Events

Thursday, September 26, 2019
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Universal Design for Learning and Inclusive Instruction
Speaker:
Travis Lee

16% of UCLA undergraduate students have a disability. Help empower this growing population through accessible curriculum design and web content. In this session, you will learn the challenges for people with disabilities, understand the impact of assistive technology and screenreading software to “read text out loud”, and receive hands-on experience building an accessible document. We will also discuss some of the principals of Universal Design for Learning and how they might be applied in your course and research documents.

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Thursday, September 12, 2019
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Accessibility Basics Training
Speaker:
Travis Lee

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with your website content and documents.

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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Computer with sensory icons
Accessibility Basics Training
Speaker:
Travis Lee

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with your website content and documents.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
People with disabilities meeting
UCLA Committee on Disability Meeting August
Speaker:
Travis Lee

Get involved and become an advocate for the students, staff and faculty of UCLA with disabilities. At these action-packed monthly meetings get to know all the players is the disability community here at UCLA, learn about the challenges facing the disabled community and become member of a growing and dynamic group.

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Thursday, August 8, 2019
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PDF and PowerPoint Accessibility Workshop
Speaker:
Travis Lee

PDF is one of the most common document formats at UCLA. People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many PDF documents created are completely inaccessible or frustrating for screenreader users. Public PDFs posted on websites, PDF course reading material and PDFs emailed to listservs should be accessible. At this training, you will have the opportunity to get hands-on training in making an accessible PDF.

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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Accessibility Basics Teaching
Speaker:
Carolanne Link

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with your website content and documents.

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Thursday, June 20, 2019
UCLA's Visualization Portal
Accessibility Basics Training
Speaker:
Travis Lee

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with your website content and documents.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
People with disabilities meeting
UCLA Committee on Disability Meeting June
Speaker:
Travis Lee

Get involved and become an advocate for the students, staff and faculty of UCLA with disabilities. At these action-packed monthly meetings get to know all the players is the disability community here at UCLA, learn about the challenges facing the disabled community and become member of a growing and dynamic group.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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Making PDFs Accessible the Easy Way
Speaker:
Travis Lee

PDF is one of the most common document formats at UCLA. People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many PDF documents created are completely inaccessible or frustrating for screenreader users. Public PDFs posted on websites, PDF course reading material and PDFs emailed to listservs should be accessible to people who use screenreaders and other assistive technologies.

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Monday, May 13, 2019
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Accessibility Basics Training
Speaker:
Travis Lee

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with your website content and documents.

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