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A partial list of recorded webinars is also available.

Summer 2012

August 2012

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Webinar, Mon. August 6
  • Understanding the ADA in the Workplace, Thurs. August 23

Fall 2012

September 2012

  • Community Read: Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey, Tues. September 18
  • Accessibility Summit Webinar, Tues. September 25
  • Community Read: The Story of Beautiful Girl, Tues. September 25
  • Braille Basics,Wed. September 26

October 2012 (Disability Awareness Month)

  • Accessibility on the iPad, Mon. October 8
  • Testing Web Pages with VoiceOver, Tue. October 9
  • Accessibility with Formulas in Math and Science Courses Webinar, Wed. October 10
  • Meeting Your Staffing Needs through a Win-Win Partnership, Wed. October 17
  • Study Abroad: Where Do I Begin? Thur. October 18
  • The Job Search and DIVERSE-abilities: Issues for Students and Employers to Consider, Mon. October 22
  • Planning an Accessibility Overhaul of Your Web Site, Tue. October 23
  • Making Your Videos Accessible with MovieCaptioner, Tue. October 23
  • University Access Committee (UAC) – an Overview Tue. October 23
  • Apple and Accessibility, Reaching All Learners – an Overview, Wed. October 24
  • Accessible Content Creation with Adobe Tools – an Overview, Wed. October 24
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview, Wed. October 24
  • Fix the Blockers First!, Wed. October 24
  • Task Driven Demonstration of a Screen Reader in Use, Wed. October 24
  • Hattie Larlham Art Exhibit Mon. October 1 ~ Thur. November 29

November 2012

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview, Fri. November 9
  • General Accessibility Session on the 8 Blockers, Thur. November 15
  • Testing Web Pages with JAWS, Thur. November 15

December 2012

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Webinar, Mon. December 3
  • Eli Webinar- Online Learning with Students, Staff, and Faculty Legal Landscape of Web Accessibility, Mon. December 10
  • “Accessibility as a Design Tool” with Derek Featherstone:UIE Virtual Seminar, Thur. December 13

Spring 2013

January 2013

  • EASI Webinar: MS Office is coming–but are you READY! Webinar, Tues. January 8
  • Administrative Panel: Understanding the Law & Building Accessible Institutional Infrastructures, Tues. January 15
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Fri. January 18
  • EASI Free Webinar: ARIA Controls and Menus with JAWS, Tues. January 22
  • Born Digital- and Accessible: Webinar, Mon. January 28

February 2013

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview, Mon. February 11
  • Student & Alumni Panel: What Students with Disabilities Want Faculty & Administrators to Know, Tues. February 12
  • Emerging Trends in the Full Integration of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Science Education, Mon. February 18

March 2013

  • What Faculty with Disabilities Want Institutions to Know, Thurs. March 14
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Mon. March 25
  • Balabolka the flexible E-reader, Mon. March 26

April 2013

  • Inclusive Teaching and Learning Practices: Applications of Universal Design, Mon. April 1
  • NISO Webinar: Universal Accessibility: Creating E-Books Anyone Can Read, Wed. April 10
  • Code Clinic: ALT Tags for images, Wed. April 17
  • Code Clinic: Captioning Audio and Video for Accessibility: Code Clinic, Thurs. April 25

Summer 2013

May 2013

  • EASI Free Webinar: AzzCardfile – The Easy to Use Personal Information Manager, Thurs. May 23
  • EASI Free Webinar: Use Tobi to create EPUB3 talking books, Thur. May 30
  • EASI Free Webinar: WCAG – Do screen reader users take full advantage?, Fri. May 31

Summer 2013

June 2013

  • EASI Free Webinar: A Model for Accessible LMS Discussion Boards, Mon. June 3
  • WEB Conference at Penn State: Accessibility Event, Thurs. & Fri. June 6-7
  • EASI Free Webinar: Web and IT Accessibility Policies in Higher Education, Thurs. June 13
  • EASI Webinar:Testing & Evaluating Learning Management Systems, Mon. June 17

July 2013

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. July 24

August 2013

  • 3PlayMedia presents:Quick Start to Captioning, Tues. Aug 6
  • Accessibility within ANGEL (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Mon. Aug 12
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Fri. Aug 16
  • EASI Free Webinar: The Future of Curricular Access in Postsecondary Education, Tues. Aug 20
  • EASI Webinar: Getting a Treaty! (More Access to Publications), Thur. Aug 29

Fall 2013

September 2013

  • Deque: Section 508 Refresh, Tue. Sep 17
  • Accessibility Creator Clinic: Escape from PDF, Wed. Sep 18
  • Accessibility Creator Clinic: Escape from PDF (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Sep 18
  • Deque: Website Accessibility 101, Wed. Sep 25

October 2013

  • Diversability Month: 2013 Schedule of Events, October 2013
  • Accessibility Coder Clinic: Accessible Forms in HTML (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Mon. Oct 7
  • Accessibility Coder Clinic: Accessible Forms in HTML (Classroom), Mon. Oct 7
  • Accessibility Testing with Firefox Plugins and Other Tools (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Oct 9
  • Making Your Videos Accessible with MovieCaptioner, Fri. Oct 11
  • Deque: How Does the CVAA Affect You?, Tues., Oct 15
  • Accessibility within ANGEL, Wed. Oct 16
  • Accessibility in eBooks Using the EPUB Standard, Tues. Oct 29
  • Escape from the PDF (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Oct 30
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Oct 30
  • STEM Accessibility Mini Symposium, Thurs. Oct 31

November 2013

  • EASI Webinar: Practical Web Accessibility, Thurs. Nov 14
  • EASI Free Webinar: The Low Hanging Fruit of Web Accessibility, Mon. Nov 18
  • Accessibility Creator Clinic: Logging and Reporting Accessibility Progress For Your Own Needs (Webinar or University Park), Thur. Nov 21

December 2013

  • EASI Webinar: Even Easier Captions with YouTube , Mon. Dec 2
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Mon. Dec 9
  • EASI Webinar Diagram Access Contributions, Tues. Dec 19

Spring 2014

January 2014

  • Microsoft Office Accessibility (Winterfest), Mon. Jan 6
  • Accessibility Coder Clinic: Testing Sites with the JAWS Screen Reader, Thur. Jan 30

February 2014

  • Accessibility on Demand (A Lasalle University Free Event on Accessibility), Tue. Feb 11

March 2014

  • Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint 2010, Fri. March 14

April 2014

  • Strategies for Training Website Content Writers and Editors in Accessibility (in Person), Wed. April 2
  • Strategies for Training Website Content Writers and Editors in Accessibility (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. April 2
  • New Kensington Accessibility in Online Courses Workshop, Fri. April 11
  • Accessibility Clinic – Compliance Sheriff Scanning Tool (in person) , Thu. April 17
  • Accessibility Clinic – Compliance Sheriff Scanning Tool (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Thu. April 17
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: MS Word Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect) for TLT 101, Mon. April 21
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: MS PowerPoint Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect) for TLT 101, Tue. April 22
  • Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint 2010, Wed. April 23

Summer 2014

May 2014

  • Accessibility Considerations for Document Color, Layout and Design (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. May 14
  • Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Workshop, Wed May 21-Thurs May 22

June 2014

  • PSU Web conference including talks on Programming, Usability and Accessibility, Mon June 9-Wed June 11
  • Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint 2010, Wed. Jun 11

July 2014

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect, Mon. Jul 14
  • Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint 2010, Wed. Jul 30

August 2014

  • ANGEL Accessibility: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Aug 20
  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Thurs. Aug 21

Fall 2014

September 2014

  • Accessibility of Complex Images Clinic, Tue. Sep 9
  • Accessibility of Complex Images Clinic (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Tue. Sep 9

October 2014

  • Wheelchair Basketball Experience, Wed. Oct 1
  • Syllabi Workshop, Thu. Oct 2
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity (ADHD) in College, Thu. Oct 2
  • Exercise is Medicine for ALL Disabilities, Thu. Oct 2
  • Center for Independent Living, Thu. Oct 2
  • Everyday Accessibility: How to Create Accessible Content as an Instructor (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Oct 8
  • Wheelchair Basketball Experience, Wed. Oct 8
  • Meeting Your Staffing Needs through a Win-Win Partnership, Tue. Oct 14
  • Wheelchair Basketball Experience, Wed. Oct 15
  • Geri Jewell, Thu. Oct 16
  • Hearing Loss and ASL, Mon. Oct 20
  • Accessibility in Word and PowerPoint 2013, Tue. Oct 21
  • Michael Chorost Speaks, Tue. Oct 21
  • Educational Gaming Brown Bag: Can Games and Accessibility Play on the Same Team?, Wed. Oct 22
  • Educational Gaming Brown Bag: Can Games and Accessibility Play on the Same Team? (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Oct 22
  • Hearing Loss and Deaf, Wed. Oct 22
  • Wheelchair Basketball Experience, Wed. Oct 22
  • Opportunity Center Clubhouse, Thu. Oct 23
  • Coffee Chat for Veterans, Thu. Oct 23
  • After Action – The Affect of War Trauma on Veterans , Fri. Oct 24
  • Autism Panel, Mon. Oct 27
  • Accessibility and MathML: Leveraging LaTeX, MathJax and Equation Editors to Build Accessible Equations (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Tue. Oct 28
  • Accessibility Clinic: Interpreting Accessibility Test Reports and Methods of Manual Testing, Wed. Oct 29
  • Accessibility Clinic: Interpreting Accessibility Test Reports and Methods of Manual Testing (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Oct 29
  • Wheelchair Basketball Experience, Wed. Oct 29
  • Awareness Challenge, Thu. Oct 30
  • Going Blind: A documentary, Thu. Oct 30

November 2014

  • Accessibility Presentation: Using EPUB to Create Accessible eBooks, Wed. Nov 12
  • Accessibility Presentation: Using EPUB to Create Accessible eBooks (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect), Wed. Nov 12

Spring 2015

January 2015

  • Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Overview (Adobe Connect), Wed., Jan 7

March 2015

  • Free Section 508 Webinar, Tue., March 31

April 2015

  • How Copyright and Fair Use Impact Third Party Captioning for Educational Video Webinar, Thu., April 2
  • The Future of Video Player Accessibility Webinar, Wed., April 22
  • Creating Accessible PDFs with Acrobat: Requirements, Implementation, and Evaluation Webinar, Thu., April 30

May 2015

  • Quick Start to Captioning Webinar, Thu., May 7
  • ELI Webinar: Universal Design for Learning, Mon., May 11
  • Captioning Tips and Tricks for Accessibility (Adobe Connect), Wed., May 13
  • 10 Tips for Creating Accessible Web Content with WCAG 2.0 Webinar, Thu., May 21

Summer 2015

June 2015

  • Demystifying WCAG 2.0: An Intro to Web, Office, InDesign, and PDF Accessibility, Wed., June 17
  • Wearability: Wearable Computers and Accessibility, Thu., June 18
  • Innovative multimedia design for curriculum accessibility, Mon., June 22
  • Integrating accessibility in your web project lifecycle: challenges and lessons learned, Mon., June 22
  • Universal interaction design: making it click for everyone, everywhere, Mon., June 22
  • Future bliss: make a circuit with me, Mon., June 22
  • A standards based approach to PDF document accessibility, Mon., June 22
  • We are all disabled, or soon will be: redefining the concept of inclusive user experience on the web, Tue., June 23
  • What’s new in Acrobat accessibility, Tue., June 23
  • Accessible shopping with innovative hardware and usable applications, Tue., June 23
  • Designing for web accessibility, Tue., June 23
  • Lessons learned from the Penn State accessibility initiative, Tue., June 23
  • Facebook with JAWS and MAGic: a 2-part Webinar Series Part-1, Fri., June 26

July 2015

  • Creating and Reading Accessible ePub Documents for Beginners: an EASI Free Webinar, Thu., July 16
  • DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription, Thu., July 23
  • Facebook with JAWS and MAGic: a 2-part Webinar Series Part-2, Fri., July 31

August 2015

  • Quick Start to Captioning, Thu., August 6
  • Creating Accessible Course Materials (via Adobe Connect), Fri., August 21
  • HTML5 Video Accessibility: Updates, Features, & Guidelines, Thu., August 27

Fall 2015

September 2015

  • Netflix and the ADA: How a Landmark Case Changed the Legal Landscape of Closed Captioning, Wed., September 16
  • Video SEO Deep Dive: How to Get Your Videos to Rank, Thu., September 24

October 2015

  • 11 ½ Free Tools for Testing Website Accessibility, Thu., October 1
  • Diversability Month October 2015 Events, Sun., October 4 to Thu., October 29
  • Accessibility Workflow for Web Sites, Tue., October 6
  • 10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content, Thu., October 8
  • Accessibility and MathML: Leveraging LaTeX, MathJax and Equation Editors to Build Accessible Equations, Mon., October 12
  • Identifying and Remediating Accessibility Blockers, Mon., October 19
  • Understanding Closed Captioning Standards and Guidelines, Thu, October 22
  • Panel Discussion on LD, Tue., October 27
  • Accessibility Workflow for Online Course Materials, Fri., October 27
  • Universal Design for Accessibility and Diversity, Wed., October 28
  • Optimizing Accessibility for Sites at Penn State, Thu., October 29

November 2015

  • Implementing Universal and Inclusive Design for Online Learning Accessibility, Thu., November 5
  • Tweeting Blind – strategies for screen reader users to interact with Twitter, and why they should, Thu., November 12
  • Accessibility: Best Practices for Optimizing Course Materials, Mon., November 16

December 2015

  • How to Implement Accessible Lecture Capture, Thu., December 3
  • Functional Accessibility Evaluator, AInspector Sidebar and Accessibility Bookmarklets, Thu., December 3
  • Quick Start to Captioning, Thu., December 10

Spring 2016

January 2016

  • Wed., Jan 6, 12:45-2:30 – Accessibility: Best Practices for Optimizing Course Materials (via Adobe Connect)

May 2016

  • Tue., May 24, 12:45-3:30 – Accessibility: Optimizing Canvas Courses for Accessibility (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect)

Summer 2016

August 2016

  • Wed., Aug 10, 12:45 PM EST 3:30 PM EST – Accessibility: Optimizing Canvas Courses for Accessibility (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect)
  • Fall 2016 Canvas Optimizing Accessibility sessions

July 2016

  • Mon., July 25, 8:45-11:30 – Accessibility: Optimizing Canvas Courses for Accessibility (via Meeting@PennState powered by Adobe Connect)

Fall 2016

September 2016

  • Canvas Accessibility (Adobe Connect): Sept. 12, 12:45-3:30 PM
  • Canvas Accessibility (Adobe Connect): Sept. 20, 8:45-11:30 AM
  • Canvas Accessibility (Adobe Connect): Sept. 28 12:45-3:30 PM

October 2016

  • Sites at Penn State (Zoom Webinar): Oct. 3, 1:30-2:30
  • Canvas Accessibility (Adobe Connect): Oct. 6, 8:45-11:30 AM
  • Accessibility: Optimizing Word and PowerPoint Files: Oct 7, 8:30 – 11:30 AM
  • Syllabus in Canvas (Zoom Webinar): Oct. 10, Noon – 1:00 PM
  • Using 3D Printing to Increase Accessibility (In Person/Zoom Webinar): Oct. 13, 2:00-3:00 PM
  • Testing with FAE and Ainspector (Zoom Webinar): Oct 19, 2:00-3:00 PM
  • Canvas Accessibility (Adobe Connect): Oct 24, 8:45-11:30 AM

November 2016

  • Accessing Higher Ground Live Video Stream: Nov 16-18
  • Canvas Accessibility Webinar: Wed. Nov 16 8:45 AM – 11:30 AM

Summer 2017

May 2017

To register for events, first log in to lrn.psu.edu, then click the appropriate link.

  • Decoding MathML, Tue May 16 10-Noon
  • Tactile Graphics, Tue May 16 1-3 PM

Fall 2017

June 2017

  • Accessibility: Optimizing Word and PowerPoint Files, Fri June 23, 8:30-11:30 AM

September 2017

  • Optimizing Canvas Courses for Accessibility (via Adobe Connect), Wed. Sep 27, 2017, 8:45-11:30 AM

October 2017

  • Beyond ALT Tags and Captions, Tues. Oct 3, 2017, 10:00-11:00 AM
  • Accessible Design with Adobe Captivate, Wed. Oct 18, 2017, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Optimizing Word and PowerPoint Files, Willard 23, Fri. Oct 20, 2017, 8:30-11:30 AM
  • Using Kurzweil 3000 to Meet Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Goals, Mon. Oct 23, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM
  • Accessible Equations with MathML for Canvas and Other Platforms, Thurs. Oct 26, 2017, 10:00-11:00 AM
  • Designing with Empathy Using Personas, Thurs. Oct 26, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM
  • POSTPONED: Screen Reader Testing on Mobile Devices, Fri. Oct 27, 2017, 1:30-3:30 PM

November 2017

  • FAE 2.0 (Functional Accessibility Evaluator) Reporting Tool, Thurs. Nov 9, 11:00-Noon
  • Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference 2017, Wed. Nov 15-Fri Nov. 17

Spring 2018

February 2018

  • Optimizing Word and PowerPoint Files – Feb 9, 8:30-11:30 AM, Wagner 116

April 2018

  • Tips & Tricks for Captions & Transcripts (Zoom Webinar) – April 4, 10:00-11:00 AM
  • Audio Describing Video Content for Viewers with Visual Disabilities (Zoom Webinar) – April 5, 10:00-11:00 AM
  • 3D Printing Use Cases and Accessibility (Zoom Webinar) – April 12, 11:00 AM-Noon

2019

Spring 2019

To register for events, first log in to lrn.psu.edu, then click the appropriate link.

March 2019

Diversability Month Events

Events relating to non-technology issues impacting individuals with disabilities are listed on the Student Disability Resources Upcoming Events page.

April 2019

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