Dare to Engage! Accessible Tools for Engaging Students

"We don’t teach to teach the privileged and the few, we teach to teach all, and if we don’t become accessible, we are not teaching everyone.” <a href="https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/about/staff-bios">- Lucy Greco</a>

According to a <a href="https://www.educause.edu/ecar/research-publications/ecar-study-of-the-technology-needs-of-students-with-disabilities/2020/introduction-and-key-findings">2020 Educause Study</a>: "Among students with disabilities, about a third (32%) said they require accessible content, accessible technologies, and/or technology accommodations for their coursework. Many students with disabilities do not have positive responses to how their institution supported their need for accessible content and/or technology accommodations."

"Assistive/accessible technology such as captioning and text-to-speech software is important to their academic success, and students with disabilities would like instructors to account for this when developing their courses." -<a href="https://www.educause.edu/ecar/research-publications/ecar-study-of-the-technology-needs-of-students-with-disabilities/2020/introduction-and-key-findings">Source</a>

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You can assign&nbsp;the quizzes as&nbsp;homework&nbsp;so that students&nbsp;can&nbsp;review&nbsp;the&nbsp;content&nbsp;at their pace without the&nbsp;competition.

Students can choose if they want the memes, music and read aloud features enabled.

Tests&nbsp;can also be&nbsp;printed out&nbsp;for&nbsp;students&nbsp;who require printed versions of&nbsp;information. They don't get the interactivity of the&nbsp;quiz, but they get the&nbsp;content. These print outs can be customized for those who need bigger image and font sizes.

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For students with test anxiety, you can make questions time limits up to 15 min per question, giving students more time to think about the content. You can also hide the timer bar to help ease anxiety.

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Access and Accessibility get used interchangeably when we discuss online content.

They are not the same thing. Having access means the content is available. Accessibility means that students can engage fully with the content.

<a href="https://go.playposit.com/">PlayPosit</a> is a web-based video tool. With this tool, instructors can add questions and hotspots to online videos. PlayPosit offers free and<a href="https://go.playposit.com/pricing-overview"> paid plans</a>. The free plan is for individual teachers and is free always( not a trial). Regardless of which plan an individual gets, PlayPosit offers the following for everyone: -Templates for quick content creation. -Access to free pre-made content library. -Detailed analytics to understand when learners are succeeding or struggling.

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<a href="https://support.quizizz.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408709982233-Edit-Save-Share-Delete-Quizzes">Edit, Save, Share &amp; Delete Quizzes</a>

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-Download the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XrlxhKYGT094PJNO0CtzAxmrrhtKDpue/view">Web 2.0 Tools Score Card for Instructor Side. </a> -Download the<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QJh06ewWi-AdWR6O22rrSFs-WsjqM9iy/view"> Web 2.0 Tool Score Card for Student Side</a> -Download the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1llFnRkMgerPVauPHzUxuvb0rB65jjwnZ/view">APP Score Card</a> Tweak and use as desired.

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•Videos are powerful, useful tools.&nbsp; • Reach different types of learners. •On-topic videos can help students engage with the subject matter on a deeper level.&nbsp;

*According to Sarah Kunze, Instructional Designer at Colgate University 2017 Campus Technology Conference

“A 3 to 4 minute video = same amount of content as a 500 word essay”*  Students learn new and abstract concepts more easily when presented in visual forms Videos provide visual, audio and textual context for our students

What kinds of questions can be added to Microsoft Forms? -Multiple Choice -Text -Rating -Date -Ranking -Likert scale

Additional interactions that can be added:

-File upload (365 subscription only) -Net Promoter Score -Add a Section -Branching

See how <a href="http://web2accessibility.weebly.com/microsoft-forms.html">Forms fared for accessibility</a> from the instructors' and students' perspectives.

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Microsoft Forms is part of the&nbsp;Office 365 suite. Microsoft Forms is an online&nbsp;survey creator, part of Office&nbsp;365. Forms allows users to create&nbsp;surveys and quizzes with&nbsp;automatic marking.&nbsp; The data can be exported to&nbsp;Microsoft Excel.

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When you need to collect information, you can create a form in Microsoft forms to start select new Forum,

Choose the type of question that you want,

then format the options for the question type you selected.

Select add new to continue adding questions from the variety of available question types until your form is complete.

If you want to see how your form will look select preview,

this is what your form looks like when a computer or on a mobile device.

You can change the look of your form. Select theme.

Your Turn..... Let's start by making a Book Creator Account.

First go to <a href="https://app.bookcreator.com/">https://app.bookcreator.com</a> Click on Teacher Sign in. Then select an email you want to use to sign in. You can use an active gmail account, office 365 e-mail or another e-mail. After putting your e-mail information in you automatically get the free account ( 2 libraries 40 books each) and are ready to start creating.

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When you evaluate Web 2.0 tools, remember it is all about content.

When interacting with the tool, can all students: -Perceive -Understand -Navigate and -Interact ...With the information they are being given?

You have to know your audience. If you use a tool that is not fully accessible, you can still use it with your students if all the students are able to get the content fully. However, if any member of your audience cannot fully interact with the tool/content, then you must consider using a different tool.

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-Free (With available <a href="https://bookcreator.com/pricing/">paid plans</a> as well) -Easy to use -Cloud-Based: nothing to install -Can be integrated into any <a href="https://intercom.help/bookcreator/en/articles/2433533-adding-book-creator-to-your-lms">LMS</a> -<a href="https://intercom.help/bookcreator/en/collections/2172907-accessibility">Accessible</a>

Want to know how Book Creator scored on the <a href="http://web2accessibility.weebly.com/book-creator.html">Accessibility Score Card?</a>

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Full Disclosure: I am a <a href="https://bookcreator.com/ambassadors/">Book Creator Ambassador</a>

As such: -I receive no compensation from Book Creator to talk about their product. -I actively encourage colleagues to learn about the app and help them where I can – face to face, and online. - I participate in beta testing and contribute feedback and ideas to the Book Creator basecamp.

The i button is the all important button you click to make changes to any item added to a page. 

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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15B9CG0WUBp_ANM85dP5fPduGAJSQnOx6jZwd3hLDA0Q/edit?usp=sharing">Book Creator Checklist</a>

<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-form-with-microsoft-forms-4ffb64cc-7d5d-402f-b82e-b1d49418fd9d">How to Create a MS Form</a>

<a href="https://support.quizizz.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408491205389-Create-a-Quiz">How to create a quiz in Quizizz</a>

Students: Getting Started with Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a free online tool that allows you to receive video responses and feedback from your students.&nbsp;

<a href="https://youtu.be/kR1FxImNPSs">FlipGrid video link</a>

Book Creator is an easy-to-use tool for making multimedia digital books in any subject area.

<a href="https://shorts.flipgrid.com/watch/20401692895871500">Book Creator Video link</a>

Why I love BookCreator

<a href="https://help.flipgrid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044878114">Edit your topic's settings</a>

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Expectations of&nbsp;students moving forward post pandemic

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They want.... -Options -Flexible&nbsp;learning modalities - Mobile -Social -Care

"Book Creator is an easy-to-use tool for making multimedia digital books in any subject area." Create: combine text, audio, video, drawings, photos and other content! Read: have your book read to you in multiple languages, with word highlighting and page-turning. Publish: share your book online, download as an ePub file or print it as a PDF."-<a href="https://intercom.help/bookcreator/en/articles/3557585-what-is-book-creator">Book Creator website</a>

Book Creator - "Its game changing for education"

<a href="https://knowledge.playposit.com/article/251-assigning-a-bulb-without-an-lms">How to assign a video lesson( without an LMS)</a>

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Evaluate Sessions and Win! Navigate to specific session to evaluate. Select "Evaluate Session" on session details screen. Complet the session evaluation for a chance to win a $25 gift card.

<a href="https://help.flipgrid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051539934">Getting Started with FlipGrid</a>

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See how <a href="http://web2accessibility.weebly.com/flip-grid.html">Flipgrid fared for accessibility</a> from the instructors' and students' perspectives.

This tool gives every student a chance to provide commentary and ask questions. It is the perfect tool for creating a flipped/ or blended learning environment. Some other ideas of how you can use this tool in the classroom include: -Setting up virtual office hours for questions. -Collaborating and brainstorming sessions -For comparing and contrasting items -For expressing frustrations or need for clarifications on topics -Personal reflections on content shared -Assess prior knowledge -Make predictions and have students comment on those predictions

<a href="http://flipgrid.com"> Flipgrid:</a> Flipgrid is a video discussion tool.

<a href="https://twitter.com/design2research?lang=en">•Charles Miller,</a> a former associate professor at the University of Minnesota and former co-director of its&nbsp;<a href="http://lt.umn.edu/">Learning Technologies Media Lab</a>, created Flipgrid a few years ago. • At the time he was traveling abroad for a research project. •He wanted to continue in-class discussions with the 12 graduate students in a course he was teaching. So he set up an early version of his threaded video chat system and asked the students to send in video responses to questions instead, and he replied in kind from a distance.

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Quizizz is a great tool for students but the tool does have some accessibility flaws. See how the <a href="http://web2accessibility.weebly.com/quizizz.html">instructor and student side</a> fared for accessibility.

Main areas of concern on the instructor/student side: Keyboard navigation and screen reader access.

Quizizz does fare better for accessibility on the student side but relies too heavily on users downloading an external Assistive Technology from Essential Accessibility. When downloaded this tool may help some students/instructors navigate around the tool, but it also creates barriers for other disabled groups.

In order to navigate with the tool from Essential Accessibility, a user has to turn off the assistive technology device/software they are using. A user shouldn't have to download an external tool to engage with any online tool.

Adjust your form or quiz settings in Microsoft Forms

<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/f255a4ba-e03c-4e12-b880-f7e8b62e0665">Adjust your form or quiz settings in Microsoft Forms</a>

Click on new book. Pick your layout. Start adding content to your book by clicking the plus sign.

Send a form and collect responses

<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-a-form-and-collect-responses-2eaf3294-0cff-492d-884d-a1dee909e845">Send a form and collect responses</a>

Using Videos With Students

Just watching videos, requires passive involvement from the audience. Interactive videos, however, allow you to take that video content and add questions to each video, which turns a passive experience into an active one.

Man on a computer watching a video saying "Hmmm.. that's interesting. This course has some good information." This is a passive experience. On the other side of the image is a woman who is using her mouse and is saying " What happens if I do this?" This is an active experience.

<a href="https://quizizz.com/">Quizizz</a> is an online platform that lets you create fun, interactive review games.

-Instructors make the quiz by entering their own questions or grabbing questions from other shared quizzes. -Students engage with the game via url and a pin. -Students can participate in a game as a live competition or as self-paced homework assignments.

--Teachers can see the results of every quiz taken and data can be exported into an Excel file.

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtOKPHUxZY">Video link</a>

What kinds of questions can be added to a PlayPosit video? -Multiple Choice -Check all that Apply -Free Response -Poll -Fill in the Blank -Discussion Board&nbsp;

Additional interactions that can be added: -Reflective Pause -Web embed ( embed an external link in the video) -Templates like Table of Contents, Place in Order, Vocabulary Lists, and Exit Tickets.

Four panel comic. Panel one shows a professor saying " Ok class, don't forget I'll be sending important announcements and updates by email. Student says uh. Second panel:  "We don't check email. Can you text us? Or Facebook us?" Third panel professor says " What do you mean you don't check email? It's how grown ups communicate!" Fourth panel shows student saying" Email is like old school."  The professor says "You're at the university. It is an old school."

Comic by <a href="http://jorgecham.com/">Jorge Cham</a>

By Wendy Torres Coppin State University Senior Instructional and Digital Accessibility Specialist Twitter Handle: <a href="https://twitter.com/Tech_snacks">@Tech_snacks</a> E-mail: wvelez-torres@coppin.edu <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSUl8mUvKSEWey5mH85jIYufA98o3GGUXlmHDe_e8BA362Sh1yy42Bb4uu5KC49YdX9VlbeZc_utHzO/pub">Text version of presentation</a>

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Benefits of using Playposit

•Can be used for in-person or online classes. •No limit to the number of video lessons an instructor can create. •Video lessons can be used for multiple class sessions. •Videos can be graded and put in the instructor's digital grade book.

Instructors can  track student information Students can retake the assessment questions Instructors can add multiple videos on one bulb(a bulb is a video lesson) Instructors can copy any premade bulb and adapt it to their own needs

Download the Score Cards: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/Web2Scores">tinyurl.com/Web2Scores </a>

To access Microsoft forms, you need an office 365 subscription or Microsoft account. 

If you have an Office 365 subscription, you go to <a href="https://www.office.com/">office.com</a> and enter your login credentials. Forms will be on the left hand side under apps. If you don't see it, check at the bottom for four stacked blocks. That will take you to the all MS apps.

If you don't have an Office 365 subscription, you can make a free Microsoft account by go to the following url: <a href="https://account.microsoft.com/account/">https://account.microsoft.com/account/ </a>

You can also go directly to the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/online-surveys-polls-quizzes">forms homepage</a> and sign in using your login credentials.

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“Not all students with disabilities choose to disclose,” says Kwong. " But for some students [their disability] is not apparent. Students may not want to disclose a disability due to the stigma attached. And either way, I expect that if they give me homework, that I can actually do it.” -<a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-04-27-improving-accessibility-often-falls-to-faculty-here-s-what-they-can-do">Improving Accessibility Often Falls to Faculty. Here’s What They Can Do.</a>

When you have inaccessible websites and content, you send a very clear message of exclusion.

Students with disabilities are a vulnerable population in higher education.

19% of students in North America have a disability.

60% to 80% of North American undergrads choose not to disclose a disability.

*References 1.<a href="https://help.blackboard.com/Accessibility/Accessibility_in_Education">Accessibility in Education</a> 2. <a href="https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/6/ecar-study-of-the-technology-needs-of-students-with-disabilities-2020#fn1">ECAR Study of the Technology Needs of Students with Disabilities, 2020</a>

How to start using Flipgrid:

-Go to the homepage and create a free account. -You may use your gmail or Microsoft login credentials to create an account. -The email you use must be an active account.

Educators: Getting Started with Flipgrid

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9kMlyvCK3Q&amp;t=77s">Flipgrid video link</a>

<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Js1GfAs3lZ14XFXjpRiwm6rIc0_wjlEOBw6Ir7A69qk/edit?usp=sharing">How to set up a PlayPosit Video Lesson( bulb)</a>

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Microsoft Forms is an online&nbsp;survey creator, part of Office&nbsp;365. &nbsp;Forms allows users to create&nbsp;surveys and quizzes with&nbsp;automatic marking.&nbsp;

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<a href="https://api.playposit.com/go/listcode/70619/279835/998032/2/Hidden-Figures--Happy-Birthday-Katherine-Johnson--Make-It-Count">Demo of a PlayPosit interactive video.</a>

Web based tool used for creating interactive review games.

<a href="https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5c697d99473014001aa7b93e/sample-game">Example of Quizizz activity</a>

See how PlayPosit fared for accessibility from the <a href="http://web2accessibility.weebly.com/playposit.html">instructors' and students' perspectives.</a>

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<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C1FM2upJtAMSN3y1GV3M-KXCJ9P4hpUim3udgARO8uk/edit?usp=sharing">A picture tutorial that shows how to add content to your book</a> <a href="https://bookcreator.com/support/">Support pages for Book Creator</a> Learn more about: <a href="https://intercom.help/bookcreator/en/articles/2398637-publishing-your-book-online-with-book-creator">Publishing books</a> <a href="https://bookcreator.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy</a>

If the instructor uses a <a href="https://knowledge.playposit.com/article/212-the-student-experience-3-0">Learning Management System(LMS)</a>, students do not need a username or password to access the videos. They just need to click on the link to access the video lesson.

So how do students access the video lessons?

If an LMS isn't used, the instructor can decide if students have to make an account with a username and password, or if they want students to access the <a href="https://knowledge.playposit.com/article/260-the-student-experience-without-an-lms">video lesson by link only</a>.

<a href="bookcreator://page/g4z8cdz3RB2aQd9zRxoWXw">MS Forms</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/qtHVrkv9REOnO4cD6C8sug">FlipGrid</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/gmDenZ5hQqqzmAkjwi-_Dw">Quizizz</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/dBkvamnZRtS3FPJHJk11yw">PlayPosit</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/QD_96BBwT-CNFawxQzfspw">BookCreator</a>

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