EASI Provides 2 Month-long Courses Starting May 7
Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content
Barrier-free Information Technology

Creating and Repurposing More Accessible Content
The lesson topics below reflect the course as it hs been taught for a 
couple years. But there are a number of important events related to e-books 
and e-publishing recently that requires

rethinking the course topics and lessons.
The explosion of commercial e-books and e-readers is changing the world of 
books and publishers. Currently, these are starting to involve more 
accessibility in their products. The

establishment of the EPUB3 standard brings e-book standards closer to the 
DAISY standards. The lessons below will be modified in consultation between 
the instructor and the course

members, and will include information about commercial e-readers and 
commercial e-books.

Lesson 1: Creating Structured Documents with Word
Lesson 2: Creating Accessible Content in PDF
Lesson 3: DAISY: Digital Accessible Information System
Lesson 4: Repurposing to HTML, Audio & Braille:

Registration is $350 or $280 for people from overseas or for Annual Webinar 
Members.
Scholarships are also available
A full syllabus is online at:
http://easi.cc/workshop/text.htm


Barrier-free Information Technology

Barrier-free Information Technology is designed to guide an institution in 
making both its computer and information technology systems fully 
accessible to its users with disabilities.

digitized information is display independent meaning that it can be input 
and output in ways that make it available to all users regardless of their 
abilities. Schools are becoming more

concerned about providing texts in alternative formats, and the course will 
describe several different format options and give tips on creating 
documents in formats such as Word, PDF,

PowerPoint, Web pages and DAISY.

Lesson 1: Introduction and Reasons to Adapt Your Information Technology Systems
Lesson 2: What Is Adaptive Technology? (Computer Input/Output Problems and 
Solutions)
Lesson 3: Supportive Computer Applications for Users With Disabilities
Lesson 5: Creating and Locating Alternative Media
Lesson 6: Providing Support for People with Hearing Impairments
Lesson 7: Access Issues of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
Lesson 8: Using Accessible IT to Enable the Library to Serve the Former 
"print disabled"
lesson 9: Training Faculty and Staff
Lesson 10 policies and procedures

Registration is $350 or $280 for people from overseas or for Annual Webinar 
Members.
Scholarships are also available
A full syllabus is online at:
http://easi.cc/workshop/adaptit.htm



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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve
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Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students 
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

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