ADCET Webinar: Genio’s journey towards Universal Design for Learning (Vendor demonstration)
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Genio's mission is to unlock better learning for everyone; a commitment rooted in our historical beginnings in assistive technology. Genio’s continuing evolvement from an assistive technology to an inclusive technology has recently earned full UDL Product Certification by CAST. This milestone highlights Genio’s dedication to designing products that support equity and innovation in education.
This webinar showcased Genio’s latest UDL features grounded in learning science including:
- Multiple modes of note entries to support engagement
- OCR capabilities that supports the capturing of STEM content
- Transcription and live captioning enhancements
- AI enhanced features designed to augment learning including the new Provided Study Notes feature
- The UDL parity of the newly released Genio mobile app
To better support campus adoption, the latest Genio Administrator releases were also showcased. This includes:
- An enhanced Insights Dashboard for more in-depth data collection
- Managed Features that gives administrators full control over which Genio Notes features their students can access
- The option to integrate Genio with LMS
Genio is now used by over 160,000 students across 1000+ institutions and is increasingly being adopted as an institution-wide UDL provision. Findings on the efficacy of Genio Notes from universities and independent external research partners was also shared.
Presenter
Jim Sprialis looks after Genio's Australasian customers. He has been actively involved in education for 40 years, working as a classroom teacher, school leader, inclusion consultant and manager of assistive and inclusive technology services. With a knowledge base around disability, Jim is passionate about promoting technology solutions within a universal design framework.
(August 2026)
ADCET is hosted by the University of Tasmania