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Children with intellectual disabilities have below-average intellectual abilities that can affect their cognitive and memory skills. These children require special learning strategies tailored to their needs. This study aims to review the literature on the impact of using interactive media in teaching children with intellectual disabilities, focusing on their motivation and learning outcomes. The study employs a qualitative approach using a literature review method, analyzing various sources that discuss the effectiveness of interactive media, such as visual, audio, audiovisual, and interactive tools, in enhancing motivation and understanding among children with intellectual disabilities. The findings indicate that the use of interactive learning media can make learning more concrete, engaging, and enjoyable, effectively increasing students' motivation and interest in learning. The application of interactive media, such as pictures, animations, and teaching aids, is also effective in improving cognitive skills and short-term memory, enabling children to recognize letters, numbers, and early reading skills.

Interactive teaching materials are learning materials that are presented in an interactive form between students and technological systems such as software, applications or websites. Interactive teaching materials are different from conventional teaching materials which are only printed materials or audio-visual materials because they have the ability to interact with students and can be accessed online or offline. The aim of creating interactive educational materials is to improve the quality of the teaching and learning process to be more effective and efficient. Interactive educational materials can help educators manage learning, increase student engagement, and improve learning outcomes. Apart from that, interactive educational materials can also help students increase learning motivation, increase access to information, and improve their ability to communicate with educators. The benefits of using interactive teaching materials for educators are improved classroom management, increased student engagement, and improved learning outcomes. For students, interactive educational materials can improve critical thinking skills and increase the ability to adapt to technological changes. The use of interactive educational materials can also improve communication with educators and increase access to broader and specific information. Interactive teaching materials have great potential in improving the quality of the teaching and learning process and increasing students' abilities in many aspects. Therefore, interactive teaching materials must be an integral part of an effective and efficient learning strategy.

Learning using media based on the Canva application has the advantage that the learning material is made more interesting. As support for direct learning, the use of the Canva application which has a variety of saved file formats, according to Rahmatullahet al (2020), the use of Canva-based audio visual learning media can improve students' informatics learning outcomes. There are also research results from Vivi et al (2021) which state that using the Canva application can help students fulfill online learning assignments at school. According to Yanti in Assidiqi (2020), learning using Canva-based learning media can help students understand learning even though they are at home because there are obstacles in the form of not having textbooks. This is known from the lack of student data recapitulation of the low learning outcomes of students who reach the KKM, namely 14 students out of a total of 38 students in class X.9

This research is classroom action research which aims to determine the improvement in student learning outcomes in the Indonesian language subject for class X SMA Negeri 5 Maros. The subjects of this research were class X of SMA Negeri 5 Maros for the 2023/2024 academic year with a total of 36 people. This research was carried out in two cycles and each cycle consisted of 6 meetings. The results of this research show that the application of audio-visual based learning media can improve the effectiveness and learning outcomes of students in Indonesian language subjects. Quantitative analysis shows that learning outcomes in the initial test were 38.88%, in cycle I there was an increase of 52.77% and then in cycle II it was 100%. This means that there is a significant increase in student learning outcomes.