Both Canvas and Zoom have recently been updated to include some really useful Accessibility features.
Canvas – Immersive Reader
Microsofts Immersive Reader is now incorporated into Canvas. The immersive reader enables students with learning differences such as Dyslexia using text decoding solutions and help build confidence for emerging readers through features like Line Focus and Picture Dictionary.
It enable learners by reducing visual crowding, highlighting text, breaking words into syllables, read text aloud, and provide visual references.
With features like Dictation and Read Aloud, students can hear text read aloud for multi-sensory processing, a technique to aid reading and comprehension. It also allows for the translation of words, or the entire text into over 60 languages (over 40 of them can be read aloud).
The Picture Dictionary enables students to view a picture representation of a word they click on. Students can combine with Read Aloud for multi-sensory processing, a technique to aid reading and comprehension.
In addition to this students can personalise their experience by increasing or decreasing the size of text and change background colours.
For more information about the Immersive Reader, please see our Student page which features more help and resources.
If you would like support with any of these features, please contact the Teaching and Learning Academy via LJMUHelpMe.