Virtual Learning Environments

Extend the use of symbols to your learning platform

 

Widgit Symbols are regularly used in schools for printed materials on computers and whiteboards to support learning and communicating.  A natural extension is to provide symbols in virtual learning environments.

The extension of symbol support is the ideal way of ensuring that students of varying reading and English abilities are fully engaged.  Not only do pupils have access but parents with English as an Additional Language (EAL) and other users with learning difficulties can increasingly be involved through virtual learning via a range of learning platforms.

To provide symbol support in virtual learning environments, Widgit’s online tools Point and Insite have been integrated into various technologies.

With the integration of Widgit’s online tool Point into a learning platform, subtle symbol support can be provided for text.

With the integration of Widgit’s online tool Insite into a learning platform online content can include:

Symbolised content including a variety of different styles: 

• Key symbols
• Symbol highlights
• Symbol Summaries
• Fully Symbolised Content

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Widgit online tools Point and Insite are now available on these platforms, with further releases planned for 2011.

• Studywiz
• Frog
• MyLearning
• It’s Learning
• Editure  
• Pedit (In development)
• RM
• UniServity (In development)