WRITING
Below you will find different resources to assist with writing.
MDUSD Sp Ed Case Managers can request assistive technology services through the
Assistive Technology Service request form on the MDUSD Staff Portal
Find help for your students that have trouble getting ideas together and planning their writing
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Mindmup appThis app allows students to organize their thoughts and create an outline in their Google drive to assist with writing production. |
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Co-Writer extensionThis program provides word prediction as students write in Google docs. It is a paid program which is set up by the AT Services department. Helpful in supporting writing production for students. |
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The Free version of Kami PDF annotator is a Chrome extension MDUSD Special Ed students automatically have access to with their MDUSD Google account. This will allow a student to type onto classroom handouts that are in PDFs format delivered to students with Google Classroom and Drive. The features of this free version included markup tools to assist with close reading and highlighting, strikethrough, underlining, textbox, drawing, adding shapes, and eraser.
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To provide print support for PDFs MDUSD AT Services will be sending an activation code for a Kami Pro upgrade. This will provide additional tools such as a dictionary, adding equations, media, video/voice comments, and read-aloud features to be used with PDFs. You MUST assist the student with going through this upgrade process.
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