Teaching · Special Education

Which apps work for this student, on which device.

Try each platform the class uses with the student’s own assistive technology turned on, on the device they actually carry. The profile shows what to fix first and the workarounds every adult should know.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Special Education toolkit, $99 for 135 items.

The compatibility profile

One profile per student, dated each time you try the platforms again. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A device-by-device record of what works, what needs a workaround and what fails, with fixes ordered testing first.
Who it is for
Assistive technology specialists, teachers of students with visual impairments, special education case managers and school technology staff.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved profile per student; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV of the platform rows; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Special Education toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
?every app, on the device the student carries
Drawn for this page. A platform that works with a screen reader on one device can fail on another; the profile keeps the two apart.

How to use it

  1. List every device the student uses, including the one at home.
  2. Turn the student’s own assistive technology on, signed in as the student.
  3. Try the real task on each platform: open an assignment, answer a question, submit.
  4. Write the workaround in words another adult can follow.
  5. Try again after a major platform or system update.

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What the profile covers

Why device by device

Screen readers, magnifiers and braille support differ between systems and browsers, so a platform that works on a Chromebook can fail on an iPad. A row per platform and device keeps that visible.

Testing comes first

Testing platforms have their own built-in tools and their own rules about which assistive technology may run. Problems found the week of a test are hard to fix, so the summary lists them first.

What it is not

The profile is not an accessibility audit of the platform. It records whether one student can do their work with it, as tried on the date shown.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.5, 300.6 and 300.105: assistive technology devices and services, and their use at home when the IEP team decides it is needed.
  2. W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, 2023, including 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value and 2.5.7 Dragging Movements.
  3. U.S. Department of Justice. Final rule on the accessibility of web content and mobile apps of state and local governments (ADA Title II), 2024.
  4. National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM Center at CAST). Guidance on choosing accessible digital materials and technologies.

The example student, devices and platforms are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.