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New Zoom features look to help teachers manage virtual classrooms

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With many K-12 schools and universities moving to a hybrid learning model this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, video chat giant Zoom is adding new features designed to help teachers manage virtual classrooms. All features will be available on the free Zoom for Education plan, according to a Thursday blog post.

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Zoom Meetings "How Teachers Take Attendance"

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This year we experienced educational disruption at a scale we've never seen before. While back to school will look different, we're excited to invite you to The Anywhere School, an online event to celebrate educators and explore the future of education with thought-provoking panels, keynotes, and more.

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Who knows what our classrooms will look like this fall? The only thing we can be sure of is the pandemic has shown us that technology, while it most certainly cannot replace a teacher, is likely here to stay. With that in mind, here are some time-saving Google Classroom tips to help whether you are teaching online, in-class, or (yikes!) both at once.

Also make sure to check out these 20 Free Chrome Extensions for teachers !

1. Customize Notifications

When setting up your Google Classroom, customize your notifications so that your inbox isn't flooded every time you post an assignment. You can do this in Classroom Settings, and in individual Docs, Slides, or Sheets you've assigned by clicking on "Comments" then "Notifications".

2. Invite Parents

Under the "Student" section, use the "Invite Guardians" function to give parents access to their child's Classroom. This allows you to easily email parents from within Classroom as well.

3. Control Commenting

In your Stream Settings, you can control whether students can create posts, comment on posts you've made, or have the ability to comment at all.

4. Set Up Google Meet

For those online lessons, easily set up a Google Meet within Classroom. Go to Settings and select "Generate Meet Link." Then choose to make it visible - it will show up under Classwork as a Meet icon and on your header, too. The beauty of this is that students will only be able to join when you are in the meeting, and cannot continue the meeting afterward, as long as you are the last person to log out.

5. Create Subject Folders

Create Folders for each subject by pressing the "Plus" button and selecting "Topic." Then when you make an assignment, you can select the topic you'd like it to go into.

6. Organize Your Folders

Organize your Classwork section by dragging and dropping Topics to the top or down lower. You can also drag assignments and materials from one folder to another. For example, current assignments can be added to a top folder, called This Week's Work, then removed and dragged to the topic folder when completed.

7. Make It Easy for Students to Check Feedback

You can create a Topic such as "Check Your Feedback" and leave it at the top of the Classwork section. When you've commented on students' work, drag the assignment into this topic. At this point, it will become visible to students so they know to check their work. When the assignment is over, drag it back to its own topic.

8. Draw Students' Attention to Certain Assignments

Within the Stream, you can click on the three dots on any assignment or post and select "Move to Top" to bring it back to the top, if you want to draw students' attention to it again.

9. Schedule Work Ahead of Time

Plan ahead and schedule your posts to come out on a certain date and time - instead of clicking "Assign" when you've created the post, click "Schedule" and select your timeframe.

10. Reuse Your Work

Reuse old posts by clicking the "Plus" button then "Reuse Post." You'll be prompted to select the post from other classrooms you're connected to, including your archived classes. No need to reinvent the wheel this way!

11. Check for Plagiarism

Use the "Run Originality Reports" feature when creating assignments. This allows you and your students to check for plagiarized material.

12. Make Rubrics

When creating an assignment, you can create a rubric by clicking +Rubric to go with it and mark the assignment with the rubric. Students will be able to see the rubric as well, and rubrics can also be reused for other assignments.

13. Make Templates for Students

To avoid students having to create assignments from scratch, create a template in Docs, Slides, or Sheets and share it with students in the assignment by selecting "Make a Copy for Each Student."

14. Find Student Work in Google Drive

Use Google Drive to easily find student work. Classroom automatically creates a self-titled folder in Drive and will subdivide student work the same way you've organized it in Classroom.

15. Check on Student Progress in One Place

In the Students section, click on the student's name to see all of their work, and you can further subdivide to Turned In, Returned, and Missing.

16. Grade Assignments in One Place

You can also select the "Grades" tab on the top of your Classroom and see all assignments so you can grade in one place.

17. Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Use the keyboard instead of your mouse when entering grades for students: simply push the down arrow to move to the next student.

18. Return Work to Students with One Click

For assignments that do not require individual feedback, you can grade them one at a time, then when you're finished, click on "Grades." Hit the three dots beside the assignment, and choose "Return all." This will return all the assignments with one click!

19. Download Grades in a Spreadsheet

At report card time, get an easy-to-read spreadsheet of your grades by opening a single assignment and clicking on Settings. It will give you the option of copying all grades to Google Sheets, downloading all grades as CSV, or downloading just that assignment's grades.

20. Wrap up the School Year with One Click

Last but not least, on your way out of your classroom in June, select the three dots on the classroom tile, and click on "Archive." This will preserve all of your hard work but will prevent student access. Class dismissed!

Reopening plans vary by state - and even district. It's going to be an unusual and stressful year for most teachers. These Google Classroom tips will be particularly helpful for keeping consistency whether teaching online or in person.

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Who knows what our classrooms will look like this fall? The only thing we can be sure of is the pandemic has shown us that technology, while it most certainly cannot replace a teacher, is likely here to stay. With that in mind, here are some time-saving Google Classroom tips to help whether you are teaching online, in-class, or (yikes!)

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The CALL Scotland 'wheel' of Apps provides a categorised guide to iPad Apps for individuals with complex communication support needs, who may need to use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). First published in 2014, I'm pleased to share now that it has had it's 2020 refresh and update.

The process of updating has taken a while, but this has resulted in the most significant update yet and the outcome is a resource that maintains the usability and usefulness of its previous versions.

Of the Apps included, many have been tried and tested by us or have been recommended by others. We have included a range of Apps for supporting different communication needs and included those which are more or less expensive to buy.

Other key principles in our selection process are:

the Apps stand out in their category in some way, due to their features, ease of use and reliability

there is evidence of continuing support from the developer for the App, by way of recent updated versions and a website or other web-based presence

user information is provided through a guide or similar resource on how to use the App

The following changes have been made -

A total of 17 Apps have been added to this version 2.0

Speech Assistant AAC, Jabberwocky AAC, Sesame Talking Keyboard, SayIt!, BRIDGE Communication Pro, SymboTalk, GoVisual Experience, iSpeak Button Collection, Make a Choice - AAC Buttons, Verbal Me, Smooth Talker AAC, Yes/No, Special Stories, See Me Talk, PODD with Compass (PCS), simPODD, Pathways for Core First

A total of 20 Apps which appeared in the previous version 1.7, have been removed

Word aaccess, Assistive Express, TotalTalk AAC, Tobii Dynavox Compass Connect, AAC Speak, Able AAC, image2talk, iSpeak Button Series, TapSpeak Button, Use2Talk, TapSpeak Sequence, Our Story, Speakall, PictureCanTalk, So Much 2 Say, Board Communicator, Bitsboard Preschool, MobileSign2, BSL Education, British Sign Language - Finger Spelling

Further indicators showing alternative access options, have been included:

Switch access (previously included) is now shown as a red border around the App image

Head Tracking (Face ID/Attention) is shown as an H, next to the App image

Where there is free versions of an App, there is a red * next to the App name

The BSL section has been removed and a PODD section added

Some app images and symbol sets have been updated

During the update process this year, information was collected through conducting two surveys, one focussing on text-based Apps and the other on symbol-based Apps. Comments and views were sought on App use, features and preferences. I am most grateful to all those who participated in either survey and will provide a summary of the responses in a subsequent blog.
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The CALL Scotland 'wheel' of Apps provides a categorised guide to iPad Apps for individuals with complex communication support needs, who may need to use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). First published in 2014, I'm pleased to share now that it has had it's 2020 refresh and update.

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This is how I set up my Google Classroom for remote learning (5 tips)

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Users with disabilities can participate in Google Meet video meetings using accessibility features in Meet, Chrome Browser, and Google meeting room hardware.

Accessibility features

Live captions-Display captions of the person speaking so that participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can follow what's said in video meetings. If you record a video meeting, captions are not recorded and don't appear when you play the recording.
See:Use captions in a video meeting

Screen readers and magnifiers-Blind and low-vision users can use the built-in screen reader, full-page zoom, high-contrast color, and accessibility extensions in Chrome Browser.
See:Google accessibility products and features

Keyboard shortcuts-Users can control the camera and microphone and open accessibility features using the keyboard.
See:Keyboard shortcuts

Google meeting room hardware-Hard-of-hearing and low-vision users can use spoken feedback and live captions on Google meet hardware and Chromebox and Chromebase for meetings.
See:Google meeting room hardware accessibility

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Users with disabilities can participate in Google Meet video meetings using accessibility features in Meet, Chrome Browser, and Google meeting room hardware. Live captions-Display captions of the person speaking so that participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can follow what's said in video meetings.

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Users with disabilities can participate in Google Meet video meetings using accessibility features in Meet, Chrome Browser, and Google meeting room hardware.

Accessibility features

Live captions-Display captions of the person speaking so that participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can follow what's said in video meetings. If you record a video meeting, captions are not recorded and don't appear when you play the recording.
See:Use captions in a video meeting

Screen readers and magnifiers-Blind and low-vision users can use the built-in screen reader, full-page zoom, high-contrast color, and accessibility extensions in Chrome Browser.
See:Google accessibility products and features

Keyboard shortcuts-Users can control the camera and microphone and open accessibility features using the keyboard.
See:Keyboard shortcuts

Google meeting room hardware-Hard-of-hearing and low-vision users can use spoken feedback and live captions on Google meet hardware and Chromebox and Chromebase for meetings.
See:Google meeting room hardware accessibility

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Zoom is providing support to help navigate remote work and effectively use Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Last updated on February 14, 2022 by Not So Wimpy Teacher

Many teachers are now using platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet to reach their students. While many teachers use this platform to teach or review standards with their students, many are also using it for socialization during these times and there are lots of great distance learning activities you can use to engage your students.

I searched our teacher Facebook groups for some creative distance learning activities to engage your students during these times.

Games

Have you tried playing games with your students on Zoom or Google Meet? You might be surprised how easy it can be!

Charades- Private message one student with the word card. This student then pantomimes this clue while the other students guess the answer. You can mute students and have them raise their hand when they have a guess.

Pictionary- You can use the whiteboard feature to play this game. Private message a student the word, and then allow that student to draw the clues on the whiteboard feature.

4 Corners- Have students use a personal dry-erase board or a piece of paper and a marker for this game. Students choose a number (1-4 or 1-6), write it on their board, and hold it up for everyone to see. The teacher then rolls a dice and the number she rolls is the number that is out. If the teacher rolls a 4, every student holding up a number 4 will be considered out of that game. Continue until you only have one player left.

Simon Says- Play this just like the original game! The teacher will give the action directions, while the students participate. If students miss the action cue "Simon says," then they are out. Keep going until you have a winner!

Bingo- Students can draw a 4×5 grid on a piece of paper. Direct your students to fill each square in with words that fit your category. You can make it an academic game and have them fill numbers from 1-50 (or any number of your choice), then the teacher can call out the multiplication facts as you play. Another idea is to have your students list items that might be found in a kitchen, classroom, or playground. Students randomly put in the words in their squares (don't forget the middle free square!), and then the teacher calls out the words to play.

I Spy- Use your students' backgrounds for this game to play. Pick an item that can easily be seen by all students and share a clue. Students can raise their hand when they have a guess.

Conversation Activities

You may likely have some students who are shy on camera, and may not speak up as quickly in your meetings. You can use these distance learning activities to encourage conversation from them.

Show & Tell- Have students take turns sharing something special to them.

Two Truths & a Lie- Students can take turns sharing 2 truths about themselves and one lie. Students then guess what the lie is.

Would You Rather...- You can grab some "Would You Rather" questions online and ask these in your group call. Have students take turns sharing their responses.

Pet Parade- Students can bring their pet (real or stuffed) to your meeting and share some interesting facts about their pet when it is their turn.

Mad Libs- Grab some student Mad Libs online and have your students grab personal dry-erase boards or scratch paper. Call out the part of speech, have students write their choice on their board, and pick a student to share their answer. Read the Mad Lib story to your class when it's filled in! You are sneaking in some grammar review with this activity, and students love the silly stories!

LEGO Challenge- Instruct your students to build something overnight and bring it to your meeting the next day. Students can take turns showing their models and sharing what they like best about it. Some LEGO challenges I've seen include building a boat that floats, build a model of your room, build a marble run, build a pyramid, etc.

Art Show- Students can create their own piece of artwork (or two) and share with their classmates!

Snack & Chat- If your students just want to chat and socialize, encourage them to join you for a virtual lunch or snack time. Use some of the ideas in this category to keep the conversations going, or just let your students share what they have been up to!

Movement Activities

Students need brain breaks throughout their day still! Try some distance learning activities that incorporate movement while on your Zoom or Google Meet call.

Go Noodle- Pull up your students' favorite Go Noodle songs and share your screen. Students can get up and dance away!

Dance and Freeze- Play some music, encourage students to get up and dance, then students must freeze when the music stops. Your students will love the silly motions they are frozen in!

Scavenger Hunts- Our Facebook groups are full of fun scavenger hunt ideas! You can play this game live, or send your students off to do this overnight. You can gather a list easily online, but some ideas I have seen include looking for particular shapes, colors, items that are a certain length, or items that start with a particular sound.

Fun Fridays

It is always fun to end the week with a special activity. You could use these distance learning activities on Fridays, or any day if you need to mix-it up!

Funny Friday- Have students come to your meeting with some jokes to share!

Spirit Day- Pick a theme and have students come dressed to participate. Some fun themes include hat day, crazy hair day, mismatch day, sports-theme day, or school spirit day.

Field Trip Friday- Teachers all over the country are taking their students on virtual field trips. Use the share-screen feature to share a virtual location with your students. You can visit a zoos, aquariums, museums, national parks, or even theme parks. Check out THIS list for some ideas to get started.

Flashlight Friday- Have your students build a fort and grab a flashlight! They can get comfy and listen to you read a story during Flashlight Friday.

Friday Drawings- Directed drawings are a fun brain break! Pull up your favorite directed drawing YouTube video and share your screen with your students. You can also get creative and walk your students through the drawings yourself. Art Hub for Kids is a great place to start.

Zoom and Google Meet have made it easy to see our students during school closures. Your meetings can also be a healthy brain break for your students by using the ideas above! Thank you for bringing your students together during these times and taking the time to engage them in distance learning activities. Your students are lucky to have you!

Read about more ways to make virtual learning more fun.

Have a Not So Wimpy day,

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Zoom has helped schools and teachers around the world quickly shift to remote virtual learning, and we want all of them to have the same productive - and secure - learning environment as their traditional classroom settings.

Zoom comes pre-stocked with numerous security features designed to control online classrooms, prevent disruption, and help educators effectively teach remotely. Here are some best practices for securing your virtual classroom using Zoom.

Lock your virtual classroom

Did you know you can lock a Zoom session that's already started, so that no one else can join? It's kind of like closing the classroom door after the bell. Give students a few minutes to file in and then click the Security icon at the bottom of your Zoom window. In the pop-up, click the button that says Lock Meeting.
How to lock your classroom
Control screen sharing

However, if students need to share their work with the group, you can allow screen sharing in the host controls. Click the arrow next to Share Screen and then Advanced Sharing Options. Under "Who can share?" choose "All participants" and close the window. You can also toggle sharing privileges under the Security icon in your window or change the default sharing option to All Participants in your Zoom .
How to manage screen sharing
Enable the Waiting Room

This feature is on by default for K-12/primary and secondary education users. When enabled, you have two options for who hits the Waiting Room before entering a class:

1. All Participants will send everyone to the virtual waiting area, where you can admit them individually or all at once.

2. Guest Participants Only allows known students to skip the Waiting Room and join but sends anyone not signed in/part of your school into the virtual waiting area.

The virtual Waiting Room can be enabled for every class or for individual classes at the scheduling level. If you forget to turn it on, you can quickly enable the Waiting Room from the Security icon . You also can send people already in the meeting to the Waiting Room. Next to an individual name in the Participants panel, just select More to the right of their name and Send to Waiting Room and they'll be removed from the live meeting and placed into the virtual waiting area.
How to enable the Waiting Room
Lock down the chat

Teachers can restrict the in-class chat so students cannot privately message other students. We recommend controlling chat access from the Security icon (rather than disabling chat all together in your ) so students can still interact with the teacher as needed.
How to control chat access
Remove a participant

If someone who's not meant to be there somehow manages to join your virtual classroom, you can easily kick someone out from the Security icon or from the Participants panel. Mouse over a participant's name in the Participants panel, and several options will appear, including "Remove." Click to remove them from your virtual classroom, and they won't be allowed back in.
How to remove a participant
Report a user

Suspend participant activities
How to suspend a meeting
Renaming participants

You can disable the ability for any Zoom participant to rename themselves at the account, group, and user level in your settings. Or if class is already in session, you can toggle this capability in-meeting under the Security icon.
How to restrict renaming
All of the above features can be found with the Security icon on your meeting toolbar. Here's a video overview of those options:

Security options when scheduling a class

Passcode-protect the classroom: Create a passcode and share with your students via school email so only those intended to join can access a virtual classroom.

Require registration: This shows you every email address of everyone who signed up to join your class and can help you evaluate who's attending.

Restrict annotation: This feature prevents students from annotating on shared content. It also will show the names of individuals annotating if it's allowed.

Use a random meeting ID: It's best practice to generate a random meeting ID for your class, so it can't be shared multiple times. This is the better alternative to using your Personal Meeting ID , which is not advised because it's basically an ongoing meeting that's always running.

Allow only authenticated users to join: Checking this box means only members of your school who are signed into their Zoom account with an approved email address can access this particular class.

Disable join before host: Students cannot join the class before the teacher joins and will see a pop-up that says, "The meeting is waiting for the host to join. "

Note: For schools scheduling classes through an LMS, some of these settings might appear a little differently.
Additionally, teachers have a couple of other in-meeting options to control their virtual classrooms:

Disable video: Turn off a student's video to block distracting content or inappropriate gestures while class is in session.

Mute students: Mute individual students or all of them at once. Mute Upon Entry (in your ) is also available to keep the clamor at bay when everyone files in.

Attendee on-hold: An alternative to removing a user, you can momentarily disable their audio/video connections. Click on the attendee's video thumbnail and select Start Attendee On-Hold to activate.

Hide profile pictures: Under the Security icon, teachers can hide profile pictures of any participants that don't have their video on. Only their names will be displayed. You can also set this option as a default in the In Meeting (Basic) section of your Zoom .

Important reminders for teachers

A quick reminder to never share your Zoom classroom details (meeting ID and passcode) on any public forum, such as social media or even your school's public website. Meeting disruptors search the internet for publicly posted meeting IDs. If you learn that a student or someone else has posted your meeting information online, please change the meeting ID before the next class.

We also encourage you to NOT post pictures of your virtual class on social media or elsewhere online. While it's fun to share in the excitement of connecting over Zoom, we are particularly committed to protecting the and discourage publicly posting images of students, especially minors, in a privacy of K-12/primary and secondary school users Zoom virtual classroom.

Get Zooming securely

We've compiled several great resources to help teachers and administrators - even the most technology-challenged ones - get quickly trained on Zoom and pick up some best practices for educating over Zoom . You can also get additional tips on protecting your Zoom Meetings on our security webpage .

https://youtu.be/p1IMmOujc9c

And we invite you to learn about the additional benefits Zoom's Education plans can provide for virtual learning and remote education.
Editor's note: This post was updated from the original March 27 version to include the most up-to-date information on securing your online classrooms.

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** Editor's note: We will continue to update this post as we create and gather additional resources. Bookmark this page and check back often! **

As everyone adjusts to our new reality of working from home while simultaneously homeschooling our children, AFB staff have pulled together some online resources that may be helpful.

AFB also offered a free webinar on how to provide Remote Instruction and Services for Blind and Low Vision Participants, as part of our Virtual AFB Leadership Conference. An archived version of the presentation will be available soon!

For Parents Who Are Suddenly Homeschooling

#AtHomeWithAPH Resources: APH is putting together a list of activities for you to do at home including experiments, lessons, and art. Also, stay tuned for a series of free webinars on some of their favorite products.

Virtual Expanded Core Education Learning (ExCEL) Academy for Students with Visual Impairments offers free daily lessons for students with visual impairments. Paths to Literacy is collaborating with APH (American Printing House for the Blind) and CalState University to present this programming. Qualified teachers of students with visual impairments from around the country will be presenting a range of lessons. You can call in via Zoom or connect via the Internet.

VISTAS Education Partners Inc is offering a National Homework Hotline for Blind/Visually Impaired Students (NHH-BVI): In response to the wave of K-12 school closures across the United States due to COVID-19, a few concerned teachers of students with visual impairments and advocates got together to organize a free, homework help hotline for blind/visually impaired students.

Breezy Special Ed offers distance special education materials. This site has materials for students with a variety of disabilities. Several are specifically designed or blind students and some others are good for any student (such as the independent living skills/chore chart).

Accessibyte Online is offering free access to its entire cloud platform of apps for blind, low vision, deaf and reading impaired students. Highly visual and fully audible typing tutor, games, flash cards.

Working Together to Support Students with Visual Impairments to Access Curriculum: AFB's Director of Research, Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum, has launched a volunteer project to support our pre-K through high school students with visual impairments in gaining access to materials. We know that there are students with visual impairments who do not have full access to online curriculum, supplemental activities, or resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea of this project is to connect students and their families to volunteers who want to provide support during this unprecedented time of need. We're working to locate volunteers who can support students with needs. Update: Thank you so much to the 48 teachers who have signed up to volunteer! Families, let us know if you need support. Learn how you can provide or request support.

Each Thursday at 11 am, NFB is offering interactive lessons for blind children and their families on Zoom. They are also developing online educational activities and lessons, including a braille story time. NFB is also collecting information on the needs of their members in order to more effectively serve them and direct NFB's advocacy.

For College Students Who Are Blind or Low Vision

Free Offer for College Students in Need of Aira: "We know that many universities and colleges are rapidly shifting to distance learning. We've heard that some materials and software being used are inaccessible so we will be offering free Aira for any college student for the remainder of the spring semester ending in May 2020. If you know of a student who could benefit from Aira for their distance learning, please email support@aira.io for more information on the program."

The National Federation of the Blind's "Self-Advocacy in Higher Education Toolkit" is designed for blind students seeking to better understand the higher education accommodation request process, mitigate access barriers on campus, and ultimately to succeed at your schools and in your chosen areas of study.

Reading Resources

As AFB's most famous ambassador once said, "Every book put into the hands of the sightless is a rainbow crystal that reveals the wonders of earth and the spiritual resources within our reach." Taking a cue from Helen Keller's wise words, what follows is a list of some of the reading resources that are generally accessible to audiences with vision loss.

Your local public library is a terrific resource. Many are pulling together calendars of virtual events and activities. Most public libraries also have apps like Overdrive or Hoopla where you can download audiobooks, TV shows, and movies.

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled offers the BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) to download audio and braille books and magazines. BARD is available for IOS, Android, or Fire devices.

If you haven't yet signed up for Bookshare (and Bookshare for Students), now is the time! Read over 800,000 titles on almost any device, including smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, computers, and assistive technology devices. Bookshare has also created a useful list of resources for students, educators, and parents.

Benetech provided a useful roundup of the resources they are providing to support Inclusive Access to Information, and remote learning during COVID-19 school disruptions.

Audible is also offering hundreds of free audiobooks for kids during COVID-19 school closures. Just go to audible.com/stories to access audiobooks for preschoolers through teens.

The Accessible Books Consortium's (ABC) Global Book Service has passed a major milestone, with half a million accessible works now available for cross-border, clearance-free exchange to benefit people who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ABC Global Book Service is an online catalogue for the international exchange of accessible books by participating libraries for the blind, which share items in their collections and distribute accessible books obtained through ABC to their patrons who are print disabled.

For Teachers

Additional Resources for Teachers

Technology Resources

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13 Tools to Record Audio on Chromebooks and Other Device

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Audio is a great learning and reflection tool. So I've put together a list of 13 Tools to Record Audio on Chromebooks and Other Devices.

Now that we can add audio to our favorite Google Slides projects, we need to make sure we have some options for creating those audio files.

Chromebooks have become the most popular classroom device, now in millions of classroom worldwide.

Find the best tools for Chromebooks can sometimes be challenging.

So I put together this list of 13 tools to record audio on Chromebooks to help you find the best solution for you and your students.

Be sure you visit this post to learn How to Insert Audio in Google Slides and 25 Ways to Use Audio in Google Slides Projects to learn how to maximize this tool in the classroom.

I did some digging to find you the best tools to record audio on Chromebooks. Most of these tools are web-based and will work on many other devices as well.

Some a completely free, some offer free and paid versions, and a couple are only offered on a paid model. Find what works for you and your students.

Remember, your file must be a .mp3 or .wav file in order to work in Google Slides, and it must be uploaded into Google Drive. To get the step-by-step directions, check out my tutorial: How to Insert Audio in Google Slides.
These are NOT ranked! They are listed in no particular order.
from 123 Apps (web-based) - FREE

This web-based voice recorder app from 123 Apps is a free and simple way to record audio on a Chromebook or other laptops and desktops. No login needed. It is not compatible at this time with mobile browsers.

(web-based) - FREE

Vocaroo is an online tool that allows users to record, send, and download voice messages. It's free and easy to use, but will not work on mobile devices.

Screencastify is one of the most popular screen recorders used in education today. Did you know you can extract and export the audio? Yep! Click here to learn how to export the audio as an mp3.

(web-based and Chrome App) - FREE and Paid versions

Many teachers are already using WeVideo to create videos on Chromebooks, but did you know you can extract the audio from your video files? Yep! And this tools is available in both a free and paid version. Better yet, WeVideo works on Chromebooks ( get the Chrome App), Windows, Mac, and iOS and Android devices.

Reverb Record lets you record and share voice notes, memos, and responses without an account. Create links that embed directly to Twitter, making it easy to share voice Tweets, and Reverb links can also be shared on forums and embeds on websites and blogs.

(web-based and Chrome extension) - FREE and Paid versions

TwistedWave is a browser-based audio editor. You only need a web browser to access it, and you can use it to record or edit any audio file. All the audio files are auto-saved in the cloud.

Talk and comment allows you to record audio voice notes on a Chromebook or other web-enabled device, and you can leave comments on any site. This free extension lets you record and send voice notes on all sites. Voice notes can be played even if you don't have the extension installed. (Available also on Android.)

Cloud Audio Recorder is a simple and easy to use audio and voice recorder. You can also save your files directly to Google Drive.

(web-based) - FREE

Speakpipe is a very simple and easy voice recording web app. I use it on my podcast, The Shake Up Learning Show, for listeners to leave voice messages that can be played on the podcast. A simple interface that makes downloading the file super easy.

Record audio and take notes at the same time! This web app was designed for recording lectures and meetings so you can take time-stamped notes that correspond to the recording. Bonus! This also syncs to Google Drive or Dropbox.

(web-based and desktop app) - FREE

Apowersoft Free Online Audio Recorder allows you to record audio on Chromebooks, Windows, Mac, or mobile devices without any installation.

(web-based and Chrome App) - $249/year

Soundtrap may not be free, but it made this list because it is pretty awesome! Soundtrap is an audio recording and editing application with lots of integration and collaboration features. You can record voice, use beats, loop, and more!

(web-based and Chrome App) - $4.99/month

Create, record, and share the sounds you create with anyone using SoundCloud, the world's largest community of sound creators. Also available on iOS and Android.

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Reading Train Full STEAM Ahead: Hundreds of engaging picture books on topics kids love. Beginning readers can read and record, all by themselves. Every book is available at 3 different easy reading levels: A, B and C.

Try Reading Train Starter Books, Songs & Quizzes for FREE. (includes In App Subscriptions).

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It's official! You're beginning your journey toward a more engaged, personalized classroom powered by Screencastify. Here's the best part: creating, sharing, and assessing is incredibly simple. (Related: Listen below to learn about Screencastify's newest features!)

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Below, we'll help you get started in just a few, quick steps. If you're partial to video like us, you can see all of the steps detailed below in our 15-minute certification course, The Flash.

Set up the extension

First, you'll want to make sure you've installed your new trusty sidekick, Screencastify Record. The extension will allow you to create videos with just a click. The first time you use Screencastify Record, you'll go through a quick three step process to get everything set up and ready to go.

1. Log in to the extension with your Google Account. We strongly recommend that you automatically save videos to your Google Drive (thank us later!)

2. Accept the permissions: Chrome will ask for a few permissionsfor the extension to run optimally. In a nutshell, these permissions allow us to create a folder in your Google Drive account entitled "Screencastify", access your webcam and microphone, record your screen, and display our annotation tools.

3. Introduce yourself: Don't worry - you won't need to share any awkward facts. Instead, you'll just answer a 2-question survey to make it easier for us to help you along your journey.

Create a video

Now that the extension is fully set up, you're ready to start recording ⏺. The great news is that you have lots of options to create a video that's perfect for you and your audience.To create the perfect video, you'll just need to think about a few settings.

1. Decide what you'd like to record: Screencastify includes three different recording types. Want to capture everything on screen? You'll love the desktop option. You can also capture a single tab with a browser tab recordingor just your webcam with the webcam option.

2. Enable the annotation tools: When you enable the annotation tools, you can use the pen tool, rectangle tool, or stickers to capture and retain viewer attention on the most important aspects of your video.

Add in computer audio: If you'd like to include audio emanating from your computer (like a video or song), be sure to turn on desktop audio (for desktop recordings) or tab audio (for browser tab recordings)

Increase engagement with editing

A few edits can make a huge difference toward aiding viewer understanding. Luckily, you can edit your video with the click of a button).

1. Access the editor: Adding your video to the timeline is as simple as clicking the "Open in Editor" button on the top right of the Video Management Page. (Pro Tip: You can also edit videos you created anywhere by heading straight to edit.screencastify.com)

2. ‍Enhance your video: There are tons of ways to make your video better including adding text, zooming in on important information, or cropping out extraneous visual details.‍

3. Export your beauty: Now that you've made your edits, you can export your video.

Assess viewer understanding

Before you share your video with your viewers, you may want to add a few elements to make it easier to assess how well they grasped the information in the recording. Enter: interactive questions!

To create a quick assessment, click "✏️ Interactive Questions'' on the right hand side of the Video Management Page. From there, you can add multiple choice questions to specific timestamps in the video.

Share your video

At this point in your journey, you've created a video, edited it for maximum effectiveness, and added questions to quickly assess viewer comprehension. It's officially time to share the video with your audience! To get the video in front of your audience, you have lots of options! Check out a few below:

1. Share the link to the Watch Page: The Screencastify Watch Page is a distraction-free place for viewers to watch your videos. To share the link to the Watch Page directly, you'll just need to click "Copy Share Link" on the top right of the Video Management Page.

2. Share the video to another tool: Screencastify has integrations with tools likeGoogle Classroom, Wakelet, Remind, and more. When you use any of these integrations, your viewers will be taken to the Watch Page to see your questions.‍

3. Export your video: In addition to linking to your video, you can also export your video as an mp4, mp3, or even an animated GIF.

Analyze viewer analytics and responses

Now that your audience has seen your video, you'll have access to data 📈. Namely, you'll be able to see Viewer Analytics and responses to Interactive Questions.

1. Viewer Analytics: Viewer Analytics allow you to see who's watched your video, when, and how many times. It's a great way to monitor engagement simply.

2. Interactive Questions Data: When viewers respond to your interactive questions, you'll be able to organize their responses by individual, question, or video. This data should help understand where your viewers completely understand the concept and where there may be a bit more work to do.

🌟 If you're looking for more robust information about how your viewers are understanding the content covered in your video, try asking them to create a video with Screencastify Submit.

That's it! You're more than ready to cultivate a classroom supercharged by video-based instruction. As you continue your video journey, be sure to check out professional learning resources on Screencastify University.

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by: Carmen Willings
March 15, 2020

Most of us are new to providing instruction online to students for extended periods of time. While my school district has provided online learning days during inclement weather, long term instruction is new to me. I wanted to share strategies I am using that you may find helpful. As I develop new resources, activities and instructional strategies I will add those here for your reference.

I had an advantage of having a week to prepare for this shift to online instruction. While I spent the week bringing home resources I thought I may need, I didn't bring everything home. It was difficult to determine what all to bring home as we don't know how long this mode of instruction will need to last. If your schools have not yet closed, here are my words of wisdom for you. Spend this time connecting with each and every student. Make sure each student is able to access educational platforms the classroom teachers will be using. Talk with classroom teachers and teams. What instructional strategies will they be using? How can you best support the student? Remind teams to use information and platforms that are accessible. If students use assistive technology, the family will most likely need to complete an Extended Use Form to take materials home (If your program doesn't have a form, I have one you may use on the free printables page).

Find out what platform will you be expected to use and how administrators want you to document your time spent with each student and account for your time. In my school system we use ITS Learning platform. I have added a message to parents on the opening page as well as activities and resources specific to IEP goals. I have provided access to the page to students (restricting access to only areas that apply to their individual goals) and also provided access to my supervisor and administrators so they can see what activities are being provided. Additionally, I created a Google doc where I will add my daily contacts with team members, activities, and additional projects I am working on to support my students, teams and VI colleagues. You can also share using Microsoft 365. This is a nice option as you can work on or offline - ideal if your internet service is affected.

During the first day of online learning, I experienced an internet outage. If possible, notify families that you are without internet and will be there to support them just as soon as possible. In the meantime, work to create activities with your students and document your time.

If you have purchased a copy of the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC, remember I have given you permission to use this with all of the students you serve on your caseload (I ask that each teacher purchase their own copy). You are welcome to copy the activities within the book that align with the student's learning goals and send them to parents - or adapt them as appropriate for the student. This will provide a way to continue to support students and help them work toward meeting IEP goals while they are at home.

There were speculations for a week that we would be transitioning to an online format. We were advised to send resources home with students. As I said, I met with each student and team. For students following a modified curriculum who are functional braille learners, I sent home ​the following items based on student interest and that would allow for the most flexibility in lesson creation using materials available at home.

An embossed braille book of jokes (My student loves jokes and laughter can certainly help in stressful times!). I searched online for kid friendly jokes. I created a print copy for the parents and embossed a copy for my student. I wrote the titles in print and page numbers across the top of embossed pages. I indicated on the print copy where there were new pages.

An embossed braille book of song lyrics. (I selected my student's favorite songs and provided a print copy for parents similar to the joke booki)

Print/braille grocery cards. This was easy as we had already created these for community based instruction. I had the student list her favorite foods and those commonly purchased at the store so I knew these would be foods at her home.

Print/braille cards of rooms in her home. I had my student tell me all the rooms in her home (I used the terms she refers to in order to label them with words familiar to her).

Print/braille cards of her favorite things/toys. I had my student tell me her favorite things, activities and toys that are located in different parts of her home.

These provided me a solid foundation for activities I could create using those resources!

Ideally, you had notice that your schools would be closing and could send home alphabet tiles with braille and other manipulatives. You may not have had time so if your student does not have braille reading resources at home or a notetaker, hopefully they have access to a braille writer. If they do, you can provide activities for the student to write, then build reading fluency by having the student read back their writing. If you have purchased a copy of the Keyboarding and Braille Fluency Sentences, you may copy and send passages for students to produce in braille. The pages include both print and simulated braille so caregivers who may not know braille, can still support the student. I ask that each teacher purchase their own copy of the book but you have my permission to send copies of passages and pages to students you serve on your caseload. If your student has a refreshable braille display, email to the student and encourage the student to access the file and read it. You may also want to send a braille reference chart home to families. I have a couple charts available on my Free Printables page that you are welcome to download and send home with families.

For students with severe and profound disabilities in addition to a visual impairment, I use switch activated activities. If possible, see if you can loan a switch interface and jellybean switch to the families. Also provide a Power Select if at all possible. I have created a number of interactive sensory stories and choice making activities for my students. If you have purchased The TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC complete set, you have access to the page entitled Interactive Sensory Stories. Here I provide PowerPoint shows I have created that are can be used with switch access (or a caregiver or sibling can advance the slides). I currently have 5 interactive sensory stories on the page along with materials to use with the stories. I also included directions to creating your own choice making activities. If the student has an iPad, or the school can loan an iPad, provide the families with suggestions of free or low cost apps that can support learning objectives.

I have many word lists and passages in the Keyboarding and Braille Fluency Grab & Go Workbook. If you have the book, copy the passages into a Word doc or Google doc (Remember, I ask that each teacher purchase his or her own copy but you have my permission to copy passages and activities for every student on your own caseload.). Provide the student with a list of keyboard commands. Encourage the student to edit and format the passage.

If you have students practicing using low vision devices, hopefully they brought their devices home. You can continue to support students by providing suggestions on how the student can practice using his or her device. If the student is using a magnifier, have the student use the magnifier to read environmental print throughout the house. If the student is practicing using a monocular, provide activities that will encourage the student to use the monocular. Activity suggestions to encourage use of vision and use of low vision devices are included in the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC and can be shared with parents.

Thank you to the following companies that are working to support teachers and students during this global pandemic!

Zoom has temporarily extended the time of video calls on the free plan. You can use this to have video calls with students as well as screen share.

Microsoft has made their entire Office 365 available for FREE to students and teachers that qualify (live in area impacted by school closures due to coronavirus). What an amazingly generous offer! You will want PowerPoints to create interactive PowerPoint activities for your students. You can also take advantage of Microsoft Teams to hold video calls and screen share!

Google has growing options of free platforms you can use. Google Meet is a way to hold video calls and screenshare with students.

email. Of course, I still plan to use email as a primary means of communicating with students/families and ensuring the student is able to access instruction and knows how to access VI activities.

The first resource that I put together was a series of Interactive Sensory Stories for my students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities. I had used these types of stories with my students, but felt the need to create ones that were focused on activities that can take place at home and using materials that are commonly available in homes. I created a series of 16 Interactive Sensory Stories that are now available to purchase separately or are included in the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC Complete Set. Each story was created using PowerPoint and available for download on the Interactive Sensory Stories page. In addition to the stories, I created a manual that includes a page for each story that lists material suggestions, passages from the story, and suggested sensory experiences for each page. At the end of the book I included a step-by-step picture tutorial on how you can create your own stories for your students!

In an effort to help teach students about using good hygiene, I am including a complimentary copy of one of the sensory stories for you to use with your student and decide if you would like the additional 15 books I've created. I hope you enjoy this resource and it supports you and your students!

I created these interactive matching activities to support my students who are working on visual discrimination visual scanning and using a visually directed reach (eye hand coordination) with a touch screen or using a mouse with a computer. I am providing a complimentary copy of the Good Hygiene matching activity for you to try with your student(s). There are 16 interactive stories that are now available for free in the ECC Complete Set Bonus section on the Interactive Matching Activities page for those who have purchased the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC Complete Set. They can also be purchased on their own on the Interactive Matching item page.

My newest resource is the sensory story passages in print and simulated braille (similar to the passages found in Keyboarding and Braille Practice Sentences). They are available for free if you have purchased the ECC Complete Set and are located on the ECC Bonus Printables page. You are welcome to send these pages to parents so they can help support braille instruction during distance learning. I send home a copy of the passage of the day via email to the parent. We then set up a Google Meet where I talk my student through the steps of loading a piece of paper in the braillewriter, and brailling the passage as I read it to her. I then have her remove the page and read it back to me. This builds fluency and it adds to her collection of stories to read at home! I am attaching a complimentary copy of the Good Hygiene page as a sample and to use with your students.

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Welcome to "Tools to Support You in Having a Student with a Visual Impairment in Your K-6 General Education Classroom". This is an on-demand training developed by Dr. Tina Herzberg at the University of South Carolina Upstate and Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum at the University of Arizona. In 2018 Dr. Herzberg received funding to develop this training through an Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE) grant through the University of South Carolina.

There are 11 videos each ranging in length from 8 to 12 minutes. These videos were recorded on a PC using Zoom. We encourage you to take the 20 question quiz prior to watching any of the videos and then take the same quiz a second time to see how much you learned. You may watch the videos in any order, or only watch a few as needed.

These videos were originally developed for general education teachers, but are also appropriate for paraprofessionals, therapists, administrators, family members, and others who are seeking knowledge. These videos do not address the needs of students who have additional disabilities.

In the future, we would like to expand this project and are seeking $50,000 in funding to make our dream a reality. We welcome any resources you can share with us on funding opportunities.

Quiz

We invite you to take the quiz below to test your knowledge. Try taking it before watching any of the videos and then again afterwards to see what you have learned.

Check your answers with the answer key.

Resource List

Download the 5-page resource list.

Promotional Flyer

Please feel free to download and print the flyer below or send the link to teachers, families, and others who may be interested.

Recommended Citation:

Rosenblum, L. P. & Herzberg, T. S. (2019) Tools to Support You in Having a Student with a Visual Impairment in Your K-6 General Education Classroom. Retrieved from Paths to Literacy http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/tools-support-you-having-student-visual-impairment-your-k-6-general-education-classroom (date).

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The massive shift towards distance learning presents many challenges for students, educators and guardians alike. But supporting students who have disabilities or require a hands-on approach in the classroom is an even greater challenge. Educators around the world are putting in long days to find creative ways to support all students in this new setting, especially students with disabilities. Here are some tips on using accessibility features to support all learners.

To help students stay organized and get work done

Distance learning has made it tougher for all students to pay attention and manage their time, and this can be especially hard for students with executive functioning challenges. These tools can hopefully help.

Use Calendar reminders to help students remember deadlines, and view due dates in the class Calendar in Google Classroom.

Encourage students to organize their assignments in Google Classroom or Google Keep, or in Google Drive.

Suggest students use Chromebooks in full-screen mode when working on assignments to minimize distractions.

Students can use Virtual Desks on Chromebooks or the Dualless Chrome extension for students who may benefit from seeing multiple Chrome windows on a single Chromebook monitor. For example, students can view a video lesson on one side of the screen, and a written assignment on the other side.

To help students manage their time, use the Stopwatch & Timer Chrome extension to create large on-screen timers.

Break up lessons into shorter parts, which can be beneficial for students with attention challenges.

Instead of doing video calls with the whole class, consider breaking the class into smaller groups, where each group meets one or two times per week. Prioritize 1:1 video calls for students who need it most.

For students used to working alongside teaching aides in class, you can create a Google Doc in which students can ask questions and get help in real time from their tutors, family members or support staff.

To help students and parents create a space for learning

Now that many of us are doing everything from home-teaching, learning, playing, and working-finding time for it all can be challenging. But it's important to help students, especially those with learning challenges, carve out space and time to focus on schoolwork.

Dedicate a space (even if it's small) for learning time only. If possible, avoid spaces near windows, open doors, or noisy areas of homes.

Suggest that students with attention challenges sit on swivel chairs, if available, to let off some energy. Fidget toys like spinners can also help students focus during lessons.

For students using text-to-speech tools, headphones can be helpful, especially if they're listening during a video class with other students.

To ensure your lessons are accessible

Many Google tools have accessibility functions built in:

If you're using G Suite for Education, you can enable captioning in Meet or in Slides. Captions can be helpful for students who are Deaf or have hearing loss, or those learning English-but also students in a noisy home environment.

Record your presentations in Meet or tools like Screencast-O-Matic or Screencastify for students to watch on their own as homework. This can help you make the most of live lessons, when you want to encourage as much interaction as possible.

Learn from your peers who are sharing stories with Google about engaging students through distance learning. Visit the COVID-19 distance learning resource page and Teach from Home for help.

To learn more and watch some tutorials, watch these videos, our G Suite accessibility user guide or join a Google Group. And find more on the Teacher Center, YouTube, and the Chromebook App Hub. Now is an important time to learn from each other-if you have other ideas, we encourage you to share them via this Google Form to help educators around the world benefit from your experience.

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Accessibility ideas for distance learning during COVID-19

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The massive shift towards distance learning presents many challenges for students, educators and guardians alike. But supporting students who have disabilities or require a hands-on approach in the classroom is an even greater challenge. Educators around the world are putting in long days to find creative ways to support all students in this new setting, especially students with disabilities.

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Dedicated training and resources for Clicker Writer for iPad and Chromebook.

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A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2018 Interactive by Jenny Eather

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Interactive, animated maths dictionary for kids with over 600 common math terms explained in simple language. Math glossary with math definitions, examples, math practice interactives, mathematics activities and math calculators. © Jenny Eather 2001-2015.

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Offers a spelling and grammar checker, dictionary, synonyms, and translation tool to support writing. Benefits ELL students, students with cognitive and learning disabilities, and is a tool that benefits ALL learners.

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Schedule movement breaks on your computer

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25 Free Google Drawing Graphic Organizers

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25 Free Google Drawing Graphic Organizers

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Sometimes, we just need some help organizing our thoughts - students AND educators.

Paper versions of graphic organizers can do a nice job of that. But by making them digital in Google Apps, they instantly become customizable. Multiple people can collaborate on them in real time. They can be shared with a link, embedded in a website or downloaded as an image file.

In short, digital graphic organizers are more versatile.

In Google Apps, there's a highly powerful yet highly overlooked app called Drawings. It gives users a blank canvas where they can add text, shapes, lines, etc. When done, they can save their work as image files or PDF files and can add those images to documents, slides and spreadsheets.
Drawings can be the virtual page where students can gather and process their ideas.

I used to shy away from doing a lot of graphic organizers because it's hard to design them in Google Docs; the moment I learned that you could change the page set-up to 8.5 x 11 inches, my world CHANGED. Now I rarely use Google Docs to make *anything*; I use Google Slides by default because I can add more graphics and have better control of the overall configuration. - Amy Nolan, high school English teacher, Commerce, Texas

Creating graphic organizer templates with Google Drawings

As Amy mentioned above, Google Slides can be used to create these as well as Google Drawings. The difference - Drawings focuses on one single page; Slides has multiple slides, which allows for multiple pages.

I've created 15 of them (see links below) that can be copied, saved, changed, tweaked or completely redone to fit your needs and your students' needs. We have added 10 more that were created by the Ditch That Textbook community and shared with us for this post.

It took me about 90 minutes to make 15 of them so that averages out to six minutes each. (Some were more time-consuming than others, and I got faster at making them as I progressed.)

Sharing your Google Drawings graphic organizers
Once you've created a graphic organizer (or have saved one of mine), there are a few easy ways to get them to your students:

If you use Google Classroom, create a new assignment and choose the option to deliver a copy of your graphic organizer to each student.

You can copy the URL (link) to the graphic organizer and deliver it to students via a class website, SeeSaw etc. You can also make a shorter, easier URL to type with URL shorteners like Bitly and TinyURL. (Check your Internet filter to make sure your shortened URLs come through. I've found that TinyURL works in most schools' filters.)

Using the blue "Share" button, click the "Get shareable link" button and set the document as "Anyone with the link" at the top and "Can view" at the bottom. That way, students won't be able to change your original copy and will have to make a copy of their own.

PRO TIP: When you copy a URL (link) to any G Suite file, it probably says "view" or "edit" at the end of it. If you change that word to "copy", it will force whoever opens that link to make a copy of the file instead of opening your file. That's another trick to keeping your original version from being altered. (If you assign it through Google Classroom, you won't need to do this.)

Here are 25 graphic organizer templates that can be used for many different subject areas and grade levels.

Feel free to make a copy of any of these google drawings templates and adapt them for your own use:

Question: What other graphic organizers would be useful to create in Google Drawings? Can you share a link to a graphic organizer you've created so others can use it, too? Leave a comment below!

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25 FREE Google Drawings graphic organizers - and how to make your own

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Using Google Drawings to create graphic organizers can help students gather their thoughts and customize to their needs. Here are 25 templates to get you started.

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10 ways Google Keep can streamline your school life

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10 ways Google Keep can streamline your school life

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10 ways Google Keep can streamline your life at school

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Turn your PDF or hard copy worksheet into an editable digital worksheet!

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Read&Write Picture Dictionary and Dictionary

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Read&Write Picture Dictionary and Dictionary

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Read&Write for Google Chrome™ - Dictionary and Picture Dictionary

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Read&Write for Google Chrome - A how to guide for students

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How to use Select-to-Speak on your Chromebook

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On screen keyboard with word prediction, handwriting, and glide typing

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On screen keyboard with word prediction, handwriting, and glide typing

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Chromebook Accessibility: Onscreen Keyboard and dictation

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You can hear full pages read aloud with Chromebook's built-in screen reader or hear parts of a page, including specific words, read aloud with Select-to-speak.

Listen to all text

To have pages read aloud to you, turn on your Chromebook's built-in screen reader:

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. Under "Text-to-Speech," turn on Enable ChromeVox (spoken feedback).

Note: You can turn Chromevox on or off from any page by pressing Ctrl + Alt + z. Learn more about how to use the built-in screen reader.

Listen to part of a page

To select specific text on a page to be read to you, turn on Select-to-speak.

Step 1: Turn on Select-to-speak

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. Under "Text-to-Speech," turn on Enable select-to-speak.

Step 2: Select and hear text

1. To select what text you'd like to hear:

Press and hold the Search key and click a line of text.

Press and hold the Search key and drag the pointer over an area of the screen.

​Highlight the text and press the Search key + s.

At the bottom right, near the time, select Select-to-speak . Then select a line of text or drag the pointer over an area of the screen.

On a touchscreen: At the bottom right, near the time, tap Select-to-speak . Then tap a line of text or drag your finger over an area of the screen.

2. Your Chromebook will read the section aloud and each word will be highlighted.

3. To stop Select-to-speak while it's reading, press Ctrl or the Search key . You can also select Stop .

Change the color of highlighted text

If you are using Select-to-speak, each word will be highlighted as it's spoken. You can turn off highlighting or change the color of the highlighted words.

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. Under "Text-to-Speech," select Open select-to-speak settings.

6. Choose a color for highlighted words.
​Optional: To get the strongest contrast, we recommend using green or pink, especially if you're using high contrast mode.

7. Optional: To turn off highlighting, select Highlight each word as it is spoken.

Change the language or voice

1. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings .

3. At the bottom, select Advanced.

4. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

5. Under "Text-to-Speech," select Text-to-Speech voice settings.

6. Customize your text-to-speech voice:

Change the volume: Under the "Speech Properties" section, choose the rate, pitch, and loudness.

Change the language: In the "Preferred Voices" section, choose the language you'd like to hear.

7. Choose the type of voice. By default, Chromebooks have 2 speech engines with voices: Chrome OS TTS and eSpeak. In the "Speech Engines" section, select Settings, then choose a voice.
Note: Chrome OS TTS voices have a more human-sounding quality and are very responsive when navigating. eSpeak voices have a more computer-generated sound and are available in a wider variety of languages.

Buy personalized voices

You can buy voices through Acapela to personalize the voice that reads text aloud to you on your Chromebook. In addition to the voices available by default, you can choose from 100+ voices and 30+ languages.

1. Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for Acapela TTS Engine.

2. Select Add to Chrome Add extension.

3. At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

4. Select Settings .

5. At the bottom, select Advanced.

6. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.

7. Select Text-to-Speech voice settings.

8. Under "Speech Engines," next to "Acapela TTS Engine," select Settings.

9. Select the voice(s) you want to purchase.

10. Return to Text-to-Speech voice settings and under "Preferred Voices," choose the voice you want to use.

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You can hear full pages read aloud with Chromebook's built-in screen reader or hear parts of a page, including specific words, read aloud with Select-to-speak. To have pages read aloud to you, turn on your Chromebook's built-in screen reader: At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.

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How to use speech to enter text on your Chromebook

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Chromebooks have a built-in screen reader called ChromeVox, which enables people with visual impairments to use the Chrome operating system.

Turn screen reader on or off

You can turn ChromeVox on or off from any page by pressing Ctrl + Alt + z.

On tablets: Press and hold the Volume down + Volume up buttons for 5 seconds. While holding the buttons, you'll hear a sound to indicate it's working. Keep holding the buttons, then ChromeVox will start speaking.

Read a page

Tip: To hear a description of your cursor's current position on a page, press Search + k.

Choose text with your cursor

You can have ChromeVox read the text under your cursor.

1. To open your ChromeVox options, press Search + o, then o.

2. Turn on Speak text under the mouse.

3. Move your cursor around the screen and hear text spoken aloud.

Move to different tabs and windows

Go to previous page in your browsing history
Alt + Left arrow

Go to next page in your browsing history

Alt + Right arrow

Switch windows between screens (when your Chromebook is connected to a monitor)
Search + Alt + m

Open tabs menu

Press and hold Ctrl, tap Forward or Back until a tab is selected. Then press Search + Shift + Volume up .

Move through a page with keyboard shortcuts

Move through a page with your touchscreen

Move to different cells in a table

You can move around tables using keyboard shortcuts. To start, make sure your cursor is in the table.

To move your cursor from its current location in a table, press Search + Ctrl + Alt and the arrow keys to move one cell up, down, left, or right.

To go to different cells:

Change the voice or language

When you first turn on ChromeVox, it automatically chooses a voice based on the language you've chosen for your Chromebook. Learn how to change your language and voice settings.

Change language

1. Press and hold Search, then press the letter o twice.

2. In the Voices section, select Chrome OS. Your default language shows on the button label.

3. Choose another language from the list. You'll hear the new language you've selected.

4. When you're done, press Ctrl + w.

Use ChromeVox keyboard shortcuts

Type shortcuts faster

To turn on Sticky Mode and avoid pressing Search for each shortcut, quickly press Search twice. You'll know it's on when you hear "Sticky Mode enabled." It will stay on until you press it twice again.

To stop holding down Search, press Search again twice. ChromeVox will say "Sticky Mode disabled."

Use the ChromeVox menu

To open the ChromeVox menu, press Search + . (period). If you are on a touchscreen, you can tap the screen with 4 fingers.

You can press the left or right arrow to switch between the menus. If you are on a touchscreen, you swipe left or right.

To open a specific item from a list, press the up or down arrow and then press Enter.

Jump: List of all of the ChromeVox shortcuts.

Speech: List of speech shortcuts that includes how to increase or decrease the speech rate and pitch.

Tabs: List of all your open tabs.

ChromeVox: List of several ChromeVox shortcuts that includes the ChromeVox Tutorial and Learn Mode.

Actions: List of touch-specific options

You can use the ChromeVox menu lists to navigate a web page.

Heading: List of headings on the web page.

Landmark: List of landmarks on the web page.

Link: List of links on the web page.

Form: List of buttons or forms on a web page.

Table: List of tables on a web page.

Navigate the ChromeVox menu

Change spoken feedback settings

Learn more about ChromeVox

Turn on Learn Mode (Hear the names of the keys on your keyboard)

Search + o, then k. Your keyboard will say the name of any key or key combination you press, and explain what the keyboard shortcut does.

Note: You can also use this with connected braille displays and touch gestures on a touchscreen to hear the names of the functions.

Send feedback or get help using ChromeVox

Chat with other people: Join the ChromeVox-Discuss group

Send us feedback about ChromeVox: Turn on ChromeVox, press and hold Search, then press a + i.

Get more help
Using ChromeVox on your Chromebook: Fundamentals

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Chromebooks have a built-in screen reader called ChromeVox, which enables people with visual impairments to use the Chrome operating system. You can turn ChromeVox on or off from any page by pressing Ctrl + Alt + z. On tablets: Press and hold the Volume down + Volume up buttons for 5 seconds.

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How to Turn on Chromebook Accessibility Features

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How to Turn on Chromebook Accessibility Features

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Bookshare | An Accessible Online Library for people with print disabilities

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Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.

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Google Chrome Accessibility Video Supports

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Google Chrome Accessibility Video Supports

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Bookshare provides students with print disabilities a vast online library of accessible reading material. Bookshare's library consists of popular books, newspapers, magazines, and textbooks. Download Bookshare video transcripts at http://bit.ly/b2s16Xy.