We
provide
our client
staff a
suite of
training
workshops
as
part of
their
subscription.
The
descriptions
for the
workshops
are
outlined
below.
Staff
from
clients
can
book
onto
the
workshops
using
our Client
Workshop
Schedule using
their
organisation
email
address.
1: Introduction to digital
accessibility
Providing a foundational knowledge
in disabilities and digital
accessibility helps build momentum in the
accessibility project and
provide the foundational knowledge about
why
something is needed.
The workshop introduces
- Disability and accessibility
concepts
- Permanent, Temporary &
Situational scenarios
- The broad usefulness of accessible
content
- The concept of personas
- Examples of approaches in guidance
provision
2: Web accessibility
Taking the concepts of digital
accessibility and applying this
specifically to building web content is
important. These guidelines
apply as much to content built in courses
in
Moodle as to content built
in websites like WordPress. This virtual
workshop includes
- A sample set of personas and
examination of the issues they face on
the
web
- Recap on key accessibility aspects
in content
- A look at Atto content editor in
Moodle
- Key considerations when building
Images, Layout, Links, Multimedia,
tables,
and
Text type content
3. Accessibility for
Multimedia
Much of the content we create now
involves multi-media. Videos,
Podcasts, Audio files and images. This
workshop brings attendees through
the different considerations when creating
the
different media types
including:
- Introduction to a set of personas
and examination of the issues they
face
using
media
- A look at different types of images,
and how to approach ensuring their use
is
accessible to all
- A look at audio and video and how
video can be added to Moodle
courses
- First steps with Captions, and
different ways to create them
4. Accessibility in documents
A lot of material created by
academic staff and provided to and
used by students in online courses tend to
be
either MS Office documents
(Word document, Excel Spreadsheets,
PowerPoint
Presentations) or PDF
files – which are often printed or
exported
versions of the office
documents.
This session will look at MS Word
and PowerPoint (or
Google Docs and Google Slides) and how to
create better new documents
and improve existing documents to provide
a
better experience for all
users.
We will also look at some of the
other features available in Office 365 (or
Google) for users