Quantifying the value of Microsoft Accessibility and Assistive Technologies For Education
We recently commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ Analysis of Microsoft Accessibility And Assistive Technologies For Education to quantify the benefits of Microsoft accessibility tools for students, teachers and schools. Forrester conducted numerous interviews across K-12, Higher Education, and an alternative school. These schools were using the built-in accessibility tools that are offered with our Microsoft 365 platform, including Office 365 and Windows 10. These schools represent over 90,000 students and 5000 faculty and staff.Inclusive Classroom round up for Microsoft Education at ISTE 2019
Microsoft Education’s mission is to empower every student on the planet to achieve more. This mission is founded on inclusive principles and aims to enable 100% of all students. Built-in, mainstream, non-stigmatizing and free! Coming into ISTE, Microsoft Education is releasing a wave of updates for the Inclusive Classroom. Today’s round-up of new updates are grouped across reading, writing, math and communication.
Getting Started documentation and videos for partners using Azure Immersive Reader
Today we launched The Azure Immersive Reader, to enable people of all abilities with reading. The Immersive Reader can be easily and quickly integrated into all app (Win10, iOS, Android), sites, or content providers. For partners or developers interested in getting started, we have a set of helpful resources you can use to get up and running.Building An Accessible Application with Power Platform
As a low code platform, Microsoft’s Power Platform offers a variety of simple ways for you to design apps and make them accessible. Using a simple quiz app (made using Power Apps) connected to Microsoft Excel, let us go through some digital accessibility UI tips!
