A course of the blind teacher, designed by a blind teacher and for the blind teacher.
Course Title: Special Excel Course for Teachers with Blindness
Course Description:
Special Excel Course for Teachers with Blindness is specially designed for blind or visually-impaired teachers who want to use Microsoft Excel confidently and efficiently with the JAWS or NVDA screen reader. Whether you are new to Excel or looking to improve your skills, this course provides practical, step-by-step guidance tailored to classroom needs.
Who should take this course?
- Blind or visually-impaired teachers at any level of education.
- Educators who use JAWS or NVDA screen reader to navigate Microsoft Excel
- Teachers who want to manage student data, attendance, grades, and classroom records in Excel
- Anyone interested in making Excel more accessible and useful in education
What you will learn:
- How to navigate Excel using JAWS or NVDA keyboard commands
- Creating and managing spreadsheets for gradebooks, attendance, timetables and lesson planning
- Techniques for entering, editing, and formatting data
- Sorting, filtering, and searching student records
- Using formulas and functions for grading, ranking, and analyzing student performance
- Making Excel documents accessible for yourself and others
- Preparing and printing classroom materials such as timetables and assessment sheets
What you will gain:
- Practical skills for managing classroom information efficiently
- Improved productivity and accessibility in your teaching workflow
- Hands-on experience with real classroom examples and exercises
- A certificate of proficiency upon successful completion of the course
- Access to audio recordings of all lessons
- Course materials and reference guides for further learning
- Continuous lifetime support for your learning journey
- The opportunity to join our alumni community page
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Use Microsoft Excel confidently and independently as a teacher with blindness.
- Improve their basic computer and Excel skills with JAWS or NVDA
- Make their classroom records and materials more accessible.
- Organize and manage student information more easily.
- Solve common problems when working with classroom data.
- Be ready to keep learning and using technology in their teaching.
Course Duration:
4 Weeks (8 lessons: 2 lessons a week; 90 minutes per lesson)
Difficulty Level:
Beginners
Course Requirements
- Basic typing and keyboard navigation
- Computer running Windows 10 or 11
- Microsoft Office 2016 or later versions
- Good internet speed
- NVDA or JAWS screen reader
Amount:
Group Class: US$28.00 or GHS300.00 (for Ghanaians only)
Private Class: US$70.00 or GHS750.00 (for Ghanaians only)