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iOS Accessibility feature: Assistive Touch

Introduction Assistive Touch provides an onscreen button to control the iPad in place of the hardware buttons. Assistive Touch helps users who have difficulty touching the screen or pressing the buttons use the iPad by replacing many of the iPad’s buttons and complex screen touches with easier to use onscreen controls.

Learning Objectives

Completion of this tutorial will give you experience with the following:

• An ability to turn on and use Assistive Touch Accessibility.

This tutorial assumes:

• An iPad with iOS 8.4 or later version. Earlier versions of IOS may also work however they are not covered by the scope of this information. This feature also is available for iPhone.

Case Study:

Mark is in Grade 8. He has Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Writing and printing can be very painful as well as using the key board on his school laptop. Mark’s parents have purchased an iPad for Mark to use at school for educational purposes. Mark’s school team are trying to look for ways for Mark to use the iPad for researching, reading, and written output. Mark uses an iPad at home for games and has mentioned that some days even the buttons on the iPad can be painful to use. Mark is fully integrated student and does not receive Education Assistant support.

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Using the accessible iOS feature Assistive Touch on an iPad.

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From the iPad’s Home Screen, find and tap on the Settings icon to access the Settings Menu.

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On the left scroll down menu, locate and tap General Settings.

On the right scroll down menu locate and Tap Accessibility to access the iPad’s Accessibility Settings Menu.

3 Locate Interaction in the right scroll down menu, then tap Assistive Touch once to enter the settings menu.

4

Locate the Assistive Touch Toggle and slide the toggle to the right (green) position to turn Assistive Touch on.

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Click the Home Button once to exit the menu and return to the Home Screen. The Assistive Touch Icon will now be visible.


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Tap the Assistive Touch Icon once to open the menu. The six available Assistive Touch operations are: Device, Control Center, Home, Siri, Favorites, and Notification Center.

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Tapping on Control Center or Notification Center will bring up each of those screens. Tapping Home or Siri will perform each of those actions. Explore.

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Tap Device once to open the Device options. From here the Volume, Mute, Lock screen, Rotate Screen, and More controls can be accessed. Explore then tap the arrow once to return to the main menu.

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Tap More once to open additional device options. From here the Screenshot, Multitasking, Shake and Gestures controls can be accessed. Explore. Explore then tap the arrow once to return to the main menu.


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Tap Gestures once to open the Gestures control. Gestures allow mutiple finger swipes or drags to be performed on the iPad with just a single finger or stylus. Explore then tap the arrow once to return to the main menu.

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Tap Favorites once to open the favorites menu. Favorites are complex gestures that can be performed with just a single finger. Users can create their own custom gestures (eg swipe). Explore then tap the arrow once to return to the main menu.

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To create a custom gesture go to Assitive Touch in the Accessibility menu. Locate the Create New Gesture button and tap once to enter the gesture recording screen.

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To create a custom gesture perform the gesture on the recording screen and tap save. Try creating a gesture for a right swipe by performing a right swipe on the screen and tapping save.


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Give your new gesture a name and tap Save. Click the Home Button once to exit the menu and return to the Home Screen.

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Your new gesture should now be available in the Assistive Touch Favorites.

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Tap the name of your new gesture (Swipe Right in this example) once to activate it. A blue circle should appear on the screen. To use the gesture drag the blue circle to the point you want to use it and release.

17 Explore. Try using the iPad without the hardware buttons.Take a Screenshot.

18 Rotate the screen.


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Perform a 3 Finger Swipe with a single finger.

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Once you have finished exploring this setting, remember to go back to the Accessibility Settings Menu to turn the feature off.

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Slide the toggle to the left (grey) position to turn the Assistive Touch setting off.

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Click the Home Button once to exit the Settings Menu.

TASK

After practicing with Assistive Touch answer the following questions in your group.

1. Write one potential advantage for using this setting with students.

2. What might be some cautions for using this setting with students?

3. How might you get students using this tomorrow?

4. List one or two other implementation ideas for using this setting.


iPad Accessibility feature: SIRI (iOS v8.4)

Introduction

Siri is a built-in "intelligent assistant" that enables users of Apple iPhone 4S and later and newer

iPad and iPod Touch devices to speak and receive voice commands in order to operate the

mobile device and its apps. This feature can support students in many different ways.

Learning Objectives


An ability to turn on and use Siri.

This tutorial assumes

An iPad with iOS 8.4 or later version

An internet connection is required for this Activity. Earlier versions of IOS may also work

however they are not covered by the scope of this information. Siri is not available on

iPad 2 or earlier.

Case Study:

Zoe is a grade 8 student. She is fully integrated and receives no additional support. She has

surgery on both of her hands scheduled in two weeks. Zoe and her teachers are looking at ways

to support her post operation (6 weeks in casts). Zoe uses an iPad at home to text and listen to

music. Zoe’s parents are sending the iPad to school so that the Learning Service Teacher and Zoe

can trouble shoot on what would work best for her when using the iPad at school and at home

for educational purposes.

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Using the accessible iOS feature of an iPad – Siri

1

From the iPad’s Home Screen, find and

tap on the Settings icon to access the

Settings Menu.

2

On the left scroll down menu, locate

and tap General Settings.

3

Locate the Siri Toggle and slide the toggle to the right (green) position to turn Siri on.

4 Warning - Each time Siri is used, voice information is sent to Apple for processing. To agree, tap once on Enable Siri.


5

Locate the Allow” Hey Siri” Toggle and

slide the toggle to the right (green)

position to turn the Allow “Hey Siri”

setting on. This allows users to

summon Siri with a voice command

instead of pressing and holding the

Home Button (only when connected to

power).

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To change settings for Voice Gender,

Voice Feedback or to add Contacts

through My info, tap once on each

setting to enter the menus. When

done, click the Home Button once to

return to the Home Screen.

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To summon Siri, press and hold the

Home Button or say “Hey Siri” (if

enabled).

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When Siri first opens it listens for a

command. If no command is heard

right away, a microphone icon

appears. Tap once on the microphone

to speak commands to Siri. Use a

steady, clear voice.


9 Siri can perform many different

functions for users. To see a list of

options, say “What can I ask you?”

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Siri can be very helpful for some students: Example: Opening Apps

Example: To open the Notes app, say, “Open Notes”.

This works for any installed app.

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Example: Searching the Web

Example: To search for dolphins, say, “Search Dolphins”.

Siri will display a web search result list.

Tap a result to open Safari and navigate to the result.


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Example: Searching for Pictures

Example: To search for pictures of dogs, say, “Pictures of Dogs”.

Siri will display a picture search result list.

Tap a result to open Safari and navigate to the result.

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Example: Math Computations

Example: To find the answer to 5 X 5, say “five times five”.

Siri will compute and display the answer.

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Example: Conversions Example: to convert 12 miles to

kilometers, say, “What is twelve miles in kilometers?” Siri will compute and display the answer.

15 Now explore some of Siri’s other functions. Try some of the examples from the list.


16 Push the Home Button once to exit the

menu.

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To disable Siri, from the iPad’s Home

Screen, find and tap on the Settings

icon to access the Settings Menu.

18

On the left scroll down menu, locate

and tap General Settings.


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Slide the toggle to the left (grey)

position to turn Siri off.

20 Push the Home Button once to exit the

Settings Menu.

TASK

After practicing with Siri answer the following questions in your group.

1. Write one potential advantage for using this setting with a student.

2. Would other students benefit from this setting? If so, how?


4. List one or two other implementation ideas for using this setting?

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iOS Accessibility feature: Guided Access

Introduction Guided Access allows users to lock the iPad to a single app, block buttons and set time limits on usage.

Learning Objectives


• An ability to turn on and use Guided Access.


• An iPad with iOS 8.4 or later version. Earlier versions of IOS may also work however they are not covered by the scope of this information.

• Activities below assume an internet connection; however it is not necessary to enable or use the feature.

Case Study:

Liam is a grade 1 student who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and struggles with impulse control. Liam has an Education Assistant Amy with him in the morning and Darla in the afternoon. One of Liam’s IEP goal is to create a story using the Pictello app every day. Amy and Darla have been trained on how to use Pictello and will now have to work with Liam to create a story. Liam uses an iPad at home for gaming and has been known to “freeze” his iPad.



Using the accessible iOS feature of an iPad – Guided Access

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3 Locate “Learning” in the right scroll down menu, then tap Guided Access once to enter the Guided Access settings menu.

4 Locate the Guided Access Toggle and slide the toggle to the right (green) position to turn Guided Access on.


5 Locate and tap Passcode Settings and tap Set Guided Access Passcode to enter a four digit passcode for Guided Access.

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Tap Time Limits once to enter the Alarm submenu. Tap once on Sound to enter the Alert Tones submenu. Tap on an alert tone to select it. Return to the previous menu by tapping the Time Limits arrow located at the top of the screen.

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Enabling Speak will provide a verbal warning for a Time Limit. To do this, locate the Speak Toggle and slide the toggle to the right (green) position. Return to the previous menu by tapping the Guided Access arrow located at the top of the screen.

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Enabling the Accessibility Shortcut will allow the user to use Invert Colors, Grayscale, and Zoom while in Guided Access mode. To do this, locate and slide the Accessibility Shortcut toggle to the right (green) position.

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Push the Home Button once to exit the menu.


10 Next open the Safari Browser.

11 Navigate to www.setbc.org .

12 Triple Click the Home Button to turn on Guided Access. The Guided Access controls will appear at the bottom and top of the screen.

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The Hardware Buttons Options allow users to make the iPad’s buttons inactive while in Guided Access mode. To do this, locate and slide the individual toggles to the right (green) position.

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The Touch setting allows users to make the iPad’s screen inactive or active while in Guided Access mode. To allow screen touches, locate and slide the individual toggle to the right (green) position. Note: If this function is turned off screen touches will have no effect.

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The third setting brings up options that are specific to the app that you are using with Guided Access. In this example, Safari has an option to turn the Dictionary Lookup off/on.

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The Time Limit Option allows users to set a countdown timer to limit the use of apps while in Guided Access mode. To do this, locate and slide the Time Limit toggle to the right (green) position. Set the time by dragging the hours and/or minutes columns to your selected time.

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Specific areas of the screen such as buttons or links can also be disabled. To do this, use your finger to roughly outline an area on the screen and then adjust it using the small grey circles on the corners of the darker grayed out area. When an area is disabled screen touches will have no effect.


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Once you have completed the settings locate and tap Start on the upper right corner to start Guided Access. Note: If you have previously used Guided Access with the app it will say Resume instead of Start.

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Once Guided Access has started a notification will appear at the top of the screen. While in Guided Access certain screen touches and hardware buttons will have no effect (depending on the settings chosen).

21 If the Countdown Timer was set the screen will be blacked out and the iPad disabled once the time limit expires.

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To exit Guided Access triple, click the Home Button and enter the Passcode.


23 Tap End in the upper left corner to disable Guided Access. The iPad will now return to normal opera.

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Once you have finished exploring this setting, remember to go back to the Accessibility Settings Menu to turn the feature back off.

25 Slide the toggle to the left (grey) position to turn the Guided Access setting off.

26 Push the Home Button once to exit the Settings Menu.

TASK

After practicing with Guided Access answer the following questions in your group.

1. When would you want to use this setting with students?

2. Write one potential advantage for using this setting with students.

3. What might be some cautions for using this setting with students?

4. Would this be beneficial to show all students?

5. Who would need to know the passcode when working with school teams?

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Dictation Tool, iOS 10

Introduction

Dictate is a tool that is built into iOS, using the Siri engine, which converts speech into text instead of entering it using a keyboard.

This tool will work in any app that utilizes the built-in Apple keyboard.

This activity assumes

• that you have an iOS device that supports the Siri voice engine (iPad 3+, iPhone 4s+ or iPod touch 5G)

• that you have at a minimum, iOS5 installed on your device

Using the Dictate tool 1. Enable Siri by tapping on the Settings App. 2. Scroll down until you see Siri. Tap on the Siri icon. 3. Toggle Siri on. The button should turn green. Exit out of Siri 4. Go back to Settings, tap on General. Scroll down and tap on

Keyboard. At the bottom of the page, toggle Enable Dictation on (to the green position).

5. Open the Notes app 6. The Apple onscreen keyboard should pop up, if not tap on the text

field. Between the emoji key, and the space bar, there is the microphone button.

7. Tap the microphone button 8. The keyboard will be replaced with a sound wave graph indicating

the level of volume of the speech. 9. Speak into the microphone in a clear and loud voice. Background

noise will interfere with the accuracy of the encoding. The spoken text will appear in the writing section of the app

10. Tap “Done” when finished dictating.

• Try using different punctuation eg question mark, comma, open quote

• Try using formatting commands such as: new line, numeral, new paragraph

• Try using Capitalization commands eg Caps On, All Caps On, All Caps off.

• Try using Mathematical Commands eg dollar sign, degree sign, smiley face

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Try dictating: Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Canoe! Canoe who? Canoe come out and play with me today? Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Double. Double who? W!

• Can you come up with your own joke or phrase?

Think about: • Can you delete/correct your mistakes with your voice? Unfortunately not on iOS 10, however on macOS

Sierra you can. Commands such as “scratch that” “delete line” are enabled. • Can you edit or change the font style with your voice eg Bold and Italic? Unfortunately not on iOS 10,

however on macOS Sierra you can. Commands such as ‘Select line’ and ‘bold’. • What are the advantages of being able to use dictation as a tool for students?

Another Task • Open the Safari App • Click on the search box. Dictate the term “weather” • Experiment with other apps that you commonly use. Use the microphone button to dictate a word or

sentence

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Speech and Speak Screen, iOS 9.3.2

Introduction Similar to the speech tool on Mac OSX, Apple has provided speech support on its iDevices which includes the iPod, iPhone and iPad. This is a universal support tool that allows you to speak selected text within an app. There is a secondary way to have text spoken out loud called speak screen which speaks all of the text on the screen. This may be a useful tool for students who may have excellent comprehension but whose reading abilities are lacking.

Learning Objectives


• Have selected text read out loud • Have the contents of the screen read out loud • Configure components of the speech tool • Familiarization of the speech tool bar when using the Speak Screen function


• that you have an iOS device (iPod, iPhone or iPad) • that you have as a minimum, iOS7 installed on your device for “Speak selected text”

and iOS8 installed on the device to enable “Speak Screen”

Case Study

Kirby is a grade 5 student who reads at a grade 2 level. As there is a wide discrepancy between his reading level and the grade level material, the gap between him and his peers is quickly increasing. Using an iPad to access materials downloaded from ARC-BC, Kirby is able to have text read out loud to him.



Using the Speech and Speak Screen tool

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Prior to using the text to speech tools, ensure that speech settings are configured. Tap on the Settings icon . Tap on the General icon (1) and select the Accessibility menu (2) on the right side of the screen. Under the Vision category, select “Speech” (3).

A. jGo to Accessibility menu. B. Go to Speech sub-menu

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The speech sub-menu offers many configuration opportunities including enable Speak Selection (1) and enable Speak Screen (2). These options must be turned on (indicated with by a green fill) in order to use the corresponding features. There are also options for adjusting the speaking rate (3), and highlighting content as it is being read (4). Selecting Voices (5) opens up the voice menu which allows selecting the voice that is used to read text.

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In the voice menu, there is the option to select voices in different languages. Some of the more common languages will offer multiple voice options.


The selected voice is indicated with a check mark (1). Voices that are labelled as Enhanced require a download (3) and will take up storage space on the device (2). Enhanced voices are of a higher quality than non-enhanced voices.

To remove a previously downloaded voice, tap “Edit” in the top right hand corner (4). A red circle (5) will appear to the left of the voices that are downloaded.

Tap the circle and the word “delete” will appear (6) to the right of the voice. Tap delete to remove the voice.

Newer devices and the most recent iOS version will provide the greatest selection of voices.

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To use the speech tool, highlight text in an app by depressing a finger on a word. Two blue markers will appear indicating the beginning and end of the selection (1). These markers can be moved by dragging them to a new position. When the markers have been set, an options menu will appear above the selected text. Tap on “Speak” (2).


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As the iPad reads the selected text, the “Speak” button will now change to say “Pause”. Tap on pause at any point to stop the speech. Tap on “Speak” to resume speech.

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Speak screen is an alternate method of having text read out loud. Instead of selecting specific text, the entire page is read from top to bottom. To activate it, swipe down from the top bezel on the iPad with two fingers.

The iPad will begin reading all the text it finds on the screen. This feature is not as robust as selecting individual text to speak. There are frequent times when the iPad will not find any speakable text within an app. This may sometimes be overcome simply by moving the screen up or down.

As the iPad reads the text, media controls will appear at the top of the screen (1). Tap the left facing arrow to minimize the tool bar (2). The turtle and rabbit icons will slow and speed the speech rate (3). The speech can be paused at any time (4). Navigation arrows (5) allow control over the text passage that is being read. Speak Screen can be cancelled by pushing the ‘X’ button (6).


iOS Accessibility feature – Zoom Introduction Zoom allows users to magnify either a portion of or the entire iPad screen up to 15X for easier viewing. The Zoom setting also allows users to apply filters to a portion of the screen for easier viewing.

Learning Objectives


• An ability to turn on and use Zoom accessibility.


• An iPad with iOS 8.4 or later version. Earlier versions of IOS may also work however they are not covered by the scope of this information.

• Activities below assume an internet connection; however it is not necessary to enable or use the feature.

Case Study:

Lucas is a grade 12 student. Lucas has very poor vision and wears very strong glasses. He uses an iPad and ARC-BC to read text books for each of his subjects. When researching online for material Lucas struggles with reading the small print size on his iPad’s screen. Lucas does not have an Education Assistant and only accesses the Learning Services Teacher when he is having difficulties using ARC-BC. The District Vision Teacher is contracted out and only comes twice a year and on her last visit recommended Lucas explore the vision accessibility features of his iPad. He is currently researching for a Science Fair Project.



Using the accessible iOS Zoom feature of an iPad.

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Locate the Vision Settings in the right scroll down menu, then locate and click on Zoom setting. Slide the toggle to the right (green) position to turn the Zoom setting on.


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Locate the Zoom Region control and tap it once to enter the Lens Modes window. Tap once on Window Zoom mode selection box to activate it. Return to the previous menu by tapping the Zoom arrow located at the top of the screen.

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In the Zoom menu, locate the Maximum Zoom Level slider at the bottom of the screen and use it to adjust the zoom level to 5X. Click the Home Button once to exit the menu and return to the Home Screen.

6 Double Tap three fingers to activate Window Zoom. To change the view, move the window by dragging the Control Tab located on the bottom edge of the zoom window.


7 Access the Window Zoom controls by tapping once on the Control Tab. The Zoom Mode, Lens Size, and Filters can be selected here. Show Controller activates an on-screen controller for the Zoom Window.

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Now explore the Zoom function by opening and using some of your other apps such as Notes and Safari, each time noticing the different look the Zoom setting provides. Experiment with different zoom modes, levels and filters. Double Tap three fingers to deactivate Window Zoom.

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10 Slide the toggle to the left (grey) position to turn Zoom setting off.


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Push the Home Button once to exit the Settings Menu.

TASK

After practicing with Zoom answer the following questions in your group.

1. Write one potential advantage for using this setting with a student with visual disabilities.

2. Would other students benefit from this setting? If so, how?


4. Would this be beneficial to show all students?

Vision Accessibility Features available on iOS:

• Zoom controller: controls the power of the zoom, resizes the lens or can add filters This offers a lens that zooms and the potential for higher contrast.

• Invert Colors: increases contrast • Larger Text: increases just the text font size • Bold Text: creates bold text in apps, the keyboard and the calculator (not just in eBooks). • Button Shapes: highlights buttons and links throughout the iPad or iPhone making them

much easier to see. • Grayscale: is another way to make the screen clearer for users with low vision.


iOS Accessibility feature: Increased Contrast

Introduction Increase Contrast makes text easier to see by increasing the difference in contrast between the text and the background.

Learning Objectives


• An ability to turn on and use Increased Contrast Accessibility.


• An iPad with iOS 9.1 or later version. Earlier versions of IOS may also work; however they are not covered by the scope of this information.

Case Study:

Cameron is a grade 12 student with very poor vision which requires very strong glasses. He uses an iPad and ARC-BC to read text books for each of his subjects. When researching online for material Cameron struggles to see the text and features on his iPad’s screen. Cameron does not have an Education Assistant and only accesses the Learning Services Teacher when he is having difficulties using ARC-BC. The District Vision Teacher is contracted out and only comes twice a year and on her last visit recommended Cameron explore the vision accessibility features of his iPad to prepare for a Social Studies project.



Using the accessible iOS feature Increased Contrast

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Locate the Vision Settings in the right scroll down menu, then locate the Increase Contrast setting. Click on Increase Contrast to open the menu. Now explore the Increase Contrast Functions by toggling each feature on and off while exploring different screens and apps. With Reduce Transparency, the Home Screen app labels are now easier to read. Contrast can be further increased by turning on Darken Colors and Reduce White Point from the Increase Contrast menu.

4 Push the Home Button once to exit the menu.


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Slide any toggles that are green to the left (grey) position to turn the Reduce Transparency setting off.

7 Push the Home Button once to exit the Settings Menu.

TASK

After practicing with Increased Contrast answer the following questions in your group. 1. Write one potential advantage for using this setting with a student who has low vision. 2. Would other students benefit from this setting? If so, how? 3. How might you get students using this tomorrow? 4. Would this be beneficial to show all students?

Vision Accessibility Features available on iOS:

• Zoom controller: controls the power of the zoom, resizes the lens or can add filters This offers a lens that zooms and the potential for higher contrast.

• Invert Colors: increases contrast • Larger Text: increases just the text font size • Bold Text: creates bold text in apps, the keyboard and the calculator (not just in eBooks). • Button Shapes: highlights buttons and links throughout the iPad or iPhone making them

much easier to see. • Grayscale: is another way to make the screen clearer for users with low vision

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