Tag: math

ALEKS Accessibility For Visual Impairment

ALEKS Accessibility For Visual Impairment

Back in 2020, I took an online pre-calculus/trigonometry course that used McGraw-Hill’s ALEKS adaptive learning for practice problems, homework, assignments, and quizzes. As a student with low vision that primarily access information visually with large print with a secondary preference for audio access with text-to-speech,…

MyLab Math Accessibility and Low Vision

MyLab Math Accessibility and Low Vision

Back in 2018, I took a business calculus class that used Pearson’s MyMathLab adaptive learning platform (now called MyLab Math) for homework, assignments, quizzes, and tests. As a student with low vision that primarily accesses information visually with large print and screen magnification with a…

How I Use WebAssign With Low Vision

How I Use WebAssign With Low Vision

My experience using WebAssign with low vision while taking Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 online as a student that primarily accesses information visually/in large print

How To Create An Accessible Formula Sheet

How To Create An Accessible Formula Sheet

In math and statistics classes, instructors often provide students with a formula sheet that contains equations, tables, and other helpful definitions that students can refer to during assignments and exams. As a student with low vision that primarily accesses information visually, a lot of these…

How To Create High Resolution Images For Low Vision

How To Create High Resolution Images For Low Vision

Learn what high resolution images are, why they are important, how to create high resolution images, and where to find them.

Adapting Accessible Charts: Math Problems and Low Vision

Adapting Accessible Charts: Math Problems and Low Vision

When it comes to working with charts and visual representations of data, students with low vision may find it challenging to locate and interpret information, as well as explain why it is significant or important. When I was first introduced to charts as a student,…

No-Tech Solutions For Drawing Graphs With Low Vision And Dysgraphia

No-Tech Solutions For Drawing Graphs With Low Vision And Dysgraphia

For some of the practice problems in my classes, I have to draw graphs or plot points by hand, a task that can be difficult as a person with low vision and dysgraphia. While there are lots of ways to draw graphs in a digital…

How I Use The Apple Pencil With Low Vision

How I Use The Apple Pencil With Low Vision

How I use the Apple Pencil with low vision and dysgraphia for school, writing, work, and for other tasks on an 11-inch iPad.

How To Write Alt Text For Educational Content

How To Write Alt Text For Educational Content

How to write alt text and image descriptions for classroom materials for students with visual impairment

How I Show Work For Math With Low Vision and Dysgraphia

How I Show Work For Math With Low Vision and Dysgraphia

I love math and am very good at it, but often struggle with organizing scratch paper and “show your work” prompts when handwriting math assignments— I would tell people that my brain loves math, but my eyes do not. I have a combination of low…

Highlighting Information With Low Vision

Highlighting Information With Low Vision

I rely a lot on color for labeling information, so highlighters and colored overlays are a helpful tool for locating text or making it easier to see, especially when it comes to making information stand out against a bright white background. Here is a list…

Implementing Shared Folders For Accessible Materials

Implementing Shared Folders For Accessible Materials

In order to streamline the digital workflow process, my second high school suggested implementing shared folders for accessible materials so I could get copies of digital assignments more easily. This worked well from the teacher perspective, since they could easily add documents to a folder…