EASI Interactive, Live Webinars
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Facebook and Youtube webinars have been rescheduled!
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EASI is producing 2 series of Interactive Webinars on specific accessibility-related topics. You can listen to the presenter, and watch as the presenter pushes Web pages and also ask questions yourself. These are hour-long presentations covering general topics and frequently dealing with more advanced materials. One series is free to the public providing an overview of up-to-date information about current events in accessibility. The other series is fee-based, (currently $195), and usually consists of a set of 4 presentations providing detailed, hands-on, skill-based experience with applications that facilitate creating accessible output.
What Hardware and Software Does the Clinic Require?
The webinar software works best with a PC running Windows 98 or above and at least Internet Explorer 6.0, A sound card, speakers and a microphone to interact with presenters and other clinic participants. The microphone is required only if you would like to interact by voice. (A Mac using Virtual Windows also frequently will work.) (When you access the system, a small client is downloaded to your computer.)
EASI Webinar Series Annual Membership
EASI has established 2 programs of Webinar membership: one for an individual and another for an entire institution. For one single, moderate price, members have a discount providing access to the Webinar series for a single year. Members will also have a discount on all EASI's month-long courses (read about them by selecting the Online Courses link on the home page). There is a link at the bottom of this page for annual Webinar members to go directly to the passworded member site.
Read More about the Annual Webinar Membership
Schedule of Future Webinar times Is Normally 2 PM Eastern
Note, registering for an event will provide both live access to it and also provide access to it's recording later. The events listed as "free" are open to the public with no charge. The fee-based events are priced according to how many events are in the series. Each will have the price listed with its description.
Webinars for 2010
January
Changes to Four-part Webinar Series
on Social Media !!!
The Facebook Webinar for Feb 8 is postponed to a date to be announced.
YouTube Webinar.
It is
now rescheduled to Thursday. Feb. 18 and with new times.
11 AM Pacific
Noon Mountain
1 PM Central
2 PM Eastern.
*** This 4 part Webinar series will be captioned in real time!!***
These 4 Webinars will cover Second Life, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
(The fee for the series is $195, but the series is free to all EASI Annual Webinar Members.)
Jan 25: Second Life and Opportunities of a 3D Platform
Listen to the interview with Jennison Asuncion on Social Media Previewing Social Webinar Series
Transcription of Jennison's Asuncion podcast
Presenters:
Dr Denise Wood (AKA Denlee Wobbit in Second Life), Researcher and Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia
Denise is the project leader of two nationally funded research grants as well as several university funded projects focusing on the use of innovative technologies in teaching and learning, and inclusive design. She is currently heading a research team on a project funded by the Australian Teaching and Learning Council, which involves the design and development on an open source, accessible 3D virtual learning platform .
Charles Morris (AKA Charles Mountain in Second Life), Vice-President of Virtual Helping Hands and University of South Australia Developer
Charles Mountain is the avatar of Charles Morris. He is a professional freelance software developer with over 20 years of experience. Charles Morris is also the lead developer for VHH and its various projects. Charles is the developer for the UniSA led Accessible Open Source 3D Virtual Learning Platform, which is funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council and is led by Denise Wood from the University of South Australia.
Janyth Ussery (AKA Saxet Uralia in Second Life) Director of Web Education at Texas State Technical College and Executive Director of Virtual Helping Hands
Janyth is the Director of Web Education at Texas State Technical College and has 14-years experience in higher education. With a specific focus in distance-education opportunities, exploring new frontiers in education is what has led her into Second Life over two years ago Janyth has often said, "While we make create, learn, work and play, the social opportunities offered for those that are disabled in real life may be Second Life's finest hour."
February
Feb 1: Twitter, Its Uses and Its Accessibility Issues
Presenter: Dennis Lembrée Web site professional specializing in web standards, usability and accessibility
Dennis has re-built the popular Twitter web site with web accessibility and web standards. Accessible Twitter is the recipient of the 2009 Access IT @web2.0 Award! Once a person has a Twitter account, he or she can go to and log in. This provides to the standard Twitter account but using a highly accessible interface.
Facebook, Why Is it Popular and How Accessible Is It?
The Facebook Webinar for Feb 8 is postponed to a date to be announced.
Presenters: Betsy Burgess and Cherie Miller from Bookshare and a special guest from the Facebook staff.
Bookshare is using both Facebook and Twitter to enrich its interactions with its members. Social media provides a community of readers where they can share what books they have loved and share their struggles with reading with disabilities.
Feb. 18: YouTube, all You Wanted To See and More
Presenters: Marisol Miranda and Norman Coombs from EASI
Streaming videos on the Internet are hugely popular running the gambit from silly to serious. Video provides significant emotional and pursuasive punch whether for good or ill.
This presentation is announcing the unveiling of a special channel called, YouAbility. Its aims to provide educational and informative videos about disabilities. It will provide training modules demonstrating tips for increasing IT accessibility, and it will be a place to showcase new accessibility tools as they emerge.
The series is $195 but free for EASI Annual Webinar members.
PYou can link from the link below and pay by credit card or check. When you reach the secure server, first select EASI Web conferencing and select the event scheduled to start on Jan.25, 2010. You will receive details on how to join these 4 Webinars on the preceeding week end or sooner. Any questions, email Norm Coombs at (norm.coombs@gmail.com). Annual members will also receive information on joining at the same time.
Register and pay for the Social Media Webinar Series
Webinar: NonVisual Destop Access free open source Screen Reader
Feb. Wed 10
9 GMT in the US, times are 1 PM Pacific, 2 PM Mountain,
3 PM Central and 4 PM Eastern times
Presenter: Mathew Mirabella, secretary of NV Access and one of the founders of NV Access the not-profit organisation that supports NVDA.
NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, it enables blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows for no more cost than a sighted person. Major features include support for over 20 languages and the ability to run entirely from a USB drive with no installation. Major highlights of NVDA 2009.1 include support for 64 bit editions of Windows; greatly improved support for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader documents; support for Windows 7 and much more.
You can read more and download NVDa from the NVDA site
Register here for this free Webinar on NVDA
Producing DAISY-format Books using online Webinar training
Presenter: Karen McCall
Learn how to produce DAISY books either in single copies for yourself or in mass production for your college or university. The focus will be using commercial production toolss to meet the alternative text requirements of students with disabilities. Both Dolphin and Irti have heavy-duty applications that will permit you to create professional quality DAISY books including page numbers, footnotes, contents, pictures and math. There will also be a brief introduction to creating personal DAISY content using the free Word-to-DAISY add-in for Word.
The 4 hour-long Webinars will be Tuesdays March 2, 9, 16 and March 30. (The break is for people who will be attending the CSUN conference.
There will be a weekly break-down of topics here soon.
Registration is $195 which can be paid by credit card, check or a PO. When you go to the secure server below, select the item:
EASI Web Conference and select the one starting on March 2.
Register for the DAISY Training Series
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