Apple Trackpad

• Students can use two fingers to pinch the screen to zoom in or out, which would help those who have trouble reading small print
• Students are able to simply tap the track pad, as opposed to using one finger to click a normal mouse.
• Stylus
  • If students have poor motor skills, but can hold a pen, they can use a stylus with the track pad
  • Students are able to scroll if reading online, (System Preferences -> General -> Show Scroll Bars -> Always)
  • There are programs that can be downloaded, where students can draw or write…would help if paper is difficult to use or gets in the way.

• Track pad functions can be changed to meet the needs of students with varying disabilities…specifically those with vision disabilities or issues with motor skills.

User Demands

• In order to use most of these tools, the user must have relatively good fine motor skills. Using these tools requires a lot of finger movement and dexterity. People will disabilities such as arthritis, tourettes and other tics, Parkinson's, amputees, and Symbrachydactyly (pronounced simbra-kih-dact-ily) may have a hard time using the trackpad if the disability affects their fingers.

1. Tap to click
   • Regular clicking with one finger
2. Secondary click- "right click" for drop down menu
   • Two finger click
   • Tap in bottom right corner
   • Tap in bottom left corner
3. Look up- dictionary, thesaurus, and Wikipedia
   • Tap (not click) with three fingers
4. Three finger drag- drag window around screen
   • Move with three fingers

1. Scroll direction- two fingers on trackpad to move the page up or down
   • Natural (on)- sliding fingers down moves page up (similar to tablet)
   • Natural (off)- sliding fingers down moves page down
2. Zoom in or out
   • Pinch with two fingers
3. Smart zoom- similar to a tablet
   • Double-tap with two fingers
4. Rotate
   • Rotate with two fingers

1. Swipe between pages- going back and going forward
   • Scroll left or right with two fingers
   • Swipe with three fingers
   • Swipe with two or three fingers
2. Swipe between full-screen apps
   • Swipe left or right with three fingers
   • Swipe left or right with four fingers
3. Notification center
   • Swipe to the left starting from off the right edge of trackpad
4. Mission control
   • Swipe up with three fingers
   • Swipe up with four fingers
5. App expose- show all open pages of certain app (i.e. Safari)
   • Swipe down with three fingers
   • Swipe down with four fingers
6. Launchpad
   • Pinch with thumb and three fingers
7. Show desktop
   • Spread with thumb and three fingers

To Conclude...

• The trackpad is user friendly. Many users try to use the same controls on other computers as they do with Apples trackpad due to its simplicity.
• The trackpad adds an organizational dimension to users desktop, allowing them to glance over all open tabs, documents, etc. while searching for something in particular.

• Problems may arise in individuals with certain disabilities restricting motor function in the hands such as: Symbrachydactyly, amputees, arthritis, Parkinson’s, etc. However, some conditions may be negated with the use of a stylus pen in conjunction with the trackpad. A lot of the tools have similar gestures (swiping with three or four fingers), making it difficult to remember which gesture applies to each tool. At $69, having a track pad for every student might not be financially plausible.