This document provides instructions for creating an accessible e-book using Microsoft PowerPoint. It can be used by students with hearing, vision, or motor skill impairments. The instructions are presented in 3 steps: 1) Open a PowerPoint and add text and images, 2) Insert text, pictures, and record audio, 3) Create a "mouse house" using common household items to allow students to easily click through slides. The mouse house helps students with underdeveloped motor skills access the presentation.

1. I Can Count!

2. I can count 1 strawberry.

3. I can count 2 dogs.

4. I can count 3 flowers.

5. I can count 4 cherries.

6. I can count 5 cats.

7. I can count 6 balls

8. I can count 7 pencils.

9. I can count 8 children.

10. I can count 9 chairs.

11. I can count 10 fingers.

12. I can count!
1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..
9..10

13. The End.

14. Guide to Creating an E-Book in
Microsoft Powerpoint and
Mouse House
By: Stacy Arbuckle
EPSY 6397
Summer 2012

15. Who can use this?
• Hearing
– An individual who cannot hear, can look at the words
and see the pictures.
• Vision
– An individual without vision can listen to the story.
• Motor skills
– The mouse house allows individuals with
underdeveloped motor skills to have access to click
and go through the presentation.

16. Power Point
This project was designed to accommodate students with
several needs. Sound can be turned off so students may read
themselves. Sound is provided for students who are learning
to connect speech to text. Also, arrows are provided to click
to the next slide for those who have the fine motor skills to
control a mouse or track pad. However, you can move from
one slide to the next with a simple click of a mouse no
matter where the cursor is. The mouse house described later
in this presentation allows students with underdeveloped
motor skills to easily access the clicking function of a mouse
or track pad.
How to create an E book with images and audio
that is accessible to children with special needs.

17. Step 1
 Open a new presentation in Power Point
 You can select from any format you like or simply
choose a blank one.
 I chose a “Title and Content” format.
 I added text in the title box and images in the
content box.

18. Step 2
 Insert text.
 To insert text, click the text box and begin typing.
 Insert text and pictures as desired.
 To insert a picture, select the “picture” icon from
the insert ribbon. You can select pictures from
clipart, or from a file on your computer.
 If selecting images from the internet, they should
be downloaded and pre-saved to a file on your
computer.

19. Step 3
 Add sound
 To record sound you will select “audio” from the
“insert” tab. Then select “record audio”.
 To begin recording, select the red circle button.
 To stop recording, select the blue square button.
 A sound icon will pop up on your slide.
 Select the icon to format sound.
 Under the format audio selection you can opt to have
your sound play automatically or upon a click of the
mouse.
 You can also opt to hide the sound icon in Play Mode.

20. Mouse House
• As is common in any classroom, educators
often have an idea of something they would
like to buy or create, but do not have the
funds or resources to complete the project.
• I did not have the material for the mouse
house that was represented on the website
provided for us in the assignment, so I got
creative and resourceful.

21. Materials
• Tape
• Small box
• Chap stick (Lid)
• Mouse (Wireless)
Almost anything that represents these 4
things can be used. These were just what I
found laying around.

22. Steps
1. Tape or glue your mouse
into your box.
2. Take cap off your chap
stick. (Any brand will do)

23. Steps continued
4. Tape or glue cap onto
area of mouse that will
click.
5. Place box top on top of
mouse.

24. You are ready to click!