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Below is a list of captioned recordings of past events.

Basic Concepts

• Introduction: Importance of Web Accessibility
  Bill Welsh from the Office of Disability Services reviews policy and issues relating to the need to provide accessible access to Penn State materials.
• 8 Main Blockers Webinar
  A review of some of the most critical blockers to accessibility, particularly for screen reader users.
• Beyond the Blockers: Accessible Doc Design
  Additional accessibility issues that should be addressed beyond the main eight blockers.

JAWS Screen Reader Demos

• Short Demonstration of JAWS Screen Reader – Luis Fontanez gives a brief introduction into how he uses JAWS
• JAWS Screen Reader Demo: Course Schedule
  JAWS screen reader reading information listed in the Penn State Course schedule.

• JAWS Screen Reader Demo Pt 1
  Peggy Hoover, an employee from the College of Health and Human Development, demonstrates how she uses JAWS to navigate Penn State services. Note that some page interfaces may have changed since the original recording date.
• JAWS Screen Reader Demo Pt 2
  Michael Brooks of World Campus provides a description of some accessibility issues for a screen reader witihin an interactive Web site and how they could be addressed in HTML. This is part 2 of a recording for a Penn State Web Developer lunch in March, 2011.

See Also

• Accommodations
• Blockers and Beyond the Blockers

Courses

• ANGEL Accessibility Webinar
  Some tips for making content in the ANGEL course management system more accessible.
  See also ANGEL Accessibility
• Complex Image Strategies
  Elizabeth Pyatt describes some strategies to describe complex images that can enhance usability for all audiences.
• Everyday Accessibility for Faculty
  This webinar provides efficient workflow tips for instructors who need to accessify course content.
• Adobe Captivate 9 Accessible Design (World Campus)
• MathML (Fall 2015)
  An updated version of how to use MathML and LaTeX in Sites, Canvas and ANGEL.
• STEM Course (Match & Science) Accessibility
  Some basic strategies to make technical images and tables more accessible.
  See also Math, Science and Technical Content

See Also

• Courses
• Images
• Math Content

PDF

• PDF: Escape from PDF Case Study
  Derick Burns of TLT discusses how his unit migrated from PDF to alternative document formats.
• PDF: Escape from PDF
  An overview of different accessibility issues relating to PDF accessibility and repair and recommendations for migrating PDF content or providing alternate sources.

See also PDF

Sites at Penn State (Word Press)

Sites@psu Accessibility
This presentation reviews accessible utilities and plug ins for the Penn State Word Press service and explains how different roles have different reposnibilities.

See also Sites at Penn State (Word Press)

Testing, Repairs and Standards

• Content Management and Accessibility
  Binky Lush from the University Libraries and Joe DeLuca from the Eberly College of Science discuss how they approached training their Webmasters and content providers to maintain accessible content.
• Firefox Testing Tools
  Elizabeth Pyatt of TLT gives an overview of WAVE, the Juicy Studios toolbar and other testing tools for Firefox.
• Interpreting Accessibility Test Results
  Christian Vinten-Johansen reviews the benfits and pitfalls of many accessibility reporting tools.
• Triage and Testing
  Christian Vinten-Johansen
  from TLT discusses how to prioritize your content for accessibility remediation.
• Understanding WCAG 2.0
  Christian Vinten-Johansen provides some guidance in how to understand the WCAG 2.0 guidelines.
• Dreamweaver and Accessibility Webinar
  Elizabeth Pyatt from TLT provides an overview of tools Dreamweaver provides to generate more accessible HTML.

See also

• Testing Tools
• WCAG 2.0 Guidelines
• Dreamweaver and Accessibility

Video Captions

• Captioning Tips and Tricks
  This video discusses ways to create transcripts or find transcripts for video content.
• Captioning with MovieCaptioner and MacSpeech Dictate
  Pat Besong demonstrates how to use speech recognition to capture captions in MovieCaptioner.
• Video Captioning Clinic
  Pat Besong demonstrates captioning techniques including those of the MovieCaptioner software.
• Adobe Captivate 9 Accessible Design (World Campus)

See also Video Accessibility

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