Supplemental Materials

The Virtual Teaching Materials provide a platform for teachers, paraeducators, related service providers, and other educators to be able to run functional academic programs remotely with students in special education. It doubles as a teaching tool that students will be able to use in the classroom and at home to practice and reinforce critical skills while teaching independence. Everything is directly linked to the comprehensive Styer-Fitzgerald Program for Functional Academics.

The Virtual Teaching Materials come preloaded with over 2500 flash cards and meaningful activities, relieving teachers of stress and extra work. Materials are organized by packs and cover multiple functional content areas. Each pack contains numerous flash cards organized into decks. Cards and decks are then added to slides to create activities. Educators, supervisors, and administrators are able to easily add, modify, and customize their own content as desired.

​While engaged in remote teaching sessions, educators are able to provide reinforcement through built-in video conferencing and visible correction procedures directly on the student’s screen. Teachers and paraeducators can set up student preferences that are automatically stored for future sessions. Instant modifications, such as flipping, hiding, enlarging, moving, and shuffling can happen live during a session when needed.

As Styer-Fitzgerald  educators, you and your team are given access to over 1000 independent  activities. Practicing these activities often and in multiple environments will reinforce critical skills students are learning in each content area. These activities cover varying levels of independence and were created for a number of reasons:

1. To teach and/or increase independence.
2. To reinforce and practice the skills students have recently mastered.
3. To free-up teacher/para time in order to provide more one-to-one instruction.
4. To easily email and/or print and send home as homework or summer practice packets.
5. To assist with remote teaching during extreme circumstances.
6. To save teachers from having to create their own activities!

   
Each Virtual Teaching Materials pack contains a link to Supplemental Materials where educators will gain access to these additional activities.

​Potential Additional Features

• Automatic data collection
• Multi-Select Feature
• Basic addition and subtraction formulas
• Live label editing
• Dynamic calculator and clocks
• Shared public folders
• Online banking activities
• Virtual activities designed for students to do independently when returning to the classroom (without a teacher on the other end)

Yes! Currently, teachers and students are able to zoom in and out in order to adjust the size of the flash cards on the screen. Teachers are also able to change the size and color of the text and/or picture on a card as well as the color of the background in order to provide a more drastic contrast for students with vision impairments. Eventually, pictures will be able to be presented directly on the screen without the white card behind, which will also provide more contrast.

We are always open for suggestions! Please email [email protected] if you would like us to consider other accessibility options.

YES! The Virtual Teaching Materials contain a completely customizable manual data feature. You are able to collect data directly on your computer screen during local and remote sessions. You can track overall session data, data for an entire pack, data per slide, and data per step. Once your session is complete, a full data summary is automatically generated. You can easily print or save it as a PDF document.

Automated data collection is coming! There will always be certain activities and variables, such as monitoring behavior, that require manual data due to the nature of the response, but wherever possible, the UnitusTI technical team is working to integrate an automated data collection system, so data is taken automatically for you based on student responses.

You have 3 options to consider:

1. Students and staff are added manually.
2. A one-time upload via spreadsheet can be arranged.
3. Auto synchronization with a third party system through a shared file is available.*

   
*The client must cover any applicable 3rd party charges; Syncs are performed once daily – additional fees may apply if the client needs specialized customization.