Simplify Page & Screen Mask
Reduce visual distractions and clutter to help students focus on the core content.
Reduce visual distractions and clutter to help students focus on the core content.
Declutter webpages and simplify text. You can further summarize/shorten text using plus and minus buttons, adjust contrast, font, and spacing.
Add an overlay to the screen to reduce distraction and increase focus to content on the screen.
Implementation Strategy: Teachers can encourage students to utilize the simplify page option when doing web based research. This feature reduces visual clutter on websites. Students with visual processing and/or attention difficulties will likely benefit from a simplified page of text. Students can control line spacing, color contrast, and text size. It makes it easier for students to select and extract relevant information and transfer it to a google document.
Implementation Strategy: Teachers can encourage students to utilize the screen mask feature when the student has difficulty tracking text, especially when accessing a longer passage. Screen mask can additionally be used to reduce answer choices and block extraneous information.