[Promotion-technology] Fwd: Taming PowerPoint and Designing for Accessibility On and Off the Web

[David Andrews]

>
>This 4-part fee-based Webinar series on PowerPoint will both help 
>PowerPoint users become more familiar with that application, but it 
>will explain the accessibility problems it creates for students with 
>disabilities and it will give directions to enable authors to 
>produce an attractive and accessible output.
>
>Here is a link to a video about PowerPoint and accessibility that 
>will provide a preview of what these 4 hour-long Webinars will cover:
>http://easi.cc/download/standppt.wmv
>
>Taming PowerPoint and Designing for Accessibility On and Off the Web
>November 6,13,20 and 27 (2PM EASTERN)
>Presenters: Norm Coombs and Dick Banks
>(This fee-based series is free to all anual members)
>
>Registration is $195 and registration is at:
>http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
>
>This 4-part, fee-based series will guide participants to become skilled
>PowerPoint designers whether intended for use in a live presentation or for
>delivery on the Web.  The presentation will give advice on which features in
>PowerPoint strengthen a presentation and which are only distracting 
>gimmicks.
>It will also cover different ways of creating narrated 
>PowerPoint.  Last it will
>explain which PowerPoint features create problems for users with disabilities
>and how to avoid or use them in ways that will provide access to users with
>disabilities.
>
>
>.Week 1 Nov. 6, PowerPoint for classroom presentation and distribution
>This first presentation will cover some general features of 
>PowerPoint that will
>apply no matter what delivery mode is being considered.
>
>Week 2 Nov. 13, Converting slides for accessible Web presentation
>Microsoft Office PowerPoint does have an item in the "save menu" designed to
>output a version in HTML to post to the Web. The end product has serious
>navigation problems for someone accessing it on the Web using screen reading
>software. This lesson will demonstrate different solutions.
>
>Week 3 Nov. 20,Accessible Narrated PowerPoint for the Web Using Camtasia
>Because a PowerPoint presentation works well when used to support a spoken
>presentation, narrated PowerPoint provides the best multimedia content
>presentation. Camtasia is one tool that will enable you to provide a fully
>accessible video-type output based on narrated PowerPoint.
>
>Week 4 Nov. 27, Accessible NarratedPowerPoint for the Web Using LecShare
>LecShare is another product that will create an accessible narrated Web
>PowerPoint show. Like Camtasia, it can create a kind of video. It also can
>provide
>a PowerPoint slide show where the user can move slides ahead and 
>back at his or
>her own pace.
>
>Registration is $195 and registration is at:
>http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
>
>
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>EASI Events for November
>Webinar 4-part Series Taming PowerPoint and Designing for 
>Accessibility On and Off the Web
>Read more and register at easi.cc/clinic.htm
>Month-long Online Course Barrier-free E-learning
>Read more and register at http//easi.cc/workshop.htm
>
>Norman Coombs
>CEO EASI (www.easi.cc)
>(949) 855-4852 Pacific time zone)