Accessibility Archives - Online Consortium of Oklahoma

Accessibility: Let’s Talk About It!

PXM-Staff — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Description: This round table brings together all types of practitioners to talk about tangible ways we incorporate accessibility into every role, responsibility, and process. This discussion is a space to learn alongside one another as we share accessibility best practices and resources. Bring your experiences, questions, and curiosity!

Facilitators: Cristina Colquhoun and Dr. Kathy Essmiller (Oklahoma State University)

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Workshopping for the Workforce

PXM-Staff — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:03:00 +0000

Description: This problem-posing workshop presents actionable steps including facilitation, collaboration, and breaking down communication silos to support institutional growth through enhanced workforce development initiatives, micro-credentialing opportunities, and online curricula.

Facilitators: Thomas Horne (Oklahoma City Community College)

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Creating an Interactive Syllabus

PXM-Staff — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Description: This session teaches you how to create an interactive syllabus for your students. The syllabus is an important document in your course and it contains valuable information. When students can find the information they need, they are able to access your online course materials more quickly and thus engage more as a student.

Facilitators: Lora Pezzell (University of Central Oklahoma)

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2021 OKLIS: Create and Share Accessible Screen Recordings with Microsoft Stream

PXM-Staff — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Description: Use Microsoft Stream, part of Office 365, to create screen recordings and videos with automatically generated, searchable transcripts. Learn to embed and share the videos.

Facilitators: Ally Sharp (Langston University)

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2021 OKLIS: Preparing Images for Online Delivery

PXM-Staff — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Description: Following best practices and processes in instructional design is key to a quality course. Looking at rural areas where broadband access is limited, download times of images are important to the learning process and supplanting visual ques. When file size of images exceed norms and are detrimental in the download process when broadband is not available. In this session you will learn little tricks of the trade preparing imagery for online course content delivery, sizing, layout, adding accessible tags, etc.

Facilitators: Dr. Gary Dotterer (Rogers State University)

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2021 OKLIS: Inclusive Access: Accessibility Tools in Microsoft Office 365

PXM-Staff — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Description: The easier it is for students to access and understand your content, the easier it is for students to engage in and learn from your course. Office 365 has tools to help everyone.

Facilitators: Ally Sharp (Langston University)

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Don’t Forget About Accessibility as you Move Your Entire World to the Web

PXM-Staff — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:00:02 +0000

Description: The world is in unprecedented territory. You’re being asked to move your classes online, and seeing enrollment in existing distance education climb. Students are not on campus. How do we make sure that we keep our obligations to students with disabilities in the middle of all of this change? During this session we will discuss how critical it is, especially now, to build accessible educational environments. We will share some tips and guidance and leave you with resources to help.

Presenter: Rob Carr (Oklahoma ABLE Tech)

Wednesday, April 8, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Central

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Online Consortium of Oklahoma: Summer Accessibility Series | Microsoft Word Part 1

PXM-Staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:08:09 +0000

Description: Introduction to digital accessibility in Microsoft Word 2019.

Facilitators: Lyssa Prince (OK ABLE Tech)

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Syllabus Curb Appeal: Entice Learners to Look Inside the Online Course

PXM-Staff — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:17:37 +0000

Description: Learners formulate their first impression of a course before they even step inside. In the typical online course, the syllabus can be very telling of what one can expect to learn and experience. It can be follow the standard “terms of contract” approach or it can be designed in a way that grabs attention, engages, and initiates the learner’s interest. This session will present design methods that can be used in the course syllabus to maximize the value of the learner experience.

Facilitators: Tracy Fairless (University of Central Oklahoma), Steve Covello (Granite State College)

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Accessibility Across the Higher Education Institution

PXM-Staff — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:23:47 +0000

Description: We will take some time to discuss how accessibility in technology spans across traditional higher education silos and some of the people that are key to moving accessibility from a project or add-on to a sustainable program.

Facilitators: Rob Carr (Oklahoma ABLE Tech)

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