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Suggestions for best way to turn this into an interactive resource
Hi Bianca, thanks very much for your reply. I've spoken in more detail to the team who designed this material. Now I know that what they want to do is create a team in MS Teams which all teachers will be invited to join. In the team, there will be channels for different aspects of learning support. This one is going to be in a channel called Assistive Technology. The idea is that teachers use this as a go-to in order to find all info and resources about accessibility, learning support, etc. So what I need is a quick reference guide that teachers can dip in and out of. For this reason, I don't think a course made in Rise is the answer here.
What I've done so far is draft three different versions using templates in Engage. I made one using the Accordion, one with Glossary, and one with Tabs. You can click on each link to see what they look like. Remember, they're just drafts! I find Engage much easier to work in than Storyline, so that's been a big advantage, but I'm still not convinced that any of these is the best way to go. I've been trying to address both of the issues that you mentioned above -that some teachers will want to read about the different AT, while others will want to find a solution to a specific learning difficulty. To do this, I've added an index section at the beginning which lists all the learning difficulties specified on the Word doc, and hyperlinks to the relevant step. I would have preferred to do this with a table, but unfortunately I don't think it's possible to insert a table in Engage, so I had to improvise. Is there a better way to approach this?
Finally, I take your point about the existing document already doing a perfectly good job. It could be that the team just think that teachers are likely to be more attracted and engaged with an interactive version.