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New tool to convert Word docs to EPUB 3

The Daisy Consortium has created a tool that converts Word documents (on Windows) into EPUB 3 documents.

EPUB is a digital format for reading publications on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. EPUBs include rich navigation and various accessibility features. The EPUB files created with the Daisy tool can be used in a wide variety of reading apps on any platform. It also has the ability to personalize visual features such as colors, font, text size, and layout. Many reading apps that are used to access EPUB files have other useful features built in such as read aloud, note and highlight feature, bookmarks, and support for electronic braille.

The Daisy Consortium supports open standards and helps develop inclusive publishing ecosystems for everybody.

Find out more about WordToEPUB.

Learn more about creating inclusive EPUB 3 in Floe’s Inclusive Learning Design Handbook.

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Globally, children with disabilities are disadvantaged in the school environment. Some studies have shown that they are also disproportionately represented among out-of-school children (Saebones et al., 2015). Inclusive Design for Learning provides a means to address this crisis of exclusion of persons with identified and unidentified disabilities, which may be permanent or episodic. Through the individualisation and adaptation of learning materials enabled by open education practices and the flexibility of digital resources, excluded or struggling learners can be included, to the benefit of all learners. This Knowledge Series paper introduces the dimensions of inclusive design as it applies to learning and focuses on the design of diverse learning experiences to help optimise learning opportunities for all learners.

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Weavly is a tool designed for everyone to learn about coding. You can explore activities and discover new ways to turn ideas into reality and share creations with others.

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More Than Just Learning to Code

The goal is to empower all learners with diverse abilities to be creators of their digital worlds, to express themselves using code and art, and to apply these skills to other areas of learning and daily life. Not just learning to code, but coding to learn and create.