Websites and Apps

How To Use Guided Access For Testing And Exams

How To Use Guided Access For Testing And Exams

As a student with low vision who uses a personal iPad for classes, I find it easier to use my own device when I am taking exams or other proctored assignments because my device is already configured with the accessibility settings I use every day.…

Typo Protection and Typosquatting: Online Safety Tips For Low Vision

Typo Protection and Typosquatting: Online Safety Tips For Low Vision

Strategies for typo protection, typosquatting prevention, and other high-impact online safety tips for low vision and blind users, especially those with dysgraphia

Accessing Online Readings For College Classes

Accessing Online Readings For College Classes

Tips for accessing online readings in college, including adjusting font sizes and removing distractions like ads. I use these strategies every week as a visually impaired student!

Teach Kids About Low Vision and Assistive Technology: Free Resources

Teach Kids About Low Vision and Assistive Technology: Free Resources

Learn about low vision and assistive technology with the help of free resources and activity ideas, curated by an assistive technology specialist with low vision

Create A Personal Accessibility Checklist for Low Vision

Create A Personal Accessibility Checklist for Low Vision

Learn how to create an informal personal accessibility checklist for low vision and determine if an app or website is accessible for a specific student

April Fool’s Day Prank Lessons For Low Vision Assistive Technology

April Fool’s Day Prank Lessons For Low Vision Assistive Technology

Practical and positive creative prank ideas for introducing low vision assistive technology concepts with humor on April Fool’s Day and beyond

Creating Audio Description For College Fight Song

Creating Audio Description For College Fight Song

Make school spirit accessible to all! Learn how to create audio description for college fight song and gameday cheers for low vision and blind students

Implementing UDL For Data Science Lessons: Free Resource List

Implementing UDL For Data Science Lessons: Free Resource List

Mostly free resources and strategies for implementing Universal Design for Learning/UDL for data science and statistics lessons, curated for EDAT 524.

Creating Audio Narrated Images For Low Vision

Creating Audio Narrated Images For Low Vision

Creating audio narrated images for low vision students is great for Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) lessons! Here is a mix of paid/free apps for annotating and adding narration to images

Going To Restaurants With Low Vision Assistive Technology

Going To Restaurants With Low Vision Assistive Technology

Tips for going to restaurants with low vision, including finding accessible menus, free apps for visual impairment accessibility, and using assistive technology independently

OCR Scanner Apps For Low Vision Students

OCR Scanner Apps For Low Vision Students

A list of OCR scanner apps for low vision students, useful for extracting text that can be read out loud with text-to-speech or displayed in large print.

Using YuJa Panorama and Anthology Ally With Low Vision

Using YuJa Panorama and Anthology Ally With Low Vision

How I use alternative formats menus like YuJa Panorama and Anthology Ally with low vision for accessing content in my online and hybrid college classes