Provide options for learning and assessments
Use flexible tools and techniques to learn, create and share
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Offer text-to-speech tools
Offer text-to-speech tools
Daniel and Kieran are two learners who describe how using text-to-speech tools have made a difference to their learning.
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Personalise learning
Personalise learning
Provide opportunities for learners to learn in ways that suit their needs and preferences.
- Set realistic, ambitious, and achievable personal targets.
- Create opportunities where learners can personalise learning tasks and projects to build on their culture, knowledge, experience and strengths.
- Discuss with learners the different ways they can share their thinking and demonstrate understanding.
- Develop success criteria with learners and present them with clear visual supports.
- Provide opportunities for learners to gain confidence using a range of media so they can select the most appropriate way to express their learning.
- Offer a flexible learning environment with a variety of seating and working spaces.
- Offer a reader-writer or assistive technologies to support success in assessments.
Personalise assessments
Personalise assessments
Personalise learning and assessment.
- Create timelines, expectations and NCEA programmes in collaboration with the learner, their whānau and their learning support team.
- Design learning and assessment programmes to meet the unique needs of each ākonga.
Identify assessment formats and digital technologies to accurately measure the learner’s learning using their strengths. Options depend on purpose and formal assessment criteria but may include:
- Write using paper and pen
- Write using a keyboard and digital supports such as spell checking and dictionary options
- Write using voice typing
- Create visuals or graphics
- Create multimedia books or slides
- Create videos or animations
- Create audio recordings or podcasts
- Timed, untimed and on demand tests.
Use tools and apps with built in supports
Use tools and apps with built in supports
Model how to use text-to-speech, dictation, glossaries and highlighters.
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Useful resources
Useful resources
UDL Curriculum toolkit: Building Flexible, Customizable Learning Environments
This resource was developed to facilitate the creation of flexible UDL instructional materials. The Toolkit software enables any curriculum developer or researcher to design web-based curricula or interventions — from scratch, as well as to retrofit existing curricula into a UDL-supported, scaffolded learning environment for middle and high school students.
Publisher: CAST (2024)
Text-to-speech tools in NCEA
Polly is a text-to-speech tool that students can use to complete literacy and numeracy assessments during NCEA.
Publisher: New Zealand Qualifications Authority
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- Support participation and confidence
- Present information in different ways
- Support planning and thinking
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