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Design Learning for Visually Impaired Students with NVDA

Jeff Gerlach

Jeff reviews Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA), an open source screen reader for Windows. Screen readers help those with vision impairments to access digital content. Teachers can use screen readers to check that web content for lessons is accessible to students with visual impairments.

Accessibility
SEP 14, 2018
Jeff Gerlach sitting at his desk with a laptop and microphone

The Accessible Classroom: Online Learning and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Jeff Gerlach

The Accessible Classroom is a video series exploring web accessibility for K-12 education. In this first video, Jeff takes a look at the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) from the perspective of schools.

Accessibility
SEP 14, 2018
Jeff Gerlach sitting at his desk with a laptop and microphone

YouTube Closed Captions for Hearing Impaired Students

Jeff Gerlach

Jeff shows how teachers can use YouTube’s closed captioning to support access to videos for those with hearing impairments and other accessibility needs.

Accessibility
SEP 14, 2018

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