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SUMMARY:Accessibility in Action: Designing Pressbooks for Access and Understanding
DESCRIPTION:Accessibility in Action: Designing Pressbooks for Access and Understanding\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Date and TimeThursday\, March 4\, 202711:00am -12:00pm (PT)\, 10:00am-11:00am (AKT)\, 12:00pm-1:00pm (MT)Online via Zoom \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				PresentersCeradwen Tokheim (she/her)\, Instructional Designer\, School of Medicine Analytics and Learning Technology (SOMALT)Mary-Colleen Jenkins (she/her)\, Instruction Accessibility Specialist\, Accessible Technology Services (ATS)\, UW Information Technology \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Description: Learn practical strategies for creating more accessible content in Pressbooks during this interactive training session for School of Medicine educators. Participants will explore how digital accessibility supports learners with a wide range of disabilities and learning needs\, identify common accessibility issues\, and apply best practices for headings\, links\, images and alt text\, tables\, lists\, and color contrast. The session will introduce tools and resources you can use to check and improve accessibility as you work\, as well as School of Medicine specific guidance.  \nLearning Objectives:  \nBy the end of this session\, participants will be able to:  \n\nExplain how accessibility practices support users with a wide range of disabilities and learning needs  \nIdentify accessibility issues in Pressbooks \nApply accessibility best practices for headings\, tables\, links\, images\, and color \n\nSession descriptions written with assistance from ChatGPT  \n\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Optional office hours will follow the session\, giving you time to practice with a sample presentation or your own slides. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Part of the Accessibility in Action SeriesThe Department of Justice requires digital content to be accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act by April 2027. CLIME and SOMALT have partnered to offer this three-part series to help UW educators meet this requirement and create more inclusive learning environments. Each session stands on its own\, and you can register for one or all three using the same form. \n			\n				Register for this session\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Accommodations\nTo request accommodations\, please note your request on the registration form or contact clime@uw.edu at least 10 days before the session.
URL:https://clime.washington.edu/clime-events/accessibility-in-action-designing-pressbooks-for-access-and-understanding/
LOCATION:Online Event: Zoom\, WA\, United States
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