.
Hours of operation are Monday - Thursday 9am - midnight, Friday 9am - 6pm, Saturday noon - 6pm, and Sunday noon - midnight.

Cowell Lab is located at the newly-built Cowell Apartments, near the entrance across from the Bookstore. The open 24 hours a day, which makes it ideal for walk-in use. There are two adaptive workstations in the Cowell Lab. One is in the ATR room and is available for use by request from the DRC. The ATR workstation has Kurzweil 3000/Study Station, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, and JAWS. There is another workstation in the open lab that has Kurzweil 3000 and a scanner.