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If you are choosing an LMS or creating your own LMS online course, try to imagine yourself as a student who will be learning from the material. Web-based learning material is an exciting concept largely due to its accessibility and convenience for all types of learners.

In the world of online education, convenience is paramount. Without any extra software, students are able to access an LMS. Tests and assignments can be completed on a student’s own time, at any hour and in any place. And while an increasing amount of cafés and public spaces provide Wi-Fi service, the flexibility that online courses offer also expands.

On an LMS, students are able to view simulations, videos, and screen recordings. Web 2.0 tools such as wikis and discussion forums allow students to exchange ideas and prompt a sense of class dynamic and community.

Those are simply a handful of potentialities an LMS offers to you, the student. But what about visually-impaired learners, and other special-needs students?

One exciting LMS feature for visually-impaired people and all learners is audio tools like Coggno’s Apple Podcast Producer.

Because of how easy it is to use and share podcasts, they are increasing in popularity as an educational medium. Podcasts can be used in an LMS online course to provide and reinforce learning material; record lectures, interviews, and discussions; and act as announcements, updates and reminders for LMS students. 

Podcasts are easy to create, produce and share, and learners do not need an iPod to listen to them; they are normally in the form of mp3 files, meaning they’re accessible to all learners.

If your learning material is ready for upoading to an LMS, you might consider creating podcasts and other audio information for you learners.

A robust LMS offers a rich toolkit that is able to respond to the needs of all learners. The science of developing technology according to human needs continues to prompt new discoveries and ways of making technology easier not only for people with disabilities, but easier for everyone.