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Getting Started with Accessible Math Lynn Mc. Cormack, Senior Technologist Luis Pérez , TA Specialist

Guest Presenters Paul Brown Texthelp @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All Steve Clower Desmos Sue-Ann Ma DIAGRAM Center 5

Topics • Math. ML - An Overview • Math. Jax - Accessible Math on the Web • Classroom Tools for Accessible Math: • Equat. IO • Desmos • Mathshare @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All

Math. ML ● What is Math. ML? ● What are the benefits of Math. ML for accessibility? ● What is Math. Jax? @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 7

8 Math. ML Defined Math. ML is a markup language used to display equations and other mathematical expressions on the web and in other formats such as EPUB. Math. ML is similar to HTML, another markup language some of you may know. @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All

Math. ML Example y=x 2+2 in Math. ML: <math xmlns='http: //www. w 3. org/1998/Math. ML'> <mrow><mi>y</mi><mo>=</mo> <msup><mi>x</mi><mn>2</mn> </msup> <mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow> </math> @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 9

Before Math. ML, equations were represented as images with corresponding alternative text. @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All

Math. ML and Accessibility Math. ML allows equations to be presented as structured text rather than images. Text is better for accessibility than images because it can be enlarged with good resolution for low vision users. Math. ML allows equations to be spoken with text to speech software to help all users learn the language of math. @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All

2012 Dear Colleague Letter OSERS letter to all state directors of Special Education: encouraged SEAs and LEAs to “ask publishers to use Math. ML 3 Structure Guidelines when requesting NIMAS files. ” NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard): technical standard used by publishers to produce source files that may be used to develop multiple specialized formats (such as Braille or audiobooks) for students with print disabilities. @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All

NIMAS Exemplar 12 @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 13

Math. ML and Browser Support Not all browsers support Math. ML natively. Math. Jax is a plugin that provides cross-browser support for Math. ML. Visit www. mathjax. org for more information. @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All

Math. Jax: Zoom @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 15

Math. Jax: Collapse @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 16

Authoring Math. ML @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 17

Equat. IO ● Text to Speech Support for Math ● Screenshot Reader @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 18

Making Math Digital and Accessible K-12 - Easily insert math - Read math aloud - Google (G Suite) - Collaborate in math

Making Math Digital and Accessible K-12 Higher Ed - Easily insert math - Math textbook conversion - Read math aloud - Read aloud any math - Google (G Suite) - Google, Microsoft, Canvas - Collaborate in math - Instructional Design

Free Webinar: “Math Textbook Conversion Made Easy” February 7 Susan Kelmer University of Colorado bit. do/Feb 7

Desmos Support for Sonification @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 23

What is Desmos? (1 of 2) • Since 2011, our mission has been to create best-in-class tools to help students love learning math. • We create free online four-function, scientific, and graphing calculators and interactive classroom curriculum.

What is Desmos? (2 of 2) • Our tools are used by millions of students every day across the globe. • Find us at www. desmos. com.

Desmos and Accessibility (1 of 3) • We believe strongly that students of all abilities have the right to use the same tools as their peers.

Desmos and Accessibility (2 of 3) • For the last 3 years, we have developed various accessibility features into our software, including broad screen reader compatibility, improved color contrast, graph sonification, Braille input and output support, and the ability to generate graphs suitable for Braille embossers.

Desmos and Accessibility (3 of 3) • Details on all accessibility features, including notes for screen reader setup are available at www. desmos. com/accessibility.

Graph Sonification (1 of 3) • Sonification is the process of converting a visual graph into sound. • Graph of y=x renders as a tone panning from left to right with a steady increase in pitch. • y=sin(x) pans from left to right and its pitch oscillates up and down. • A brief "pop" sounds when two curves intersect.

Graph Sonification (2 of 3) • Students can explore graphs: Arrow keys to navigate across a curve, TAB and SHIFT+TAB to navigate between points of interest, ALT+Up and ALT+DOWN to move between curves, and H to hear the selected curve. • Playback speed is adjustable with ALT+1 -5.

Graph Sonification (3 of 3) • Not all graphs are easily interpreted strictly through sound, such as x^2+y^2=25 for a circle. Much easier to understand by sending the graph to a Braille embosser and allowing the student to feel the image.

Get in Touch • We are always looking to improve our tools. • Comments, questions, and ideas are welcome. • Please email us at accessibility@desmos. com with any feedback.

DIAGRAM Center Inclusive editor for solving math problems @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 33

Mathshare Sue-Ann Ma, DIAGRAM Center Getting Started with Accessible Mathematics January 22, 2019

Benetech’s Global Literacy program Bookshare: Making reading accessible Bookshare is the world’s largest library of accessible ebooks and lets people with visual, physical, and learning disabilities like dyslexia read in ways that work for them. DIAGRAM Center: Building new paths to accessibility DIAGRAM is a research and development center that creates tools, standards and best practices to support different learning needs. Born Accessible: Creating accessible books from the start Born Accessible is a partnership with publishers and content creators to help them build accessibility into books when they are first created.

The DIAGRAM Center Making STEM Education Accessible for ALL Learners The DIAGRAM Center strives to make STEM education accessible to students who learn differently. Our goal is to create equal educational opportunities by providing accessible learning tools and materials to students with a variety of disabilities. In partnership with a community of experts, we develop technologies and best practice guidelines that make it easier, faster, and cheaper for content creators and educators to produce accessible material that support STEM education.

Today’s Math Problem

Where Students Struggle with Math ● Solved a math problem, but your work was totally disorganized? ● Had a teacher who couldn’t read your handwriting? ● Finished a problem, discovered a mistake, then had to erase everything and start from scratch ? ● Spent more time trying to explaining and documenting your workthan you felt was necessary? ● Received a note from a teacher with the message, “Please show your work”?

Challenges for Student with Disabilities ● Seeing math: – highly visual ● Writing math: – requires fine visual-motor skills ● Speaking/Hearing math: – transfer into symbolic language – limited input & output options ● Cognitive Processing: – organization – focused attention – working memory (simultaneous processing and manipulation) – conceptual understanding

Mathshare Demo

Select a Problem https: //mathshare-staging. diagramcenter. org

Solving Math Using Mathshare

Questions? Sue-Ann Ma Project Director, DIAGRAM Center sueannm@benetech. org This document was produced under U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs Grant No. H 327 B 100001. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or polices of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred. This product is public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: The DIAGRAM Center. ”Getting Started with Accessible Mathematics, ” Palo Alto, Benetech.

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Contact Information Lynn Mc. Cormack lmccormack@cast. org Steve Clower steve@desmos. com Luis Pérez lperez@cast. org @eyeonaxs Sue-Ann Ma sueannm@benetech. org Paul Brown paul. brown@texthelp. com @Paul. Ed. Tech @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 45

OSEP Credit The contents of this webinar were developed under a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Education, #H 327 Z 140001. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government, Project Officer, Tara Courchaine, Ed. D. @AEM_Center #AEM 4 All 46