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Webinars for July

EASI Free Webinar: How Teachers and Students Can Work Together On
The Same Document In The Canvas (lms)

Presenter: Stephen Alexander Marositz J.D. Assistive Technology
Specialist Pasedina City College

Thursday July 14 at 11 Pacific noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern

Alex uses a screen reader to ollaborate online in Canvas with students.
He will describe how it works as newer assistive tool developments
enables a teacher or student to collaborate in creating and editing
online content.

EASI Webinar: Using a Free Screen Reader to Use the Free Openoffice.org
Suite

Presenter: Norm Coombs Professor emeritus RIT.

Thursday July 21 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Centraland 2 Eastern

*NOTE! this is moved from July 12!! *

NVDA has grown into a full-fledged and free screen reader. It used to be
the 'poor person's' screen reader, but now it competes in many
situations with the commercial screen readers. OpenOffice grew out of
StarOffice. It runs on several operating systems especially Windows,
Linux and the Mac. The mission of OpenOffice is to create, as a
community, the leading international office suite that will run on all
major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through
open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.

OpenOffice Components:

* Writer: aword processor similar to Microsoft Word or WordPerfect.
* Calc: a spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3.
* Impress: a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint or
Apple Keynote.
* Draw: a vector graphics editor similar to the drawing functions in
Microsoft Office.
* Math: a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas, similar
to Microsoft Equation Editor.
* Base: a database management program similar to Microsoft Access.

This Webinar will quickly provide an overview of the OpenOffice suite of
applications. It will focus primarily on familiarizing attendees on the
main features and functionality of Writer and focus on its accessibility
for users with disabilities. It will demonstrate its ability to read
several documents and to create content in several formats including
ePub. When commercial applications constantly roll out new versions,
users can be frustrated with their changes and the need to upgrade.
OpenOffice.org does change to keep up with technical changes but
normally it maintain a standard look and feel while keeping current with
technical advantages.

To register for either Webinar, look for July Webinars on the page below

http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Remember the benifits of becoming an EASI Annual Webinar member.

1. free access to all the fe-based Webinars

2 access to 3 years of previous Webinars

3 discounts on all of EASI's online courses