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This session is provided by the Complementary Educational Services for AGE and VT and RÉCIT Vocational Training under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, November 2024 

Digital Tools For Inclusive Education:

Enhancing Your

Professional Toolkit

JPNFP 2024

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Lucie Tremblay

Orthopédagogue, Accompagnement National

Services éducatifs complémentaires

Complementary Educational Services

Services éducatifs aux adultes

Website TBA

lucie.tremblay@cssmi.qc.ca

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James Burn (Bernie)

Education Consultant

RÉCIT Vocational Training provincial service

recitvt.qc.ca

james.burn@recit.qc.ca

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Today’s presentation

bit.ly/jpnfp2024

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What’s necessary for some

is beneficial for all!

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Today’s intentions

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Today’s intentions

  • Define and illustrate the concept of inclusion

  • Learn how to make documents more accessible

  • Discover and use online VT textbooks

  • Practice presented strategies

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Today’s session

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Today’s session

  1. The meat pie metaphor
  2. Top four elements of accessibility
  3. Demo: Accessibility tool options (1 mobile option)
  4. Hands on participants activity
  5. One takeaway from today’s presentation

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My mother and her meat pies

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My mother and her meat pies:

One inclusive dinner

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Inclusion

The inclusive perspective fosters the expression of each person’s uniqueness and authenticity. Communities like colleges and universities, where members have the opportunity to be authentic in a safe environment, can do better, go further and be more innovative (Nishii, 2019 in Université du Québec à Montréal, n. d.), insofar as it is the richness of diverse contributions that is the organizational driving force.

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Diversity

Diversity refers to the conditions, modes of expression and experiences of different groups defined by age, level of education, sexual orientation, parenting status or responsibilities, immigration status, Indigenous status, religion, disability, language, place of origin, ethnic origin, culture, socioeconomic status and other attributes.

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Inclusion

Inclusion refers to the action of creating an environment respectful of diversity that fully integrates all the members of its community, accompanying them and offering them support measures to promote well-being and fulfillment. It is a sustained commitment to welcoming, integrating, accompanying and supporting marginalized groups.

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Equity

(...)A person with a disability would not be able to study where they wish if the place of study is not accessible.

Such fair treatment is not necessarily the same for everyone: it must take into account different realities to enable all people (e.g., the entire student population) to benefit from the same opportunities.

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Accessibility for More Equity

Equity does not mean treating all people in the same way (equal treatment), but rather taking their differences into account and providing the means to reduce barriers or meet their specific needs.

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Accessibility

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Ensuring something is useable and inclusive for the widest

range people.

Accessibility

of

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Accessibility

Equitable measures and practices ensure that all people have access to opportunities and resources that meet their needs

(Collège Ahuntsic, 2022).

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Provide guidelines

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Top 4 elements of accessibility

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Colors

Red cherry group 🍒

  • John
  • Karen
  • Javier

Green apple group 🍏

  • Sofia
  • Diego
  • Juan

Purple grapes group 🍇

  • Anika
  • Fatima
  • Carlos

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Background

colors

Rello and Bigham

Good Background Colors for Readers

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Colors

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Font

size

Bigger is easier to read

Smaller: Not so easy to read

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Font

spacing

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Line

spacing

This is my slide about spacing and I’m writing about lots of things and here is my paragraph of text.

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Font

types

1lIi - Comic Sans

1lIi - Verdana

1lIi - Tahoma

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Copy and

paste

Ensuring your text is selectable.

Ensuring your text is selectable.

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  1. The meat pie metaphor
  2. Top 4 elements of accessibility
  3. Demo: Online VT textbook, Word Online
  4. Word Online - Immersive reader in class applications
  5. Hands on participants activity
  6. One takeaway from today’s presentation

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Demo: Accessibility tool options

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Demo: Accessibility tool options

Adobe reader

Read Aloud

Prizmo GO

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Demo: Accessibility tool options

Google Chrome

Word Q

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Website, Format

Mobile device

(personal work, homework)

Application

Read Aloud

(Chrome)

Adobe Reader

Google Chrome

Edge

WordQ

Lexibar

Google Chrome App

Prismo Go

(iOS)

SOFAD

CEMEQ

Mediathèque

Online text

Accessibility Tools & Compatibility

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Mobile devices:

Connect to your account

iPhone:

With Safari, swipe down with

2 fingers to open read aloud mode

Android:

With Adobe Reader app,

tap, hold and drag to select text.

Choose Read Aloud

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Word Online

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  • Word online
  • Immersive Reader
    • Quick overview of the accessibility functions
    • Nouns, verbs, parts of speech
    • Dictionary (image, prononciation)
    • Translation
    • Reading coach

Word Online

and its classroom use

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Word Online

Immersive Reader

  • View

  • Immersive Reader

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Demo text

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Demo

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Hands-on activity

Let’s explore together!

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One takeaway from

today’s session

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Today’s intentions

  • Define and illustrate the concept of inclusion

  • Learn how to make documents more accessible

  • Discovery and usability of online VT textbooks

  • Practice presented strategies

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What’s necessary for some

is beneficial for all!

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Thank you!

Merci !

lucie.tremblay@cssmi.qc.ca

james.burn@recit.qc.ca