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Google Classroom
While the G Suite has a plethora of accessibility tools to offer teachers, students and parents, Google also offers teachers the ability to assign work to particular students. When a student requires extended time for an assignment, test, or project, teachers can effortlessly create a specific assignment and due date for the specific student, while keeping the student's accessibility accommodation invisible to other students.
Universal Design for Learning is supported through Google Classroom by allowing teachers to minimize the threat of a short due date for students, which may set them more at ease with what is being asked of them in the assignment (CAST, 2018).
Edpuzzle
During distance learning, many teachers turned to Edpuzzle to assign reading, videos, and give lessons (among other assignments) so that students could watch and complete the Edpuzzle at their own pace. With the ability to vary due dates and connect with Google Classroom, assignments can be completed by students on their own time within the established time frame, while teachers can monitor student progress in the assignment. Edpuzzle creates varying degrees of self-pacing that benefit all students (Edpuzzle Staff, 2020).
Edpuzzle allows teachers provide alternatives methods of watching or listening to a book or video, which supports the Universal Design for Learning by catering to a students perception of the text, as well as removing a harsh deadline that may be a demotivator to them (CAST, 2018).
Timers
Timers have become a integral part of many classrooms to keep students on task and limit activities to a preset amount of time. In terms of accessibility, students who have trouble pacing themselves through an assignment or activity are given a visual reminder of the time to complete the assignment (Morin, 2022).
The Universal Design for Learning is supported by the use of timers by promoting self-motivation in students and prompting them to set brief time-management goals to make better use of the time (or extended time) given to them (CAST, 2018).
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