Accessibility

Assignment
MAT T HE W F. LO NG EST
 Accessibility in todays Technology
• There is so much technology in todays society that is brought into
schools and used for education. Technology continues to prove day
after day that it is a great benefit to students in the classroom, but
can it be accessibility friendly for all student which includes students
with inclusion needs? The answer is…..YES!!!
• IPads are a big technology tool used in todays classrooms and they
are so accessibility friendly to all users.
• In this presentation you will see just a few of many of the accessibility
features the ipad has to offer.
 The Apple IPad
• For this assignment we will be
looking at the Apple IPad.

Apple IPad 6th Generation

 Software IOS Version 12.3.1
 How to Assess the Accessibility settings
1) Click on the Settings Icon
2) Click on the “General” Tab.
3) Click on Accessibility Tab.
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 Accessibility For Hearing
• The Apple IPad can benefit 1) Click the Settings Icon.
Students with inclusion needs
for hearing because there is a 2) Click on the General Tab.
Accessibility option for hearing 3) Click on the Accessibility Tab.
aids. The IPad can sync with
Bluetooth hearing aids and 4) Click on The Hearing aid tab
students who wear them can to turn it on.
hear a video or whatever he or
she may be working on.
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 Accessibility For Sight
• The Apple IPad can benefit 1) Click the Settings Icon.
Students with inclusion needs
for sight and difficulty seeing 2) Click on the General Tab.
small words. There is a 3) Click on the Accessibility Tab.
accessibility option for
Increasing the size of the text. 4) Click on Larger Text.
5) Click on Bold Text.
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 Accessibility For ESL Students
• The Apple IPad can benefit 1) Click the Settings Icon.
Students who are ESL students.
These students may know 2) Click on the General Tab.
some English but mostly 3) Click on the Accessibility Tab.
another language. There is an
Accessibility option for turning 4) Click on Subtitles and
on subtitles and captioning to captioning.
help the understand English.
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 Accessibility For Students who are Color
Blind
• The Apple IPad can benefit 1) Click the Settings Icon.
Students who are color blind.
Color blind student cannot see 2) Click on the General Tab.
certain colors, therefore, there 3) Click on the Accessibility Tab.
is an accessibility option for
turning on the color blind mode 4) Click on Display
which lets the user choose the Accommodations.
colors he or she can see.
5) Click on Color Filters.
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 The Apple IPad Accessibility Conclusion
• The Apple IPad has a lot more
Accessibility options available
to meet many inclusion needs
which makes it a great learning
tool for students to learn in the
classroom to better their
education and learn!