Accessable Information Technology: The Big Picgture!

Barrier-free Information Technology is an online month-long course by EASI: 
Equal Access to Software and Information being offered in September.
It is one of the courses that may lead to the Certificate in Accessible 
Information Technology provided jointly by EASI and the University of 
Southern Maine.
Note: scholarships are available for this course and other EASI events:
http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm

The course as 10 lessons and a full syllabus is at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm

Other EASI courses provide more detailed know-how information.  This course 
believes that accessibility should be provided as part of a system-wide 
policy and not created in little pieces.

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 4: Accessibility of Electronic Devices, Computer Software and Online 
Content
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 Documents
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

Course registration is $350 with a 20% discount for EASI Annual Webinar 
members and for overseas participants.  You can see the full syllabus and 
be able to register online by PO, check or credit card at:
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm




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Norman Coombs [log in to unmask]
CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information
phone (949) 855-4852 (NOTE pacific time zone)
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