** everyone will want to check on the 2 free clinics coming early in 2004.
The other events listed require tuition and registration.
EASI Scheduled Activities for January-February 2004
January 2004 tuition-based and free clinics
January 8, How to produce accessible PowerPoint for the Web
Presenters Dick Banks and Norm Coombs (EASI) This is part of EASI's
tuition-based clinic series. Individual registration is $39 with special
institutional rates also available.
PowerPoint is another popular presentation format for faculty. It was
originally conceived to support face-to-face presentations, but as
presenters began posting them online, PowerPoint increasingly became a
tool for creating presentations primarily designed for online delivery.
The PowerPoint software does permit the designer to save content for the
Web, and it does the HTML code for the presenter. Both stand-alone slides
and those on the Web pose a number of accessibility problems. In part, it
depends on the design features used in the PowerPoint, and, in part, it
depends on the special adaptive software the user has for his or her
interface. A free plug-in created by Dan Linder from the University of
Illinois is one of the tools that facilitate creating accessible
PowerPoint for the Web.
January 15 Free Clinic: Digital Books of the Future George Kerscher
George Kerscher is the Senior Officer, for Accessible Information for
Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D and also the Secretary General
for the DAISY Consortium. This is the free, public clinic for January.
George Kerscher is dedicated to developing technology to make information
not only accessible, but fully functional in the hands of persons who are
blind and print disabled. He himself is blind, and started to develop
computer-based information technology in 1987. He has proven to be a
tireless advocate of structured markup, such as XML, in information
systems that simultaneously serve both the mainstream population and
persons with disabilities.
This presentation will cover some of the following
Explain a simple semantically rich XML vocabulary used in DAISY standards;
Describe how formatting is done for print and on screen presentation, and
how it is rendered in speech and Braille;
Introduce how multimedia can be layered on this foundation;
Navigate multimedia content that is primarily time based;
Point out technology that exists and that which is yet to be specified in
standards.
Check out the clinics and register online at http//easi.cc/clinic.htm
January Online Courses
January courses start Jan. 5:
Designing Accessible Course Content Using Familiar Software
New and designed for faculty who want to avoid learning needless Web
technology!
Train the Trainer
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design.
Course registration and syllabi at http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
February 2003 tuition-based and free clinics
February 5: How to Maximize Accessibility While Using Synchronous Video
and Audio Instruction
Presenter: WebAIM Project at Utah State University
This is part of EASI's tuition-based clinic series. Individual
registration is $39 with special institutional rates also available.
While there are significant technical aspects to providing accessibility
in synchronous video and audio instruction, whether those details have
been put in place or not, a significant part of accessible instruction
using these technologies depends on how the instructor uses the
technology. This presentation will primarily focus on how the instructor
can design the presentation in ways that maximize accessibility for
students with a wide variety of disabilities.
February 12 free Clinic: Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching
Tools
Presenters Mary Hricko and co-authors of this book
This is the free, public clinic for February.
This is the only book in print, so far as we know, that deals specifically
with Web-based learning and accessibility. It is available from Amazon.
The chapter titles are:
Web Accessibility and the Law: Issues in Implementation
Understanding Section 508 and Its Implications for Distance Education
Strategies to Increase Web Accessibility and Usability in Higher Education
Text-Only Alternatives: Are They Right for Your Site?
Web-Based Distance Learning and the Second Digital Divide
Inclusion in an Electronic Classroom: Courseware Design and Implementation
Web-Based Teaching and Learning for Blind or Visually Impaired Faculty
Web Accessibility at University Libraries and Library Schools: 2002
Follow-Up Study
Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Web Accessibility in Higher
Education: A Case Study
February Online Courses
Barrier-free E-learning
Advanced Barrier-free Web Design
Designing Accessible Course Content Using Familiar Software
Registration and syllabi at http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
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EASI's December, month-long online courses:
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design: http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm
:Barrier-free Information Technology: http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
Learning Disabilities and Accessible IT: http://easi.cc/workshops/ld.htm
(a package of five courses will earn the Certificate in Accessible
Information Technology)
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
22196 Caminito Tasquillo
Laguna Hills CA 92653
home: (949) 855-4852
Cell: (949) 922-5992
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh
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Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Online courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm
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