Hi Educators,
I am in search of supporting a visually impaired student who is in a Chromebook school, Google world, but has access to an iPad. The visual itinerant is currently printing teachers slide decks on large sheets of paper. They have tried using Google Meets and screen sharing, and the lag time is ridiculous.
- Beyond sharing each presentation as a PDF with the student so they can open them on iPad and zoom/scroll, what other creative ways can we help?
- Is there a way to project onto the iPad, even though the teacher is using Chromebook?
Any and all suggestions are welcome here!
Thanks,
Jen Wargin
May 18, 2025 .
English
Hi - I know this post is from a few months back and I hope my response can still be helpful. We have many visually impaired students who have Chromebooks as their student device and an iPad as device for accessibility/accommodations. One thing we have found to be helpful is if the teacher shares their resources with the student to follow along - often this is Google Slides. The student is able to zoom in and adjust as needed and come back to it as well. We also have a software we purchased called Splashtop that allows the teacher to essentially share their laptop screen (Mac or Windows) with the student via their iPad. Worth noting that it doesn't work if the teacher is presenting from an iPad. We only purchased licenses for the teachers of those students and each year we are able to pull those back and reassign. Some displays have software that allows you to cast the display screen to student devices - we have some BenQ Interactive Flat Panels and the Instashare 2 software allows this. Our VI students find the iPad suits their needs much better than the Chromebook, although they have access to both, and they don't mind having something different because they still have access to the same tools and resources.
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