Bluetooth Keyboard Commands with VoiceOver on the iPad · Type your own name on the Blank document using the on-screen keyboard. We recommend selecting Touch Typing in the rotor;

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BluetoothKeyboardCommandswithVoiceOverontheiPad

Chapter2:ReviewEducationalAppswithVoiceOverGesturesiOS9.2

ModuleObjectives

• 2.1Review:VoiceOverGestures• 2.2Review:AppLayout• 2.3QuickReviewDropbox,PagesandMailusingVoiceOverGestures

o CreateDropboxFoldero OpenDropboxDocumentinPageso EmailaPagesDocumento ReadandReplytoanEmail

• 2.4Review:GoogleDriveandGoogleDocsusingVoiceOverGestureso GoogleDriveo GoogleDocso KeepingDocumentsOfflineo SavingDocumentsinGoogleDocso GoogleDocs:MoreActions

• 2.5Review:MailusingVoiceOverGestureso NavigatingMailApp

• 2.6Review:iBooksusingVoiceOverGestureso iBooksStudyCardso ManipulateText(Select,Highlight,Copy,CreateNotes)usingVoiceOver

Gestureso CreateaNoteo ListentoaNote

• 2.7Review:SafariusingVoiceOverGestureso Readero ReadingListandBookmarkso CopyandPasteintoGoogleDocs

• 2.8LowVisionStudentsusingBluetoothKeyboardCommandso WhenScreenReadersareStronglyRecommenedo UsingaBluetoothKeyboardforStudentswhoarevisuallyimpairedandblind


TheBluetoothKeyboardCommandswithVoiceOverontheiPadmanualisbeingsharedonthePathstoTechnologywebsitewithpermissionfromSASInstituteInc.

OverviewThisreviewsectionisdesignedtorefreshparticipants’iPadskills;participantsshouldalreadybefamiliarwithPages,Dropbox,iBooks,Mail,andSafari.Participantsshouldalsobefamiliarwithhowtoedit,copy,pasteandhighlight,aswellashowtocreatenotesandstudycardsiniBookswhenVoiceOverisoff.ParticipantsshouldbefamiliarwithVoiceOvergestures.

SincemanyschoolsareusingGoogleDocsandGoogleDrive,thismanualincludesaquickreviewoftheseGoogleappsaswell.

TEACHERHINT:WHENINTIALLYTEACHINGSTUDENTSTOUSEVOICEOVERGESTURES,PLACETHEIPADFLATONTHETABLE.WHENTHEIPADISUPRIGHT,SUCHASINABLUETOOTHKEYBOARDCASETHEIPADISNOTASSTABLEWHICHMAYBECHALLENGINGFORBEGINNERVOICEOVERUSERS.

ThisreviewwillbedonewithVoiceOveron.TheBluetoothkeyboardisturnedoff.


2.1Review:VoiceOverGestures

ParticipantsinthistrainingshouldbecomfortablewithVoiceOvergestures.Asagroup,wewillreviewbasicVoiceOvergestures.

Activity2.1VoiceOver“SynchronizedSwimming”

UsingTriple-ClickHome,turnVoiceOveron;forthisportionofthetraining,makesurethatZoomisturnedOff.WithVoiceOveron,thetraininginstructorwillleadthegrouptoVoiceOverPracticescreen.(Settings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver–on).Onceonthisscreen,touch–butdonotselect-theVoiceOverPracticebutton.TurntheScreenCurtainon(3fingers,tripletap).TheScreenCurtainmakestheiPadscreengoblankbutallowstheiPadtocontinueworkingwithVoiceOver.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUACCIDENTLYTURNSPEECHOFF;3FINGERS,DOUBLETAPWILLTOGGLEBETWEENSPEECHON/OFF.FORTHISACTIVITY,YOUWANTTHESCREENCURTAINON(SCREENISBLANK)ANDSPEECHON.

AsagroupwiththescreencurtainOn,openVoiceOverPractice.(YoushouldhaveselectedVoiceOverpracticebeforeturningthescreencurtainOn;nowdoubletapanywhereonthescreentoactivatetheVoiceOverpracticescreen.IftheVoiceOverfocusisnotontheVoiceOverpracticescreen,dragyourfingerdowntherighttwo-thirdsofthescreen,stoppingonVoiceOverpracticescreen;splittaptoactivate.)OnceinVoiceOverPractice,tapthescreenonetimetolistentoVoiceOverPracticedirections.Nowyouarereadyfor“VoiceOverSynchronizedSwimming”.Onthecountofthree,thetraininginstructorwillcalloutvarious1,2,3and4fingergesturesandasagroup,participantswilltrytoperformthesegesturesinsync.Thetraininginstructorwilldrillthesegesturestohelpdevelopmusclememoryandtoreviewwhateachgesturedoes.

Whenfinishedwiththisactivity,theinstructorwillguideyoutotheDonebuttoninthetoprightcornerofthescreen.AfteryouhearVoiceOversay,“Donebutton”thendoubletaptoexitVoiceOverPractice.

Withthescreencurtainstillon,theinstructorwillguideyouthroughreturningtotheHomescreen,openingandclosingseveralapps.UsetheshortcutgesturestolocatetheCalendarbuttoninthetopleftcornerofthescreen(4fingers,singletapatthetopportionofthepage)andtofindSafariatthebottomrightcornerofthepage(4fingers,singletapatthebottomportionofthepage).FindCalendaragain.FindPagesinthebottomleftcornerofthepage(dragfingertothebottomleft).Asagroup,openPages(splittap),activatetheAddDocumentbutton(splittapordoubletap),activatetheCreateDocumentbutton,flick


rightordragfingerdowntoBlankDocumentandactivate(doubletaporsplittap)toopen.TypeyourownnameontheBlankdocumentusingtheon-screenkeyboard.WerecommendselectingTouchTypingintherotor;thisenablesyoutodragyourfingeraroundtheon-screenkeyboard.Theletterisselectedwhenyouliftyourfinger.StandardTypingistheothertypingmodeoption;dragyourfingertothedesiredletterthensplittap.TurnScreenCurtainOff(threefinger,tripletap)tovisuallyseetheitemsontheiPad’sscreen.

TEACHERHINT:USETHESAMEACTIVITIESLISTEDABOVETOREVIEWVOICEOVERGESTURESWITHYOURSTUDENT.

TROUBLESHOOTING:CHANGINGCOMMANDSFORSPEECHON/OFFANDSCREENCURTAINON/OFFThereareonlytwocommandsthatchange:Speechon/offandScreenCurtainon/off.InearlyiOSversions,ZoomandVoiceOvercouldnotbeusedsimultaneously.NowthatZoomandVoiceOvercanbeusedseparatelyortogether,thecommandstotogglespeechon/offandscreencurtainon/offareimpacted.ThesetwocommandsdependonwhetherVoiceOverandZoomareturnedon–notjustavailable-inTripleClickHome.WhenusingonlyVoiceOveroronlyZoom:

• TogglebetweenSpeechon/off;3fingers,doubletap• TogglebetweenScreenCurtainon/off;3fingers,tripletap

WhenusingVoiceOverandZoomtogether:

• TogglebetweenSpeechon/off;3fingers,tripletap• TogglebetweenScreenCurtainon/off;3fingers,quadrupletap


2.2Review:AppLayout

Itisimportantforstudentstobemadeawareofthephysicallayoutofeachappandtospecificallyteachstudentswithvisualimpairmentstoconsciouslylearnthelayoutofeachapp.MostappshavetheToolbaratthetopofthepage(undertheStatusbar).TheToolbarenablesyoutonavigatearoundtheappandtointeractwiththeapp.Typically,thebuttoninthetopleftcornerwilltakeyou“back”tothepreviousscreen.ThemiddleoftheToolBarwilloftennamethescreenyouarecurrentlyonwithintheapp.Ifanameddocumentisopenwithintheapp(suchasaPagesdocumentoranemaildocument),thetitleofthatdocumentwillappearinthemiddleoftheToolbar.Often,theAddbuttonandtheAction/Share/SendbuttonwillbeintheToolBaratthetoprightcorner.DifferentscreenswithintheappwilldisplaydifferentToolBaroptions.SomeappswillhaveadditionaloptionsfoundinaToolBaralongthebottomofthescreen.Knowingthespatiallayoutwithineachappenablesastudentwithvisualimpairmentstoquicklyandefficientlyusetheapp.WhenusingVoiceOver,thereareadditionalcommandstomovearoundtheapps,suchasmovingtothetopleftcorneroftheapp/beginningofthedocumentorthebottomrightcorner/endofthedocument.

TEACHERHINT:ASAPPSAREUPDATED,SYMBOLSANDOPTIONSMAYCHANGE;HOWEVER,THEGENERALAPPLAYOUTSHOULDREMAINSIMILAR.KNOWINGHOWTOEXPLOREANAPPWILLENABLESTUDENTSWITHVISUALIMPAIRMENTSTOADAPTQUICKLYTOFUTURECHANGES.

Someapps,suchMailandRemindershavealayoutwithalistofitemsontheleftone-thirdofthepageandtheopendocumentdisplayedontherighttwo-thirdsofthepage.Otherappswillfilltheentirescreen.

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSSHOULDBETAUGHTTHELAYOUTOFDIFFERENTAPPSINORDERTOEFFICIENTLYNAVIGATEAROUNDTHEAPP.


2.3Review:Dropbox,PagesandMailusingVoiceOverGestures

Dropboxversion4.2.3;Pagesversion2.6.1

Duringthistraining,wewillbeusingDropboxtoshareandorganizematerials.Note:YoumusthaveInternetaccessinordertoaccessDropbox.Dropboxisacloudstoragesystemthatcanbesynchedbetweendevicesandthatenablesuserstoshareand/oreditdocumentsandfolders.

Dropboxhasaone-thirdandtwo-thirdslayoutwithaToolbarabovebothsectionsandaToolbarbelowtheone-thirdside.TheToolbaratthebottomoftheone-thirdsidehasRecents,File,Photos,OfflineandSettings.UnderSettings,youhavetheoptiontoturnCameraUploadon/off.Formoststudents,automaticallysavingpicturesinDropboxwillquicklyuseupthefreeDropboxspace!

SelecttheFilebuttoninthebottomToolbar.

WhenontheDroboxhomescreenandVoiceOverisOff,youcantouchtheActionsMenubutton(smallcircletotherightofthedocument/foldername).Thisopensapopupmenuwiththeoptions:InvitePeopletoCollaborate,SendLink,Copy,MoveandFolderSettings.FolderSettingsenablesyoutodeletetheentirefolder.

YoucanalsotaptheMoreActionsbutton(elipsissymbollocatedinToolbarontheleftone-thirdofthescreen).TheActionbuttongivestheoptions:CreateaNewFile,UploadFile,CreateFolder,SelectandSortbyDate.UnderSelect,youcanthenDelete,CopyorMoveafolder/document.

TEACHERHINT:“ACTIVATE”MEANSWHENTHEVOICEOVERCURSORISONTHEITEM,YOUWILL

“ACTIVATE”BYDRAGGINGYOUFINGERTOTHEITEMTOHEARTHEITEM,THENSPLITTAPTOSELECTTHEITEM.


Activity2.3aCreateaDropboxFolderusingVoiceOverGestures

WewillcompletethefollowingactivitiesusingVoiceOvergestures.Oftenthemostefficientwaytofinditemsonthescreenistolearnthespatiallayoutandquicklydragyourfingertothedesireditem.Youcanchoosetouseothermethods(flickleftorright;fourfingertapatthetoporbottomofthescreentomovetotopleftorbottomrightcorners).Therearetwogesturesthatwillactivateanitem:doubletaporsplittap.Theactivitydirectionsassumeyouaredraggingyourfingeracrossthescreentofindtheitem,thenyouusethedoubletaporsplittapcommandtoactivatetheitem.Remember,onceVoiceOversaysthedesireditem,youcandoubletapanywhereonthescreen.Or,whenyoudragyourfingertofindtheitem,simplykeepyourindexfingerontheitemanddoasplittap(tapthescreenwithasecondfingerorthumb.)

ThemostefficientwaytonavigatearoundtheDropboxscreenistopoketheleftone-thirdortherighttwo-thirdsofthescreentomovetheVoiceOvercursornearthedesiredlocation.

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSWITHSEVERREVISUALIMPAIRMENTSSHOULDINITIALLYEXPLORETHE

SCREENBYSYSTEMATICALLYDRAGGINGONEFINGERAROUNDTHESCREEN.THISAPPROACHISMUCHMOREEFFICIENTTHANRANDOMLYPOKINGTHESCREENWITHONEFINGER.THEONEFINGERDRAGMETHODCANQUICKLYBEFOLLOWEDWITHASPLITTAPGESTUREWHENADESIREDITEMIS

FOUND.

TEACHERHINT:REMEMBER,YOUMUSTHEARVOICEOVERSAYTHEITEMBEFOREYOUCANDOUBLETAPORSPLITTAP.

FromyouriPad,createyourownnewDropboxfolderandnameitwithyourinitialsthentheword“training”.BesurethatyouarestartingontheFilesscreenandnotstartingwithinafolder!

1. OpenDropbox:(DragfingertoDropboxthenactivateDrobox).2. StartfromtheDropboxhomescreen:(Ifnecessary,activatetheBackbutton

untilyouareontheDropboxhomescreen.“Files”willappearintheToolbaratthetopofthescreen).

3. OpenMoreActionsMenu:(TapontheMoreActionsbutton–elipsissymbolinToolBar).

4. Createanewfolder:(ActivateCreateFolderbutton).5. Typeinnameoffolder:(Typeyourinitialsthentheword“training”andpress

Enter).6. SelectCreatebutton:(ActivatetheCreatebuttonintheToolbar).


Activity2.3bOpenDropboxDocumentinPagesusingVoiceOverGestures

SelectaDropboxdocumentandOpeninPages.Priortothistraining,theinstructorsentanemailwithaDropboxfolderinvitation.EachparticipantshouldhaveacceptedtheDroboxfolder.Forthenextactivity,usethe“TheWoolyBear”locatedinthatsharedDropboxfolder.

TEACHERHINT:TOSCROLLUP/DOWNTHEPAGE:TOUCHTHESCREENONTHELEFTONE-THIRDOFTHESCREENTOBRINGTHEVOICEOVERCURSORTOTHELISTOFFOLDERS.DRAGTHREEFINGERSUP/DOWNTOSCROLLUP/DOWNTHROUGHTHELISTOFFOLDERS.IFYOUHAVENUMEROUSDROPBOXFOLDERS,YOUMAYNEEDTOSCROLLINORDERTOACCESSTHEDESIREDSHAREDFOLDER.THEFOLDERSARESETINALPHABETICALORDER;HOWEVER,YOUDOHAVETHEOPTIONOFORGANIZINGBYMOSTRECENT.

Dropboxshouldalreadybeopen.

1. StartfromtheDropboxhomescreen:(ActivatetheBackbuttonifnecessarytomovetotheDropboxhomescreen).

2. Selectthesharedkeyboardtrainingfolder:(Activatethefolder).3. Select“TheWoolyBear”:(Activate“TheWoolyBear”).4. SendthedocumenttoPages:(ActivatetheSharebuttoninToolbar,fourth

buttonfromtheright).a. ActivateOpenInbutton:(RightflicktoOpenInbuttonandactivate).b. ActivateOpeninPagesbutton:(RightflicktoPagesandactivate).c. ActivatetheDonebuttonifnecessary:(RightflicktoDoneand

activatetoclosethepopup).5. Opendocument:(RightflickmultipletimesstoppingonTheWoolyBear”and

activate).6. IfVoiceOverbeginsreading,pauseVoiceOver:(Twofingersingletap).


Activity2.3cOpenDropboxDocumentinPagesusingVoiceOverGestures

*Repeatactivityaboveusing“JupiterInletLighthouse”document;trytocompletetheactivitywithoutreadingthedirectionsagain.IfyouarecomfortablewiththeiPad,thentrythisactivitywiththescreencurtainOn.

GotoDropbox,selectthe“JupiterInletLighthouse”documentandopenthisdocumentinPages.

Activity2.3dEmailusingVoiceOverGestures

Manyappsallowinformationtobeshared;thestepsshouldbethesameevenindifferentapps.FollowthestepsbelowtoShareoremailadocurment.Forthisactivity,eachparticipantwillemailthePagesdocument“TheWoolyBear”toherself/himself.ThisdocumentshouldalreadybeopeninPages.

1. Emaildocumenttoyourself:(ActivateSharebuttonintheToolbar,secondbuttonfromtheright).

a. ActivateSendaCopybutton.b. ActivateMailbutton.c. ActivateWord.d. Activate“To:”textfield.e. Typeinyouremailaddress.f. ActivateSendbuttonlocatedintoprightcornerofthepopup.

TEACHERHINT:REMEMBER,YOUMUSTACTIVATETHETEXTFIELDBEFOREYOUCANTYPEINATEXTFIELD.IFTHEBLINKINGCURSORISNOTINTHETEXTFIELD,THENTHETEXTFIELDHASNOTBEENACTIVATED.


Activity2.3eReadandReplytoEmail

TheMailappislaidoutwiththelistofreceivedemailsontheleftone-thirdofthescreenandtheopenemailontherighttwo-thirdsofthescreen.WithVoiceOverOn,tappingthedesiredsideofthescreenisthemostefficientwaytomovetheVoiceOverfocus.Usethreefingersupordowntoscrollthroughtheemaillist.Activatingthedesiredemailwillplacethatemailontherighttwo-thirdsofthescreen.Toreadthedesiredemail,tapanywhereontherightsideofthescreentomovetheVoiceOverfocustotheemailthenuseatwofingerswipeuptoreadtheemailfromthetop.

Toreplytotheopenedemail,activatetheReplybuttonintheToolbar,secondbuttonfromtheright.YourchoicesmayincludeReply,ReplyAll,Forward,SaveImages(ifapplicable)andPrint.ActivateReplybutton,thenbegintypingyourdesiredresponse.ActivateSendbuttoninthetoprightcornerofthepopup.

TEACHERHINT:TOINCREASEEFFICIENTLY,TEACHSTUDENTSTOMOVETOTHETOPLEFTCORNEROFTHESCREENUSINGAFOURFINGERTAPATTHETOPOFTHESCREEN.OR,TEACHTHESTUDENTTOUSEHIS/HERLEFTHANDANDPLACETHATHANDSOTHATTWOFINGERSAREONTHETOPEDGE

OFTHEIPADANDTWOFINGERSAREONTHELEFTEDGEOFTHEIPAD.THISHELPSORIENTTHESTUDENTTOTHECORNEROFTHEIPAD.THEN,USETHELEFTTHUMBTODRAGTOTHEDESIREDBUTTON.USETHERIGHTHANDTOQUICKLYMOVETOTHETOPRIGHTCORNEROFTHEIPAD.

1. Activate“TheWoolyBear”email:(Dragonefingerdownthelistofreceivedemails,splittapondesiredemailorrightflickthroughthelistanddoubletap).

2. Readtheopenedemaildocument:(Taponrightsideofthescreenthenusetwofingersflickup).

3. Pausereading:(Twofinger,singletap).4. Repytoemail:(DragfingertoReplybuttonintheToolbarthensplittap).5. ActivateReplybuttoninpopup.6. Type“Today’sHomework.”7. Sendemail:(DragonefingertotheSendbuttoninthetoprightcornerofthepopup

andactivatetheSendbutton).


2.4Review:GoogleDriveandGoogleDocsusingVoiceOverGestures

GoogleDriveversion4.6;GoogleDocsversion1.2016.04203

Inmosttrainings,wewillusePagesandDropbox.However,sincesomeschoolsarenowusingGoogleDocsandDrive,thedirectionstotheseappsareincludedinthismanual.

GoogleDriveGoogleDriveisacloudstoragesystemthatcanbesynchedbetweendevices.GoogleDrivecanbeaccessedthroughanywebbrowserorthroughtheGoogleDriveappontheiPadorcomputer.YoucaninviteotherstocollaborateorviewdocumentslocatedinGoogleDrive.YoucancreateandeditdocumentsdirectlyinGoogleDriveanddocumentscreatedinGoogleDocscanbeautomaticallysavedinGoogleDrive.GoogleDriverequiresInternettoaccessthedocuments,asthedocumentsphysicallyresideinacloud.WithDropbox,youcannoteditdocumentsdirectlyinDropbox;Dropboxisonlyastoragesystem.DocumentsarenotautomaticallystoredinDropbox;documentsmustgothroughthevarioussteps(Share>OpeninAnotherApp>Dropbox).

TheHomescreenofGoogleDriveisbasicallythesameasGoogleDocs–GoogleDocswillhave“Docs”intheToolbartotherightoftheMainMenubutton,whileGoogleDrivewillhave“MyDrive”intheToolbartotherightoftheMainMenubutton.GoogleDriveisdesignedtostoreallyourdocuments;GoogleDrivehastheoptionoforganizingthesedocumentsinFoldersorasindividualdocuments.TocreateanewfolderinGoogleDrive,goto:CreateNewbutton(rightsideofthetopToolbar)>NewFolderbutton>typenameofthenewfolder.GoogleDocsisdesignedtotemporarilyhouseyourworkingdocumentssoothatyoucanaccessthesedocumentsoff-line.GoogleDocsdoesnothavetheoptionoffolderorganization.

GoogleDocsGoogleDocsisawordprocessingapp.DocumentsinGoogleDocscanphysicallyresideontheiPad;therefore,Internetaccessisnotrequired.Documentsthatareavailableoff-linewillhaveavisualimageofathumbtackbesidethetitleofthedocument.VoiceOverwillsaythenameofthedocument,thedateitwaslastopened,and“filesavailableondeviceoroff-lineuse”.IfthedocumentdoesnotphysicallyresideontheiPad,therewillnotbeavisualthumbtackbesidethetitleofthedocument;VoiceOverwillonlysaythenameofthedocumentandthedatethedocumentwaslastopened.ThisdocumentcanonlybeopenedwhenthereisanInternetconnection.

KeepingDocumentsOfflineTomakeadocumentresidephysicalresideontheiPadoroffline,goto:MoreActionsbutton(totherightofthedesireddocument)>Download&keepinsync.


TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSSHOULDKEEPCURRENTSCHOOLASSIGNMENTS“OFFLINE”WHICHMEANSTHATTHESEDOCUMENTSPHYSICALLYRESIDEONTHEIPAD.

SavingDocumentsinGoogleDocsWhenadocumentiscreatedusingGoogleDocs,anychangeswillbeautomaticallysaved.WhenadocumentwasoriginallycreatedusingWordandopenedinGoogleDocs,activatetheBackbuttoninthetopleftcorneroftheToolbarwhileyouareeditinginordertosaveyourchanges.

FormoreinformationaboutGoogleDocs,activatetheMainMenubutton>Settings.

TEACHERHINT:WHENINTRODUCINGANEWAPPSUCHASGOOGLEDOCSTOSTUDENTS,ENCOURAGETHESTUDENTTOINITIALLYEXPLORETHETOOLBAR.DRAGGINGTHEFINGERACROSSTHETOOLBARWILLPROVIDETHESTUDENTWITHCRITICALSPATIALLAYOUTINFORMATION.MOSTAPPSHAVEAHELP

SCREENLOCATEDWITHINTHESETTINGSPAGEOFTHEAPP.AFTEREXPLORINGTHETOOLBAR,ENCOURAGETHESTUDENTTOEXPLORETHESCREEN.INGOOGLEDOCS,THECREATENEWBUTTONISLOCATEDATTHEBOTTOMRIGHTCORNER,EVENTHOUGHRIGHTFLICKINGACROSSTHETOOLBARWILLJUMPTOTHECREATENEWDOCUMENTTHENTOTHESEARCHFIELDTHENTOTHEAVAILABLELISTOFDOCUMENTS.

GoogleDocs:MoreActionsFromtheGoogleDocshomescreen,activateMoreActionsbutton(threedotstothefarrightofthedesireddocumentname).Thepopupmenuoptionsare:

Rename,Share&Export,DownloadandKeepinSync,Details,Remove

TEACHERHINT:“ACTIVATE”MEANSWHENTHEVOICEOVERCURSORISONTHEITEM,YOUWILL“ACTIVATE”THEITEMBYFIRSTTOUCHINGTHEITEMTOHEARTHEITEM,THENDOUBLETAP;ORYOUCAN“ACTIVATE”BYDRAGGINGYOURFINGERTOTHEITEMTOHEARTHEITEM,THENSPLITTAPTOSELECTTHEITEM.USETHEUP+DOWNARROWSTOACTIVATEWITHTHEBLUETOOTHKEYBOARD.


Activity2.4aCreateaGoogleDriveFolderusingVoiceOverGestures

WewillcompletetheseactivitiesusingVoiceOvergestures.Oftenthemostefficientwaytofinditemsonthescreenistolearnthespatiallayoutandquicklydragyourfingertothedesireditem.Youcanchoosetouseothermethods(flickleftorright;fourfingertapatthetoporbottomofthescreentomovetotopleftorbottomrightcorners).Therearetwogesturesthatwillactivateanitem:doubletaporsplittap.Theactivitydirectionsassumeyouaredraggingyourfingeracrossthescreentofindtheitem,thenyouusethedoubletaporsplittapcommandtoactivatetheitem.Remember,onceVoiceOversaysthedesireditem,youcandoubletapanywhereonthescreen.Or,whenyoudragyourfingertofindtheitem,simplykeepyourindexfingerontheitemanddoasplittap(tapthescreenwithasecondfingerorthumb).

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSWITHSEVEREVISUALIMPAIRMENTSSHOULDINITIALLYEXPLORETHESCREENBYSYSTEMATICALLYDRAGGINGONEFINGERAROUNDTHESCREEN.THISAPPROACHISMUCHMOREEFFICIENTTHANRANDOMLYPOKINGTHESCREENWITHONEFINGER.THEONE-FINGERDRAGMETHODCANQUICKLYBEFOLLOWEDWITHASPLITTAPGESTUREWHENADESIREDITEMISFOUND.

TEACHERHINT:REMEMBER,YOUMUSTHEARVOICEOVERSAYTHEITEMBEFOREYOUCANDOUBLETAPORSPLITTAP.FORMOSTUSERS,THEMOSTEFFICIENTMETHODISTODRAGAFINGERTOFINDTHEITEM,LISTENTOVOICEOVERSAYTHEITEM,THENPERFORMASPLITTAP.

FromyouriPad,createyourownnewGoogleDrivefolderandnameitwithyourinitialsthentheword“training”.

1. OpenGoogleDrive:(DragfingertoGoogleDrivethenactivate).2. StartfromtheGoogleDrivehomescreen:(Ifnecessary,activatetheBack

buttonuntilyouareontheDropboxhomescreen.“MyDrive”willappearintheToolbaratthetopofthescreen).

3. OpenAddItembutton:(ActivatetheAddItembutton–plussigninthebottomrightcorneroftheToolBar).

4. SelectNewFolderbutton:(RightswipesstoppingonNewFolderbutton.Activate).

5. Typeinnameoffolder:(Typeyourinitialsthentheword“training”andhitEnter).

6. SelectCreatebutton:(ActivatetheCreatebuttonintheToolbar).

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSSHOULDKEEPCURRENTSCHOOLASSIGNMENTS“OFFLINE”WHICHMEANSTHATTHESEDOCUMENTSPHYSICALLYRESIDEONTHEIPAD.


Activity2.4bOpenDriveDocumentinGoogleDocsusingVoiceOverGestures

Priortothistraining,theinstructorsentsharedaGoogleDrivefoldernamed“iPadTraining”.Eachparticipantshouldhaveacceptedthethisfolder.Forthenextactivity,usetheTheWoolyBearlocatedinthatsharedGoogleDrivefolder.

1. StartfromtheGoogleDrivehomescreen:(ActivatetheBackbuttonifnecessarytomovetotheGoogleDrivehomescreenifadocumentiscurrentlyopen).

2. SelectthesharediPadTrainingfolder:(DragfingerdownthescreenorrightflicksstoppingoniPadTrainingandactivate).

3. SelectTheWoolyBeardocument:(RightflicksstoppingonTheWoolyBearandactivate).ThedocumentwillautomaticallyopeninGoogleDocs.

TEACHERHINT:TOSCROLLUP/DOWNTHEPAGEWITHVOICEOVERON:TOUCHTHESCREENONTHELEFTONE-THIRDOFTHESCREENTOBRINGTHEVOICEOVERCURSORTOTHELISTOFFOLDERS;THENDRAGTHREEFINGERSUP/DOWNTOSCROLLUP/DOWNTHROUGHTHELISTOFFOLDERS.IFYOUHAVENUMEROUSDROPBOXFOLDERS,YOUMAYNEEDTOSCROLLINORDERTOACCESSTHEDESIREDSHAREDFOLDER.THEFOLDERSWILLBELISTEDINALPHABETICALORDER.

Activity2.4cOpenGoogleDocsdocumentusingVoiceOverGestures

GoogleDocsshouldalreadybeopenfromthelastactivity.Remember,thehomescreensforGoogleDriveandGoogleDocslooksimilar.TheToolbarwilldisplayeitherMyDriveorDocs.

1. StartfromtheGoogleDocshomescreen:(ActivatetheBackbuttonifnecessarytomovetotheGoogleDocshomescreen).

2. SelectTheWoolyBear:(RightflicksstoppingonTheWoolyBear.Activate).3. Ifnecessary,pauseVoiceOver:(Twofingersingletap).


Activity2.4dEmailGoogleDocumentusingVoiceOverGestures

Manyappsallowinformationtobeshared;thestepsarethesameforadocumentinGoogleDriveorGoogleDocs.Forthisactivity,eachparticipantwillemailthedocumentTheWoolyBeartoherself/himself.InGoogleDocs,youcanemailthedocumentdirectlyfromboththeGoogleDocsHomescreenorfromtheopeneddocument.WhenontheHomescreen,theMoreActionsbuttonislocatedtotherightofthedocumenttitle.Whenthedocumentisopen,theMoreActionsbutton*islocatedinthetoprightcorneroftheToolBar.*CurrentlythisMoreActionsbuttoniscalledOverflowbutton.

ThisdocumentshouldalreadybeopeninGoogleDocs.

1. ActivatetheMoreActionsbutton.2. SelectShare&Export:(RightflickstoppingonShareandExport.Activate).3. SelectSendacopy:(RightflicktoSendaCopy.Activate).

• Ifnecessary,selectWord(.docx):(RightflickstoppingonWord.Activate)• SelectOK:(RightflicktoOKbutton.Activate)

4. OpeninMailapp:(RightflicktoMail.Activate).5. Activate“To”:textfield:(RightflicktoTo.Activate).6. Typeinyouremailaddress.7. ActivateSendbuttonlocatedintoprightcornerofthepopup.

TEACHERHINT:REMEMBER,YOUMUSTACTIVATETHETEXTFIELDBEFOREYOUCANTYPEINATEXTFIELD.IFTHEBLINKINGCURSORISNOTINTHETEXTFIELD,THENTHETEXTFIELDHASNOTBEENACTIVATED.


2.5Review:MailusingVoiceOverGestures

NavigatingMailAppTheMailappislaidoutwiththelistofreceivedemailsontheleftone-thirdofthescreenandtheopenemailontherighttwo-thirdsofthescreen.WithVoiceOverOn,tappingthedesiredsideofthescreenisthemostefficientwaytomovetheVoiceOverfocus.YoucanalsouseafourfingersingletapatthetopofthescreentomovetheVoiceOverfocustothefirstitemonthepage(Mailboxesbackbuttoninthetopleftcorner)orafourfingersingletapatthebottomofthescreentomovetheVoiceOverfocustothelastitemonthepage(theveryendoftheopenedemail).WhentheVoiceOverfocusisontheemaillist,usethreefingersupordowntoscrollthroughtheemaillist.Activatingthedesiredemailwillopenthatemailontherighttwo-thirdsofthescreen.Toreadthedesiredemail,tapanywhereontherightsideofthescreentomovetheVoiceOverfocustotheopenemail(orafourfingersingletapatthebottomofthepage)thenuseatwofingerswipeuptoreadtheemailfromthetop.

Toreplytotheopenedemail,activatetheReplybuttonintheToolbar,secondbuttonfromtheright.YourchoicesareReply,ReplyAll,Forward,SaveImages(ifapplicable)andPrint.ActivateReplybutton,thenbegintypingyourdesiredresponse.ActivateSendbuttoninthetoprightcornerofthepopup.

TEACHERHINT:TOEFFICIENTLYDRAGFINGERTOTHETOPLEFTOFTHESCREEN,TEACHTHEBVISTUDENTTOUSETHELEFTHANDANDPLACETWOFINGERSONTHETOPEDGEOFTHEIPADANDTWOFIGNERSONLEFTSIDEEDGEOFTHEIPAD;THEN,USETHELEFTTHUMBTODRAGTOTHEDESIREDBUTTON.WHENLOCATINGABUTTONINTHETOPRIGHTCORNEROFTHESCREEN,USETHERIGHTHANDANDPLACETWOFINGERSONTHETOPEDGEOFTHEIPADANDTWOFINGERSONTHERIGHTSIDEEDGEOFTHEIPAD;THEN,USETHERIGHTTHUMBTODRAGTOTHEDESIREDBUTTON.

Todeleteanemail,movetheVoiceOverfocustothedesiredemailontheleftonethirdofthescreen.FlickdownstoppingonDelete.Activatedelete.

Theoptionsare:MarkUnread,Flag,More,Delete,ActivateItem–defaultaction)


Activity2.5ReadandReplytoEmail

1. ActivateJupiterInletLighthouseemail:(dragfingerdownthelistofreceivedemailssplittapondesiredemail).

2. Readopenedemaildocument:(taponrightsideofthescreenthenusetwofingerflickup)

3. Pausereading:(twofinger,singletap).4. Repytoemail:(DragfingertoReplybuttonintheToolbarthensplittap).5. ActivateReplybuttoninpopup.6. Type“Today’sHomework.”7. Sendemail:(dragfingertotheSendbuttoninthetoprightcornerofthepopup.

Activate).


2.6Review:iBooksManipulatingTextwithVoiceOverGestures

iBooksoffersinteractive,“multi-touch”booksandtextbooksthatenablestudentstohighlightandtakenoteswithinthebookitselfandtocopyandpastethedesiredinformationintoaPagesdocument.TheseHighlightsandNotesareautomaticallyaddedtothebook’sNotesandareautomaticallyorganizedbychapters.Somemulti-touchtextbookshavebuilt-inglossaryStudyCards(digitalflashcards)andhavetheoptionforstudentstocreatetheirownstudycards.

iBooksStudyCardsWheninamulti-touchtextbook,suchasReachfortheStars:Touch,Look,Listen,Learn,alloftheglossarytermsarealreadyavailableinadigital“flashcard”formatcalledaStudyCards.AStudyCardisalsoautomaticallygeneratedeachtimeausercreatesanote.Thehighlightedword,phraseorsentenceisplacedonthefrontsideofthecardandthetypednoteisplacedontheflipsideoftheStudyCard.

ToviewtheStudyCardswithVoiceOverOn,activatetheNotesbuttonwhichisthethirdbuttonfromtheleftintheToolBar.WhenontheNotesscreen,activatetheStudyCardbutton(locatedintheToolbarontherighttwothirdsofthescreen;theStudyCardbuttonisontheleftcornerofthatsectionoftheToolbar).Doubletaptoflipthecardover.Useathreefingerswiperightorlefttomovetothenext/previousStudyCard.Whenfinished,activatetheDonebuttonatthetoprightcornerofthescreen.NotesandStudyCardsareorganizedbychapter.IftheStudyCarddoesnotflipover,thatindicatesthattheword/phrasewasonlyhighlightedandwasnotassociatedwithaMarginNote.

iBookshasavarietyofaccessibilityoptions;however,somepublishersdonotutilizealloftheavailableoptions.KeepinmindthatnotallbookswithiniBookswillreactinthesamemanner,sincetheindividualpublishersdeterminehowthebookwillinteract.Inthismanualwewilldiscusshowthebookshouldreact,thengiveoptionsifthebookhasnotbeencreatedwithalltheaccessibilityoptions.Asmorepublishersareawareoftheoptions,morebookswillhavetheseoptions.

Manipulatetext(select,highlight,createanote,copy)usingVoiceOverGestures–iBooksThissectionisareviewwithVoiceOvergestures.Chapter3willdiscusshowtocreatehighlightsandothereditinginformationusingtheBluetoothkeyboardcommands.ItismoreefficienttousetheBluetoothkeyboardcommandsvs.VoiceOvergestureswhenediting.


Tohighlightaword,phrase,sentenceorparagraph,movetheVoiceOvercursortothedesiredwordthen,doubletaporsplittaponthedesiredword.Thefirstwordwillbeselected.Pinchouttoexpandtheselectedwords.IfyousettherotortoWordsandpinchout,thetextwillbeselectedbyWordsnotbycharactersorLines.(Linesisnotanoptioninsomebooks.)Oncethetextisselected,settherotortoEdit;usethe1fingerswipedowntomovethroughthefollowingmenu:

Copy,Highlight,Note,Search,Share

Activatethedesiredmenu.

ReachfortheStarts:Touch,Look,Listen,LearnisagoodexampleofaniBookwiththeseaccessibilityfeatures.Remember,notalliBookpublishersincorporatealloftheavailableaccessibilityfeatures.

CreateaNoteSelecttheword,phrase,sentenceorparagraph(seeabove)thenactivateNote.ApopupappearsandVoiceOverstates,“note.Textfieldisediting.”TypeyourdesiredNoteandpressReturn.Exitthepopupusinga2fingerscrub.

ListentotheNoteAfteranotehasbeencreated,VoiceOverwillreadthetextandwillsay,“yellowhighlight”afterthewordthatishighlighted.VoiceOverwillsaythenameofthecoloryouchoosetouseforthehighlight.TohaveVoiceOverreadtheNote,settheRotortoHighlightthenuseaonefingerswipedown.TheVoiceOverfocuswillmovetothefirsthighlightonthepageandwillannouncethehighlightedwordsandthenthenote.DoubletaptoedittheNoteordeletethehighlightandnote.SomeiBookswillalsohavetheRotoroptionNotes.

Remember,somebooksdonotutilizealloftheaccessibilityfeatures.Ifdoubletappingselectsthewordandapopupbarappears,youcanonlyselectoneword-thebookdoesnotutilizealltheaccessibilityfeatures.(Currently,onlyonewordcanbehighlightedinthebook,AVeryWimpyKid.)

Usethetwofingerscrubgesture(movetwofingersbackandforthquickly)todismissapopup.


Activity2.6iBooksTextbook:CreateaStudyCardusingVoiceOverGestures

WewillusethefreeiBookstextbookReachfortheStars:Touch,Look,Listen,Learn-Chapter2section4,page20.TapontheTableofContentsbuttonintheToolbartoquicklynavigatetothedesiredpage.TheToolbaratthetopofthepageisoftenhidden;todisplaytheToolbar,tapanywhereonthepage(exceptontheStatusbaroronapicture).TheToolbarwillthenbedisplayedbriefly.IfVoiceOverisOnwhenthebookisopened,theToolbarwillremaindisplayedonthepage.TheTableofContentsisthesecondbuttonfromtheleftintheToolbar.TapontheTableofContentsbutton,thentapontheTableofContentsinthepopup.Scrollthroughthechapters(3fingersswipeleft)stoppingonChapter2.Then,touchsection2.4andactivate.Or,simplyusetheSearchbuttonintheToolbarsecondbuttonfromtheright.ActivatetheSearchbuttonandtypein“EdwinHubble”andselectthefirstoption.

1. MoveVoiceOvercursortothename“EdwinHubble”locatedinthesecondparagraph:

a. Dragfingerfingertothesecondparagraphb. ChangetheRotortoWordsc. Movewordbyword:(1fingerswipedownuntilVoiceOverreadstheword

“Edwin”)d. Activatetheword“Edwin”e. Pinchouttoincludetheword“Hubble”

2. Createanote:a. ChangetheRotortoEditb. SelectNote:(OnefingerswipedownstoppingonNote,thenactivate)c. Type“HubbleprovidedevidenceaboutgalaxiesbeyondtheMilkyWay.”d. ExitNotepopup:(twofingerscrub)

3. Readparagraphandpauseafterthehighlightisread:a. Twofingerswipedownb. Pauseafter“EdwinHubble,yellowhighlight”:(Twofingersingletap)

4. UsetheRotortolocatethehighlightedtext:a. Twofingertwist,stoppingonhightlightb. Movetohighlight:(Onefingerswipedown)c. EditNote:(DoubleTap;whenpopupappears,doubletapagain)d. ExitNote:(Twofingerscrub)

5. ViewtheStudyCard:a. ActivatetheNotesbuttonintheToolbar,locatedthirdbuttonfromtheleft.b. Taptherighttwo-thirdsofthescreentoviewtheNotes.c. Taptheleftone-thirdstoselectanotherchapter.


d. ActivatetheStudyCardsbuttonintheToolbar.e. TapthemiddleofthescreentolistentothefirstStudyCard.f. Doubletaptoflipthecardover.g. ThreefingerswipeleftorrighttomovetothenextStudyCard.*

*Ifthecarddoesnotflip,thatindicatesthatthecardisonlyhighlightedtextandisnotassociatedwithaMarginNote.


2.7Review:SafariusingVoiceOverGestures

WhenanarticleisopeninSafari,youoftenhavetheoptionofselectingtheReader.TheReaderbuttonislocatedintheToolbartotheleftoftheURLaddress.TheReaderbuttonremovestheexcessinformationfoundonmostwebsites.WhentheReaderisactivated,onlythemaintextofthearticle–withoutthecomplimentaryinformationtypicallydisplayedontheleftandright-isdisplayedonthescreen.

Foreasiertypingwhenusingtheon-screenkeyboard,settheRotortoTypingMode;usethedownarrowstoppingonTouchTyping.TouchTypingallowsyoutodragyourfingeracrosstheon-screenkeyboard.Whenyouhearthedesiredcharacter,liftyourfingeroffthescreenandthatcharacteris“typed”.StandardTypingiswhenyoudragyourfingertothedesiredletter,youlistenasVoiceOversaystheletter,thenactivateusingadoubletap.

SomestudentsmaybemoreefficientusingSiriortodictatetheirdesiredsearchtopic.Currently,dictationisonlyavailablewhentheon-screenkeyboardisvisable.WhenusingaBluetoothkeyboard,pressthehide/showon-screenkeyboardkey.Thedictationbuttonistotheleftofthespacebaronthevirtualkeyboard.


Activity2.7aSafari:ReaderusingVoiceOverGestures

Forthenextseveralactivities,wewillusethewebsitePathstoTechnology(www.perkinselearning.org/technology)

UseVoiceOvergesturesforthisactivity.

1. ActivateSafari.2. NavigatetotheURL:(RightswipemultipletimesstoppingonAddresstextfield

(ifthetextfieldisblank)ornameofpreviousURLand“EditstheURL”).3. ClearpreviousURLifnecessary:

• IfapreviouswebsiteisintheURL,VoiceOverwillsaytheURLand“EditstheURL”

• ActivateURL• VoiceOverwillsaythecurrentURLaddressand“selected”(URLaddresswillbehighlighted)

4. Type“PathstoTechnology”andpressGo/Enterkey:• DragfingerdowntheleftsideofthescreentolocatePathstoTechnologyPerkinseLearning.

• Activatelink5. ActivateSkiptoContentlink

• TheVoiceOverfocusshouldbeonSkiptoContent.Hint:ThefirsttimeonanewwebsiteitisbesttoexplorethewebsitebymovingitembyitemorbyheadingstounderstandthebasiclayoutandcontentofthewebsiteinsteadofusingtheSkiptoContentoption.)

6. SelectTechIdeas• SetrotortoHeadings• NavigatetoTeachIdeas:(1fingerswipedown,stoppingonTeachIdeaLink).

• ActivateTechIdeas7. ActivateSkiptoContentLink8. Selectapost

• RotorisalreadysettoHeadings,navigatebyheadingstoapost:(1fingerswipedown,stoppingonadesiredpost).

• Activateapost.(ThepostwillopenandVoiceOverwillsay“readeravailable,SkiptoContentlink).

9. SelectReader:• DragonefingertotheURLatthetopcenterofthepage,• LeftflickoncetoReaderbutton


• ActivatetheReaderbutton

*Donotclosethisarticleaswewilluseitinthenextactivity.

TEACHERHINT:THEREADEROPTIONDOESNOTALWAYSINCLUDETHEPICTURESANDVIDEOSTHATAREEMBEDDEDWITHINTHEARTICLE/POST.


Activity2.7bSafari:ReadingListwithVoiceOverGestures

TheReadingListallowstheusertosaveanarticleforeasyaccessatalatertime.WhenanarticleissavedintheReadingList,thearticlecanbeaccessedatanytime,evenwhentheiPadisoff-line.

TEACHERHINT:SAVINGARTICLESTOTHEREADINGLISTISPARTICULARLYUSEFULFORSTUDENTSWHODONOTHAVEACCESSTOTHEINTERNETATHOME.SOMESTUDENTSWILLACCESSINTERNETARTICLESFROMTHEREADINGLISTWHILETRAVELINGONTHEBUSORINACAR.

BookmarksisawaytosavetheURLlinktoawebsite.BookmarkingfavoritewebsitesthatastudentmayfrequentlyenablesthestudenttoquicklyaccessthesewebsitesfromBookmarks.

ThisactivityusestheTeachingCodingandProgrammingLogictoYoungStudentspost(intheReadermode);however,youcanchoseanyTechIdeaspost.Ifyouclosedthearticleafterthepreviousactivity,followthedirectionsabove(Safari:Readeractivity)toopenthearticleagain.

1. ActivateSharebuttonlocatedtotheleftoftheReaderbutton.TheSharebuttonlookslikearectanglewithanupwardarrow).

2. SelectAddtoReadingList:(Rightflickmultipletimes,stoppingonAddtoReadingList;activateAddtoReadingList).

3. Dismissthepost:(Twofingerscrubanywhereonthescreen).4. AddaURLtoBookmarks:

• SelecttheSharebutton:(DragfingertoSharebutton–thirdbuttonfromtherightintheToolbar–andactivatetheSharebutton).

• SelectAddBookmarks:(RightflickmultipletimesstopppingonAddBookmarkbutton;activateAddBookmark)

5. OpentheReadingList: • GotoBookmarkslocatedatthetopleftsideoftheToolbarandactivateBookmarks(thescreenbecomesone-thirdlistofbookmarksandwebsiteontherighttwo-thirds)

• ThethreeoptionsareBookmarks,ReadingList,andSocialLinks.ActivateReadingList

• ToseeotherarticlesintheReadingList,dragyourfingerdownthelist.Rightswipeswillalsomovedownthelistofarticles,oncetheVoiceOverfocusisonthelist

6. CloseBookmarks:(GotoBookmarkinthetopleftsideoftheToolbarandactivate).


*Donotclosethisarticleaswewilluseitinthenextactivity.

Activity2.7cSafari:CopyandPasteintoPageswithVoiceOverGestures

ItiseasytocopyimportantinformationfromaninternetarticleandpastethatinformationintoaGoogledocument.OpenPagesandthenopenSafari,leavingSafariopen(thesewillnowbethelasttwoopenedapps).Usethefourfingerswipeleftorrighttomovebetweenthelasttwoopenedapps–whichshouldnowbeSafariandPages.

NextwewillreviewhowtocopyandpasteusingVoiceOvergestures.ItiseasiertocopyandpasteusingBluetoothkeyboardcommands.

iOS9hasaddedtheRotoroption,TextSelection.Thisisafoolproofwaytoselectthedesiredtext.Simplymovetothebeginningofthedesiredtext.SettheRotortoTextSelection.Swipedowntochoosefromthefollowingoptions:CharacterSelection,WordSelection,LineSelection,PageSelection,SelectAll.Stoponthedesiredunitoftext.Then,swipeleftwillselectbythatunitoftext.Swipeleftwilldeselectbythatunitoftext.

OpenPages,createanewdocumentandlabelthedocumentthenameofyourchosenpost.

1. MovetoPages:(Fourfingerswipeleft(orright)toPages).2. Createanewdocument:

• MovetoCreateDocument:(MultiplerightswipesstoppingonCreateDocument.Activate.Apopupappears)

• Renamedocument:MovetoBlankdocumentinthecenteroftheToolbar.ActivateBlankbutton

• TypethenameofthepostandhitReturn(Example:“TeachngCoding”)

Movebetweentwoopenapps(SafariandPages)tocopyandpasteinformation.

3. MovebacktoyourpostinSafari:(4fingerswiperight).4. Chooseandcopyasentencefromyourpost:

• UsetheRotorsettoWords(orlines)tomovetothefirstdesiredword.

• EnterTextSelectionMode:(Onefingerdoubletapandhold)• Pinchouttoselectthedesiredwords.WhentheRotorissettoWords,

pinchingoutwillselectwordbyword.Pinchin(fingersmovetogether)willdeselectwordbyword.

Or(newfeatureiniOS9!)

• SettheRotortoTextSelection.FlickdowntoWordSelection.


• RightSwipeswillnowselecttextwordbyword.Flickrightmultipletimesuntilthedesiredwordsareselected.

• ChangetherotortoEdit.• Use1fingerswipedownstoppingonCopy• ActivateCopy;VoiceOverwillreadtheselectedtextthensay“copy”

5. MovebacktoPages:(4fingerswipeleft).6. Pastesentence:

• Activatethetextfield• TheRotorshouldstillbeonEdit• Use1fingerswipedownstoppingonPaste• ActivatePaste;VoiceOverwillreadtheselectedtextthensay“Paste”

7. GobacktothePagesHomescreen:(activatetheDocumentsbuttoninthetopleftcorner).

TEACHERHINT:ITHASBEENCHALLENGINGTOSELECTTHEDESIREDWORD.YOUCANSETTHEROTORTOWORDSTHENMOVEWORDBYWORDTOTHEDESIREDWORD.THEN,WHENYOUSELECT(PINCHOUT),THEDESIREDWORDISSELECTED.


2.8LowVisionStudentsusingBluetoothKeyboardCommands

Inthissection,wewilllearntheadvantagesofusingtheiPadpairedwithaBluetoothkeyboardandVoiceOverforstudentswithlowvision.Generally,studentswithseverelowvisionstruggletocompletereadingassignments,oftenattemptingtoreadprinteventhoughthiscausesheadaches,eyefatigueandinsomecases,nausea.Mostofthesestudentsstruggletokeepupwiththelargeamountsofreadingthatisrequiredinhighschoolandcollegeandtheyrarelyreadforpleasure.

Thenextactivitywillprovideaglimpseofthechallengesthatstudentswithlowvisionfrequentlyfacewhenusingmagnificationtoreadandtocompleteahomeworkassignment.Thisisagreatactivitytosharewithclassroomteachersandparentstohelpthemunderstandtheadvantagesandchallengesofmagnification.

Activity2.7Zoom

Atthebeginningofthetraining,wesetTriple-ClickHometoZoom,InvertColorsandVoiceover.(SeeChapter1:Settings,Triple-ClickHomefordirections.)DuringthisactivitywewillhaveZoomOnandVoiceOverOff.TurntheBluetoothKeyboardOffandusetheon-screenkeyboard.StartfromtheHomescreen.

1. TurnZoomOn:(Triple-ClickHomeandtaponZoom;threefingerdoubletapandhold,thendragupuntilthereisonlyoneappiconperpage).

2. OpenGoogleDocs:(ThreefingerdragtoscrollaroundtheHomescreentofindGoogleDocs,ActivateGoogleDocs).

3. OpenJupiterInletLighthouse:(TaponJupiterInletLighthouse).4. Readthefirsttwosentences:(3fingerdragtoscrollacrossthepage).5. Typeyournameatthetopofthepage:(3fingerscrolltothetopofthepageand

typeyourfirstnamebeside“Name:”usingtheon-screenkeyboard.*

*Hint:Tapbeside“Name:”toactivatetheon-screenkeyboard;theon-screenkeyboardislocatedatthebottomofthescreen.IftheiPadisconnectedtoaBluetoothkeyboard,taptheHide/ShowOn-ScreenkeynormallylocatedinthetoprowoftheBluetoothkeyboard.


TheZoomactivityabovedemonstrateshowchallengingitistoreadandwriteusingahighlevelofmagnificationforthosestudentswhohaveseverelowvision.Eventhoughthesestudentscanphysicallyseeandreadzoomedtext,scrollingacrossthepageinordertoreadthefulllineoftextandtryingtofindthebeginningofthenextlineisfrustrating,notefficientandoftencausesthestudenttofeelnauseas.Somestudentshavetohunchoverthetext–theirfacesliterallywithininches–inordertovisuallyaccessthetext.TheiPadallowsnewoptionsforstudentswithlowvision–bestpracticeisnolongerrestrictedtothelimitationsofmagnificationandlargetext!

LowvisionstudentsaresuccessfullyandefficientlyusingacombinationofZoom,largetextandVoiceovertoaccessmaterials,completeassignmentsandtotaketests.VoiceOverpairedwiththeBluetoothkeyboardallowsthestudenttocompetentlynavigatetheiPadusingtheirearssupplementedbyvision,withoutfrustrationandeyefatigue.TheBluetoothkeyboardcommandsenablethestudenttoeasilynavigatearoundtheiPad,aswellastoread,write,edit,andsearchtheinternet.

WhenScreenReadersareStronglyRecommended• Ifscrollingisrequiredtoreadthetext/passage,thestudentshouldbeusingascreen

reader.Or...• Ifthestudent’sfaceiswithin12inchesofthescreen,thestudentshouldbeusinga

screenreader.Or...• Ifthestudent’sreadingspeedisslowerthanthereadingspeedofhis/her’speers.

UsingtheBluetoothKeyboardforStudentswhoareVisuallyImpairedorBlindNavigatingtheiPadwithVoiceOverandtheBluetoothkeyboardissignificantlymoreefficientforstudentswithlowvisionversustryingtousewithiPadwithresidualvisiononly.StudentswhoareblindalsosignificantlybenefitfromusingtheBluetoothkeyboardand/ortherefreshablebrailledisplay.Braillestudentsshouldfirstlearnthemechanicsofreadingandwritingthroughpaperbrailleandrefreshablebraille.Researchshowsthatbeforethirdgrade,studentsare“learningtoread”;afterthirdgrade,studentsare“readingtolearn”.Asthesebraillestudentsbecomeproficientbraillereadersandastheylearnkeyboardingskills,mostbraillestudentstransitionfromusingtherefreshablebrailledisplaytousingtheBluetoothkeyboard.Currently,thistransitionfrequentlyoccursduringmiddleschoolyears;nowthattechnologyisbeingembracedbythemainstreaminelementaryschools,thistransitionmayhappentowardstheendofelementaryschool.BraillestudentsfindthatitiseasiertoeditusingtheBluetoothkeyboardversususingtherefreshablebrailledisplay.


EventhoughtheiPadisrelativelynewtechnology,itisquicklybeingintegratedintoacademicclassrooms.TheiPad,withitcombinationofrefreshablebraille,auditoryoutputandprintedtext,isbeingusedasthereadingandwritingtoolinkindergartenclassroomsbystudentswithvisualimpairments.TheiPad,Bluetoothkeyboard,andrefreshablebrailledevicesaretoolsinastudent’stoolbox;usingacomputerwithascreenreaderisanothertoolinthetoolbox;paperbrailleisanothertoolinthetoolbox.Eachtoolhasstrengthsandweaknesses.TheiPadiseasytouse,evenforveryyoungstudentsandisoftenthepreferredtoolforstudents/adultswithvisualimpairmentstodointernetsearches.Computerscontinuetobethemaintoolusedintheworkplace;havingproficientkeyboardingskillsmakesthetransitiontocomputersthatmucheasier.

Pleasekeepinmindthateachstudenthasuniqueneedsandskills,whichshouldbetakenintoconsideration.Asastudentmatures,he/sheshouldhaveoptionsandtheopportunitytochoosewhichoptionworksbestinvarioussituations.(Example:Apanelofsuccessfulblindcollegestudentsstatedthattheyuseavarietyoftechnologythroughouttheday:dictationonthephonefortextmessages,theiPadandBluetoothkeyboardforinternetsearchesandacomputerwithascreenreaderorabraillenotetakerforwritingnotesinclass.)