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Available Curricula and Resources
Available Curricula & Resources, including complete manuals, video tutorials, and specific lesson plans for a variety of devices and software.
This page contains the Available Curricula and Resources, including complete manuals, directions to complete specific tasks, video tutorials, and specific lesson plans for a variety of devices and software. The materials are organized by device or software application.
iPad
- Introduction to iPad Accessibility Features for Blind and Low Vision Students iOS 9.3 (Free manual and videos by Diane Brauner and Ed Summers, SAS Institute)
- Bluetooth Keyboard Commands with VoiceOver on the iPad iOS 9.2 (Free manual and videos by Diane Brauner and Ed Summers, SAS Institute)
- Refreshable Braille Display with the iPad iOS 8 (Free manual and videos by Diane Brauner and Ed Summers, SAS Institute)
- ABCs of iOS: A VoiceOver Manual for Toddlers and Beyond! (Free manual by Diane Brauner available at no cost through CNIB)
- Learning VoiceOver on iOS: SRT Part 2 (Free interactive website to teach VoiceOver on iOS geared for students, developed by the California School for the Blind)
Mac
JAWS
- Learning JAWS on Windows: SRT Part 3 (Free interactive website to teach JAWS on Windows geared for students, developed by the California School for the Blind)
- Gmail Using JAWS (instructions by TSBVI)
- Braille Display with JAWS (5 Lessons by TSBVI)
- Quick Reference Guide and Tutorial for Screen Reading with JAWS (Maeve May)
- JAWS Lesson Plans (Rebecca’s lesson plans based on Eye.T’s Screen Reader Curriculum by Cody Laplante
- Tech Skills: JAWS Commands Checklist post (includes list of Paths to Technology posts related to teaching JAWS)
- Learning JAWS on Windows: SRT Part 3 (Free interactive website to teach JAWS on Windows geared for students, developed by the California School for the Blind)
NVDA
- Learn NVDA (video tutorials by AFB)
- Google Docs and Google Drive (video tutorials by AFB)
Narrator
- Getting Started with Narrator (Microsoft Support)
Computer
- Assistive Technology Checklist for students with Visual Impairments and Blindness – Explained (description and explainations of Windows computers – accompanies the Checklist, by Adrian Amandi, California School for the Blind)
Magnification Curriculum
- Getting Started with Screen magnification (overview)
- Zoom to Success: Teaching Screen Magnification Programs for Low Vision (video of training presentation by Laura Jones, Lighthouse for the Blind – St. Louis)
- Zoom To Success (PowerPoint by Laura Jones, Lighthouse for the Blind – St. Louis)
- Resource Packet for the Zoom To Success PowerPoint (Resources by Laura Jones, Lighthouse for the Blind)
- Website Ideas for Screen Magnification Practice (list of helpful websites for games and activities that can be used for screen reading practice by Laura Jones, Lighthouse for the Blind – St. Louis)
Updated Magnification Curriculum
- Zoom To Success Updated (July 2023 PowerPoint by Laura Jones)
- Resource Packet for the Zoom to Success PowerPoint updated July 2023
- Website Ideas for Screen Reader Magnification Practice updated July 2023
Google Suites
- Google Classroom Using NVDA/JAWS series, (by April Bahl – Six Dot Math – 2020)
- Android (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Docs (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Sheets (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Slides (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Gmail (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Calendar (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Forms (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
- Chrome (curriculum excercises, AFB and Google Train the Trainer Workshop, AFB Conference 2016)
Chrome Browser and Chrome Operating System (Chromebooks)
- Chrome and Chrome OS Accessibility (video tutorial series, by Google)
Blackboard
- Learn Blackboard Screen Reader Tutorial (Accessibility Resources, University of Tennesse, Chattanooga)
- Learn Blackboard Keystroke Accessibility Information (Accessibility Resources, University of Tennesse, Chattanooga)
- Learn Blackboard Ally Tutorial (Accessibility Resources, University of Tennesse, Chattanooga)
BrailleNote
- Braille Apex (video tutorials by Humanware)
- BrailleNote Touch (video tutorials by Greg Stilson, Humanware)
- BrailleNote Touch Plus Resource Guide (Snowflake TVI/Wisconsin Center for the Blind)
Computer Science Curriculum
- Computer Science Curriculum Resources (California School for the Blind) This webpage starts with unplugged activities, creating, designing and testing web pages using HTML and how to make/edit games.
- Coding Posts Summary (Paths to Technology, organized list of links related to coding/computer science)
Attached File(s)
https://www.perkins.org/sites/elearning.perkinsdev1.org/files/Zoom%20to%20Success_0.pptx https://www.perkins.org/sites/elearning.perkinsdev1.org/files/Website%20Ideas%20for%20Screen%20Mag%20Practice.docx https://www.perkins.org/sites/elearning.perkinsdev1.org/files/Resource%20Packet%20Consolidated.docx
By Diane Brauner
