Barrier-free Information Technology
Month-long online course beginning Jan 8.

All participants completing the course will receive an EASI Certificate of 
Completion. The course will also count towards the Certificate in 
Accessible Information
Technology.

Barrier-free Information Technology has been revised in 2006 and enriched 
with several new multimedia modules. The course 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 formats such as
Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Web pages and DAISY.
Libraries are increasingly using digitized information, and libraries can 
include the formerly "print disabled"
as never before. New technologies are now available that significantly 
increase the participation of students with disabilities in the fields of 
science
and math as the result of research and resources resulting from National 
Science Foundation grants.

The emphasis in this month-long course will be on creating
structures that will lead to the institution-wide system change as required 
by recent disability-related legislation. The course will be useful for 
administrators,
faculty, computer and instructional support staff, librarians and more.

Full syllabus and online registration is at
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm

Course Lessons and Assignments

Week 1:

Lesson 1: Introduction and Reasons to Adapt Your Information Technology Systems
Lesson 2: What Is Adaptive Technology? (Computer Input/Output Problems and 
Solutions

Week 2:
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

Week 3:
Lesson 6: Providing Support for People with Hearing Impairments
Lesson 7: Access Issues of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Lesson 8: Using Accessible IT to Enable the Library to Serve the Former 
"print disabled"

Week 4:
lesson 9: Training Faculty and Staff
Lesson 10 policies and procedures

Full syllabus and online registration is at
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm

Norman Coombs
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