Check Out These Three EASI opportunities in November:

First, EASI has 2 public Webinars:
Nov. 18, Making Accessible forms in PDF
Nov. 20, Captioning Educational Material on a Large Scale:

Second there is a fee-based 4-part Webinar series, Taming Microsoft Word 
and Excel
Everyone registering for this 4-part, month-long series will receive a 
bonus of the Barrier-free Handbook on accessible e-learning. (see the 
handbook contents at the

bottom of this message).

You can read about the Webinars and register online at:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Third, The month-long online course for November is Barrier-free 
E-learning.  Its focus is to help institutions demonstrate to faculty ways 
to create accessible online

content using software they already know and understand.  You can read more 
and register online at:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Those who subscribe to the EASI Webinar Annual Membership have free access 
to all the fee-based Webinar series and qualify for a 20% discount on all 
courses:
http://easi.cc/sub.htm


**** Below is the table of contents for the bonus Barrier-free Handbook:

BARRIER-FREE E-LEARNING HANDBOOK
Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
(c 2007)
(All rights reserved)


What is Distance Learning?      3
Changing Technology     3
Another word about technology   3
The Virtual Classroom   4
Learning management systems     4
Web conferencing systems        5
Electronic Barriers and Ramps for Special Needs Students        5
Who are special needs students? 5
Information Ramp To The Super Highway   6
Electronic Curb cuts    6
How can designing to meet the needs of students with disabilities help in 
teaching these other special groups?  8
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF DISTANCE LEARNING OR COMPUTER-MEDIATED LEARNING     9
Tips for Creating Accessible Course Content     14
How much do you really have to know?    14
Section 508 Web accessibility standards 14
Creating accessible content using Word  16
PowerPoint      17
Advantages and Problems of Multimedia   19
Digitized Multimedia    19
Podcasts and vodcasts   20
Some Problems For Students With Disabilities    20
Some Solutions  20
Simple Audio    21
SMIL, You're On The Internet!   21
Multimedia Curb cuts    21
Special Problems of Accessing Technical Disciplines and Special 
Solutions       22
National Science Foundation     22
Math Problems   22
Braille Math    24
Tactile Drawings        25
Providing Alternatives to Required Print Course Content 25
Electronic Braille and audio-recorded texts     25
Sources of electronic Braille and audio-recorded texts  26
Summary 27
Networking      27
What Do I Want You To Remember? 27
Don't Do It Alone!      27
Focus On Teaching And Learning  28
Appendix A: EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) Resources   28
http://easi.cc  28
Online Courses and the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology 28
Webinars        28
Podcasts        29
Appendix B: Accessible Content Authoring Training Modules       29
Using Microsoft Office Word to Create Accessible Course Content 30
Using PowerPoint to Create Accessible Content   31
Checking Course Content for Its Accessibility   31
Help for More Advanced Content Creators 32
Creating Synchronized Captions for Streaming Multimedia 33