Accessibility Tips & Tools Across Platforms

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1. Input 

How are we gathering input from our teachers and families regarding what they need to support

accessibility & remote learning for students? Survey questions might include:

a. What are your concerns about students accessing remote learning?

b. What tech tools do you feel would improve access to remote learning?

c. What training do you need to support & improve student access?

2. DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORM ACCESSIBILITY

What accessibility features are you accessing in your Learning Management System?

(i.e. Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Schoology, Canvas, Edmodo, etc.)

What accessibility features are you using built in to your digital platform(s)?

(Google, Microsoft, iOS)

Does the staff know how to implement accessibility features?

3. ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (AEM)

4. TOOLS FOR ALL

What accessibility tools (3rd party software, websites, extensions, apps) do we have available for

all students in our district?

5. HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS

What resources, programs and supports do we have for our high needs students with complex

bodies and complex communication needs?

(i.e. Unique Learning, News2You, Chooseit Maker 3, AAC, Tarheel Reader)

6. BARRIERS

What additional barriers to remote learning remain for our students?(i.e. Unique Learning, News2You, Chooseit Maker 3, AAC, Tarheel Reader)

7. LEADERSHIP

What is our district leadership’s capacity to address accessibility issues?

Is professional development needed?

8. COACHING

How can we train/support educators on how to design accessible lessons in a UDL framework

as a practice for all of our students?