in line with CAST's UDL guidelines
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can have a transformational effect within any school, college or university.
Are you curious how Equatio could help you incorporate the UDL framework in your teaching? Check out the handy toolmatcher guide below to discover how different features of Equatio align to CAST's UDL guidelines.
Recruiting Interest
Enables students to choose how they express their thinking with specific tools for showing work, such as handwriting recognition, speech input, graph editor (powered by Desmos) and shapes.
Creates the ability for educators to integrate real world manipulatives into maths or science problems through the Shapes and Smart Shapes inputs - allowing students to solve them by illustrating with a wide range of symbols and images. It's also great for introducing photos and camera work into solutions.
Allows students to focus on STEM language by using natural language prediction mapped to maths and scientific notation - re-enforcing and linking key terms.
Sustaining Effort & Persistence
Provides educators with the ability to vary the complexity and level of maths challenges as well as equipping students with the widest range of tools to deliver and articulate complex solutions.
Self Regulation
Prompts students to use Equatio. Using tool tips and helpful hints to guide students when necessary and encourage them to explore Equatio for themselves.
Helps students to focus on natural language and relate it to maths or scientific notation to reduce cogntive load and teach core terms.
Provides the ability to make STEM subjects accessible. Also allows students to hear what they've typed and correct as needed.
Enables maths to be expressed with voice only to provide support for those times when expression becomes most difficult.
Language & Symbols
Creates an audio representation of graphs.
Provides the opportunity to capture inaccessible web and PDF content as MathML or Latex, allowing students to access STEM content with the widest range of tools possible.
Provides students with reference libraries of operators, symbols, functions and Greek letters.
Helps provide a visual link between maths notation and spoken English.
Provides the ability to make STEM subjects accessible. Also allows students to hear what they've typed and correct as needed.
Allows students to understand STEM expressions in their native language through French and Spanish localisation.
Perception
Equips students with the ability to express multiple sets of maths with graphs. Data series and equations can be represented and solved using custom graphs.
Provides a means to visually represent STEM expressions, by adding Freehand Drawings, Shapes and Smart Shapes.
Enables students to convert inaccessible maths expressions or equations into accessible maths that can be read aloud. It can then be copy and pasted into the Equatio equation editor.
Equatio mathspace
Provides a means to visually represent maths and science expressions, add freehand drawing, shapes and smart shapes. Freehand drawing helps students and educators highlight patterns and relationships. Enables students to break down problems using shapes and drawing tools to deepen understanding.
Executive function
Enables students to use their phone or tablet to insert handwritten maths, spoken maths or images into the document they're currently working on.
Gives both students and educators instant access to sample operators, symbols, functions and Greek letters whenever they're required.
Allows students or educators alternative means of inputting expressions and equations.
Enables educators to create templates of shapes and diagrams for students to use.
Comprehension
Provides options for inputting STEM expressions - type with prediction, write by hand on-screen, dictate or even use pen and paper and then convert with Equatio Mobile.
Enables students to break down problems and use visuals to deepen their understanding through a range of images, shapes and drawing tools.
Physical Action
Uses shapes, images and pictures to relate key STEM concepts into other areas of study.
Provides multiple means of assistance in STEM areas across multiple platforms. Includes 'Switch' functionality to empower those with limited mobility to navigate a screen with external devices.
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