[Athen] Check Out These Three EASI opportunities in November:

[Prof Norm Coombs]

Check Out These Three EASI opportunities in November:

First, EASI has 2 public Webinars:
Nov. 18, Making Accessible forms in PDF
Nov. 20, Captioning Educational Material on a Large Scale:

Second there is a fee-based 4-part Webinar series, Taming Microsoft Word 
and Excel
Everyone registering for this 4-part, month-long series will receive a 
bonus of the Barrier-free Handbook on accessible e-learning. (see the 
handbook contents at the

bottom of this message).

You can read about the Webinars and register online at:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

Third, The month-long online course for November is Barrier-free 
E-learning.  Its focus is to help institutions demonstrate to faculty ways 
to create accessible online

content using software they already know and understand.  You can read more 
and register online at:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Those who subscribe to the EASI Webinar Annual Membership have free access 
to all the fee-based Webinar series and qualify for a 20% discount on all 
courses:
http://easi.cc/sub.htm


**** Below is the table of contents for the bonus Barrier-free Handbook:

BARRIER-FREE E-LEARNING HANDBOOK
Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
(c 2007)
(All rights reserved)

  	
What is Distance Learning?	3
Changing Technology	3
Another word about technology	3
The Virtual Classroom	4
Learning management systems	4
Web conferencing systems	5
Electronic Barriers and Ramps for Special Needs Students	5
Who are special needs students?	5
Information Ramp To The Super Highway	6
Electronic Curb cuts	6
How can designing to meet the needs of students with disabilities help in 
teaching these other special groups?	8
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF DISTANCE LEARNING OR COMPUTER-MEDIATED LEARNING	9
Tips for Creating Accessible Course Content	14
How much do you really have to know?	14
Section 508 Web accessibility standards	14
Creating accessible content using Word	16
PowerPoint	17
Advantages and Problems of Multimedia	19
Digitized Multimedia	19
Podcasts and vodcasts	20
Some Problems For Students With Disabilities	20
Some Solutions	20
Simple Audio	21
SMIL, You're On The Internet!	21
Multimedia Curb cuts	21
Special Problems of Accessing Technical Disciplines and Special Solutions	22
National Science Foundation	22
Math Problems	22
Braille Math	24
Tactile Drawings	25
Providing Alternatives to Required Print Course Content	25
Electronic Braille and audio-recorded texts	25
Sources of electronic Braille and audio-recorded texts	26
Summary	27
Networking	27
What Do I Want You To Remember?	27
Don't Do It Alone!	27
Focus On Teaching And Learning	28
Appendix A: EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) Resources	28
http://easi.cc	28
Online Courses and the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology	28
Webinars	28
Podcasts	29
Appendix B: Accessible Content Authoring Training Modules	29
Using Microsoft Office Word to Create Accessible Course Content	30
Using PowerPoint to Create Accessible Content	31
Checking Course Content for Its Accessibility	31
Help for More Advanced Content Creators	32
Creating Synchronized Captions for Streaming Multimedia	33