EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) Activities
for September
This newsletter has 4 items: 2 free, live Web conferences, a 4-part live
fee-based Web conference series
and a special on The September courses.
(1) September 13 Free Web conference Designing Multimedia Using
Universal Design Principles
Presenter: Richard Banks
This hour-long presentation will provide an overview of simple and
inexpensive tools to facilitate the
creation of several modes of streaming multimedia. It will also
demonstrate the need to make such
multimedia accessible by adding synchronized captions and sometimes also
audio descriptions. This
overview will focus on free and inexpensive software tools and
demonstrate that anyone can make
streaming multimedia using audio, PowerPoint and video. These live,
interactive Web conferences
combine voice and text chat with the presenter pushing Web pages to
support the presentation.
(For anyone who wants a detailed, step-by-step training with personal
instruction and support, Dick will
also teach a 4-part, fee-based Web conference in late September and early
October.
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
(2) Free September 22 Clinic - Update and Overview of Recent
legislation
about information technology and people with disabilities
Presenter: Cynthia Waddell
Cynthia is widely recognized as an international expert on legal issues
related to people with disabilities
and information technology. She is a lawyer and has consulted for
the UN, the US government and
presented to many conferences of lawyers.
These live, interactive Web conferences combine voice and text chat with
the presenter pushing Web
pages to support the presentation.
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
This overview of current legal events will be followed by a
month-long online, fee-based course providing
the kind of details about the law that schools, colleges
and universities need to know. This 4-week tuition-bearing course
is scheduled for January 2006. Watch
for follow-up announcements.
(3) Fee-based, 4-week Series providing Hands-on Learning on Streaming
Multimedia
September 19, 26, Oct 3, 10
Presenter: Richard Banks
This series is based on using universal Design principles with Streaming
Multimedia: audio, video,
PowerPoint and other common creation tools. It will provide
step--by-step, hands-on training giving participants actual experience
creating accessible multimedia.
This will be the nearest thing possible to a live, face-to-face lab
workshop.
The EASI Web conference series are designed to be interactive. You
can use either voice or text chat to
get support from other participants or from the presenter. Between
presentations, you can also use e-mail
to get help from the instructor. Some learners work well
independently and readily grasp technical
content. Others like having the interactive support of other
students and of a knowledgeable teacher. If
you are the latter, EASI courses may be for you. This fee-based
course is $150 for 4 weeks. There is a link
on the page below that takes you to a fuller description of this:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
(4) Special 50% Off Offer on EASI September Courses:
The three courses we have scheduled for September are being offered at
half price, 50% reduction!
(You can share the URL below that provides access to this discount with
anyone you think will have an
interest)
Barrier-free Information Technology
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
Learning Disabilities and Information Technology
http://easi.cc/workshops/ld.htm
Advanced Barrier-free Web Design
http://easi.cc/workshops/advwbsyl.htm
The URL to provide access to this 50% discount is at:
http://easi.cc/discount.htm
**** Please share your ideas for Web conferences that you can provide
or that you would like to attend!
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EASI COURSES FOR SEPTEMBER
(5 courses earn the Certificate in Accessible Information
Technology)
Barrier-free Information Technology
http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
Learning Disabilities and Information Technology
http://easi.cc/workshops/ld.htm
Advanced Barrier-free Web Design
http://easi.cc/workshops/advwbsyl.htm
Norman
Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI
22196 Caminito Tasquillo
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949) 855-4852
http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh