Top 10 Accessibility Tools Built into Chromebooks
by Tracey Brown, Instructional Technology Teacher Specialist When students are working on their Chromebooks, they have access to Accessibility settings to turn on and off the tools that they need, as they need them. The great thing is, these are built into the Chromebooks and do not require any additional purchase or installation. As teachers, knowing about these tools can allow you to better guide and support your students in making the most of their digital devices, but it can also help you in the instance that you are asked to troubleshoot an issue that stems from a student accidentally turning on one of these features, which is common with younger learners especially. Initially, accessibility features are found in the settings menu, all the way at the bottom under Advanced, and all the way at the bottom again ( directions here ). What we recommend is having students change the settings to Always show accessibility option in the system menu . That makes the accessibility button...