Title of Presentation
About Being Accessible: Your Communication from a Universal Design Perspective
Presentation Type
Presentation
Conference Track
User Experience/Understanding Users
Description
This session will touch on several aspects of universal design for accessibility, including multiple means of representation, the use of at-tags, and captioning and transcription. Some of the hardware and software tools that help make content more widely accessible will be described, including browse plug-ins that render web site pages in a dyslexia-friendly font. We will touch on the proposed 508 Standards refresh, and offer links to content describing the nature of these changes. Several resources for improving document accessibility will be offered.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this presentation, attendees will:
*Be able to explain the Universal Design principles and how they are used
*Employ basic methods for creating and revising documents for accessibility
*Analyze materials for universal fit
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Twitter Handle(s)
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Start Date
30-3-2018 10:15 AM
End Date
30-3-2018 11:00 AM
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/24323
About Being Accessible: Your Communication from a Universal Design Perspective
This session will touch on several aspects of universal design for accessibility, including multiple means of representation, the use of at-tags, and captioning and transcription. Some of the hardware and software tools that help make content more widely accessible will be described, including browse plug-ins that render web site pages in a dyslexia-friendly font. We will touch on the proposed 508 Standards refresh, and offer links to content describing the nature of these changes. Several resources for improving document accessibility will be offered.
Comments/Notes
Room: ML 160