WHAT IS AIM?
Accessible Instructional Materials Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) are specialized formats of fully accessible textbooks and other curriculum materials that can be used by and with students who are struggling readers or otherwise unable to access printed text. For comprehensive information, please visit the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
Fully accessible means:
Instructional Materials (AIM)." Focus on Results 7.2 (2009)Web. 14 Apr 2010 link to full article: Students Can Benefit from Accessible Instructional Materials
Fully accessible means:
- All text is digital and can be read with text-to-speech, modified with regard to font size, and navigated by unit, chapter, section, and page number (or other appropriate segments).
- Images include alternative text and long descriptions when appropriate (alternative text is a replacement for an image that serves the same purpose as the image itself. It is read by a screen reader in place of the image).
- Math equations are provided as images with alternative text or in the content file using MathML.
- Content reading order, levels, and headings are determined by publisher tagging.
- Text can be converted into Braille.
Instructional Materials (AIM)." Focus on Results 7.2 (2009)Web. 14 Apr 2010 link to full article: Students Can Benefit from Accessible Instructional Materials