EASI Course, March 1-25: Train the Trainer
Course Instructors
Joe Lazzaro
Norm Coombs
Dick Banks
Course textbook
“Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments, Second Edition”
by Joseph J. Lazzaro. The book is
available in both print and CD-ROM formats. The CD-ROM version is written
in standard HTML and conforms to
guidelines proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility
Guidelines. The text is accessible for users
employing adaptive equipment, and is readable with any PC equipped with a
standard browser package.
Colleges, schools, libraries and many other organizations are making their
computer and information technology systems accessible to users with
disabilities which requires providing specialized adaptive computer
hardware and software. It also requires you to be able to provide at least
a beginner level training for these users. This is a daunting task, and
this course is designed to help you. Courts have made it clear that many
institutions, especially educational ones, have to provide access and that
they must also provide training.
Train the Trainer Syllabus:
(Online registration is at http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm)
This online distance learning course is delivered over the internet and
leverages the use of both email and web resources.
Our goal is to help participants discover Internet resources that will let
them remain current with the rapidly changing
technologies. This course focuses on trainers working in organizations who
are responsible for providing assistive
technology training directly to consumers. The course provides the
necessary technical depth to allow the trainer to master
the intricacies of basic personal computer hardware and software systems,
and how these relate to operating systems,
applications programs, and assistive technology solutions.
The course is beneficial for those responsible for supporting assistive
technology within an organization, and includes
valuable resources and materials that can serve as handouts for the trainer
to hand out to their consumers. Everyone
completing the course will receive a CD full of vaulable training aids:
lists of keystroke commands for popular adaptive
technology applications, advice on training, tips on how to interact,
face-to-face with clients with various disabilities and a
PowerPoint presentation that can be used to train other trainers. The
course will be delivered by e-mail for regular
interaction, and the content will be available from the web. Our goal is to
help participants discover Internet resources that
will let them remain current with the rapidly changing technologies.
Course lessons and Assignments
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING USERS WITH DISABILITIES ON adaptive
computer technology
Part 1 Participant and course introduction
Part 2 How much do I really have to know?
Part 3 Disability groups most commonly using adaptive technology
Part 4 Scope of the technology to be covered
Part 5 Introduction to training people with disabilities
Part 6: etiquette and political correctness issues
Part 7: Producing accessible training materials:
Part 8: Confidentiality!
Part 9: Report writing
LESSON 2 OVERVIEW OF PERSONAL COMPUTER HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Reading: Lazzaro, Chapter 1
Part 1. Introduction to PC hardware systems
Part 2: Input devices
Part 3: Output devices
Part 4: The CPU and mother board
Part 5: Memory and disk drives
Part 6: CD-ROM, DVD, and CD writers
Part 7: Ports: Serial, Parallel, USB, InfraRed, Other
Part 8: Modems and Network connections
Part 9: Scanners, CAMERAS, and other peripherals
LESSON 3 THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM AND ACCESSIBILITY
Reading: Lazzaro, Chapter 2
Part 1: Introduction to operating systems and applications software
Part 2: Overview of the Windows operating systeM: 3.1 TO XP
Part 3: Windows accessibility utilities overview
Part 4: Magnifier
Part 5: Narrator
Part 6: OnScreen Keyboard
Part 7: Utility Manager
Part 8: Running Windows from the keyboard
LESSON 4 TECHNOLOGY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CONSUMERS
Reading: Lazzaro, Chapter Three
Part 1: Introduction and Overview
Part 2: Screen Readers
Part 3: Screen Magnification software
Part 4: Closed Circuit Television Systems
Part 5: Scanning Technology
Part 6: Braille printers and translation software
LESSON 5 TECHNOLOGY FOR PERSONS WITH HEARING RELATED DISABILITIES
Reading: Lazzaro, Chapter four
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Amplification Systems
Part 3: Text Telephones (TTY)
Part 4: Relay Services
Part 5: Pagers, Instant Messaging, and Chat
Part 6: Baudot ASCII modems
Part 7: Captioning
Part 8: Transcription and CART Reporting
Lesson 6 ALTERNATIVE INPUT SYSTEMS
Reading: Lazzaro, Chapter Five
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Alternative Keyboards and Keyguards
Part 3: Key modification software
Part 4: On Screen Keyboards
Part 5: Voice Recognition and dictation
Lesson 7 Technology For Persons With Learning Disabilities
Reading: Lazzaro, Chapter Seven
Part 1: Introduction to Learning Disabilities
Part 2: WHAT IS A LEARNING DISABILITY?
Part 3: THE EVALUATION PROCESS
Part 4: Speech-Synthesis Systems
Part 5: Abbreviation-Expansion and Word-Prediction Software
Part 6: Electronic Books
Part 7: Scanners
Part 8: Speech-Recognition Systems
Part 9: Productivity Software
Part 10: Note-Takers and Organizers
Lesson 8 Evaluations and Report Writing
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: The Evaluation Process
Part 3: Writing Reports for Consumers
Part 4: Writing Reports for Institutions
Appendix Materials
The appendices is a listing of keyboard shortcuts and command summaries for
the windows operating system, popular
applications software, and the major screen reading, magnification, and
scanning solutions. The list also includes some of
the more popular Macintosh based assistive technology solutions.
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Anyone taking 5 of EASI courses will earn the Certificate in Accessible
Information Technology given by EASI in partnership with the University of
Southern Maine.
EASI also has hour-long Interactive Web conferences on up-to-date
information on accessibility. You can read about these at
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
In March EASI has 3 other courses:
Barrier-free Information Technology
Accessible Internet Multimedia
Learning Disabilities and Accessible IT
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
** Note EASI will do a special all-day broadcast from the CSUN conference
on Technology and Persons with Disabilities
http://easi.cc/csuncast.htm
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