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Blake - Shine On!

Blake – Shine On!

posted on February 12, 2025

Blake is a Grade 1 student at Houston Christian School, an independent school in Houston, BC. He is supported by a dedicated team of educators and family members, including his mother, Cheri Kobes (LS…

Student sitting at a desk with a tablet set up on a mount and switches in front of her

A Snapshot of Sarah and Her Super Support Team

posted on January 10, 2025

Sarah is a Grade 9 student at Matthew McNair Secondary in Richmond (School District #38). Sarah is supported by an amazing school-based and district team, including Hannah Liu (Special Education ACCES…

A student writing on a tablet in front of him in a classroom setting

Learning from Our Obstacles – Lessons from a Grade 5 Student

posted on January 06, 2025

Russell, a grade 5 student in SD41, shares his excitement about using his SET-BC technology. Russell is a student who has low vision. He requires a number of adaptations in the classroom to participat…

Mountbatten Brailler Tutor: A SET-BC Introductory Visual Guide

posted on December 14, 2023

This user-friendly guide offers visual and text support for initial set-up and use of the basic features of the Mountbatten Brailler Tutor. The Tutor is the most recent version in a long line of Mount…

Student using a cloverbook in the classroom

Tom’s Voice Drives the Plan  – A Journey on Seeking Assistive Technology Solutions

posted on November 14, 2023

Meet Tom, an active and outgoing grade 7 student at Caulfeild Elementary in West Vancouver.  Tom is legally blind, has cerebral palsy and has some hearing loss.  Last year, Tom worked with a dedicated…

Colbie and the Clover Book

A New Perspective – Colbie and the CloverBook

posted on May 17, 2023

Meet Colbie. She is a grade 4 student at Thornhill Elementary School. What’s cool about Colbie is, although she has Cerebral Palsy which impacts her left side and low vision challenges, in her view, s…

Sofie, a low vision student, working on her CloverBook and a writing board in the classroom at carpet time.

Sofie Takes SET-BC to School: Sharing Her Tech Tools for Low Vision

posted on May 05, 2023

Sofie is in Grade 2 at James McKinney Elementary in Richmond. Sofie is in Grade 2 at James McKinney Elementary in Richmond. She is learning in a Montessori classroom environment with Kirsty Gourlay (C…

Mountbatten Brailler

Mountbatten Visual Guide 2023

posted on February 28, 2023

This user-friendly guide offers visual and text support for teaching students how to use the basic features of the Mountbatten Brailler. This is an updated version of the resource “MB Pro: A Visual Gu…

Student uses Kurzweil

Kurzweil 3000 v. 20 (Win)

posted on December 02, 2022

Kurzweil 3000 is reading and writing software that has many features designed to support students who are struggling with reading comprehension and written output. The program can be used as a word pr…

BOSS Kit – Vision

posted on October 07, 2022

Bundles of Student Support (BOSS) Kits are designed to enable districts across this province to have a small bank of devices/equipment on hand and at their ready to trial with students. The BOSS kits …

A visually impaired student - Margot

Blindfolds Off

posted on July 12, 2022

Meet Margot, a 14-year-old musician, poet, writer, dreamer, self-described “complicated” being who also happens to be visually impaired but asks that you look beyond that to truly see her.

MagniLink S Premium Classroom Implementation 

posted on May 30, 2022

The Magnilink is a portable video magnifier useful for distance and near viewing. It is compatible with both Windows and Mac computers.

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BrailleNote Touch Plus User Tutorials

posted on May 09, 2022

his user-friendly series of tutorials walks you through the very basics of the BrailleNote Touch Plus, from starting up and navigating, to connecting to Wi-Fi and setting up your email account.

Connecting a Braille Embosser to a Device

posted on May 09, 2022

These tutorials walk you through the steps to reliably connect a braille embosser to your Windows or OS device.

Google Apps with JAWS Screen Reading Software

posted on February 14, 2022

These printable tutorials provide an overview of working with Google apps while using JAWS screen reading software.

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