Accessible Lesson Design

Topic: Monarch Butterfly Migration

Now that you have learned about many tools, how are you going to use them in your classroom?

Take a few minutes to discuss how you could make these resources more accessible for all students.

Resource / Considerations/Tools
YouTube Video
Word Doc/PDF
CK12 e-book
Websites

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Resource / Considerations/Tools

Tools for Designing Accessible Online Content

Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Fergus Falls, MN

Megan Peterson

Monica Thompson

Tools for Designing Accessible Online Content

Tool / Description / Notes/Uses
●Website
NaturalReader
/ TheNaturalReadertext-to-speech application converts any text into spoken words. Listen to PDF files, webpages, e-books, e-textbooks, office documents and even printed books. / ●
View Pure
/ Watch YouTube videos without comments, ads, or other distractions. / ●
YouTube / Use the filter to search for videos with closed captioning. / ●
●Chrome Extensions
DF YouTube
(Distraction Free) / This app makes YouTube distraction free. Removes any related or recommended video links. This ensures you stay focused on the video you want and get your work done. / ●
Readability / Readability extension for Chrome provides a better way to read online, turning any web page into a comfortable reading view right in your web browser. / ●
Google Dictionary / View definitions easily as you browse the web. / ●
AdBlock Plus / Ad Blocker Plus for Chrome blocks ALL annoying ads, malware and tracking. / ●
Note Anywhere / With Note Anywhere, you can make notes on any web page, in any position. When you open that page again, the notes get loaded automatically. / ●
Page Marker / Draw directly on any website in real-time without the hassle of taking a screenshot! / ●
OneTab / Whenever you find yourself with too many tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once. / ●
SpeakIt
Convert Text to Speech / SpeakIt reads selected text using Text-to-Speech technology with language auto-detection. It can read text in more than 50 languages. / ●
Cabulary / Create vocabulary flashcards of words you encounter while reading or surfing the web. / ●
Screen Shader / Shades Chrome to a soothing orange color to decrease eye-strain, eye fatigue and to appease your brain's day/night cycle. / ●
Invert Page Colors / Inverts all colors on a page.Make dark websites light and light websites dark / ●
Dark Reader / Care for your eyes, invert page colors, use dark theme for night and daily browsing. / ●