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February 16, 2007
Accessible Web Courses and Web Conferences in March
EASI is providing 3 opportunities to expand your knowledge about accessibility in online courses, online Webinars and conferences. One is fee-based while 2 are free to anyone.
Barrier-free E-learning is EASI's fee-based, month-long course for march, (Part of the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology). Accessibility on the Web can be confusing and for non-technical types even overwhelming. However, EASI has help for information technology staff, instructional design staff disabled student support staff and faculty. Most of the Web accessibility standards relate primarily or exclusively to the provider of the courseware management system you will probably be using. Only a limited set of accessibility issues relate directly to most course content posted inside those systems. Even with these issues, most of them can be achieved with careful use of the authoring tools already being used by content providers.
This Barrier-free E-learning course will provide a borad understanding and background and then go in considerable detail on how to use common authoring tools like Microsoft Word to create accessible content.
Read the syllabus and register online at: http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm
The first free event is a Webinar looking at what makes online conferencing systems accessible to people with disabilities and which features creat problems. EASI wants to demonstrate the new system it will be using, and we want people to come and share their views and experiences. With a topic this broad, we can't know everything! Join us at Tuesday, March 13 at 2 PM, but register early at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
Posted by Nancy at February 16, 2007 10:23 AM