Embedded Files
How It Helps
How It Helps
Allows:
the user to highlight and colour code sections of text on a page
the user to extract highlighted text to summarize, categorize, create notes and study guides
the user to highlight with four different colours
How to Use
Select the information you wish to highlight by running your cursor over it, then click on the highlight icon for the desired colour.
Erase highlights when you are done with them by running your cursor back over the highlighted text and clicking the erase icon.
Student Benefits
Student Benefits
In addition to the Google Docs Toolbar, the Highlighters & Erase Highlights is found on the Web Toolbar, the Slides Toolbar, and the ePub Toolbar (Highlight is also found on the PDF Toolbar)
Helps students to identify and organize key information
Facilitates summarizing
Supports students with researching, outlining, and composing written assignments
Teacher Benefits
Teacher Benefits
Allows teacher to highlight parts of a student's assignment when offering feedback
Teacher may highlight and colour code specific sections of text and/or key words to guide student towards important information
Encourages students to develop independence with identifying and summarizing key points in a text
How does Highlighters & Erase Highlights support UDL?
Access
Provides students with a choice for interacting with text which allows them to focus on relevant information
Build
Varies level of challenge for individual students - individuals or groups of students may be directed to identify and highlight different pieces of text
Internalize
Personalizes learning by encouraging students to choose and focus on relevant terms and concepts
Access
Supports students in identifying key vocabulary and concepts in a text and limits distracting and less relevant information
Build
Allows struggling students to focus on essential information thereby helping them to customize the way information is gathered and summarized
Internalize
Provides a method for highlighting important parts of a text and supports processing by eliminating distracting text.
Access
Helps students who find it challenging to both identify and record important information by allowing them to focus on only identifying
Build
Allows students to interact with content of text aiding identification of and comprehension of key words and concepts
Internalize
Supports information identification and strategy development by lessening cognitive load
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