Digital Accessibility Workshops: Fall 2022
Training Workshops
The workshops below were for Amherst faculty and staff only.
Workshop on Accessible Documents | Workshop on Accessible PDFs
Creating Accessible Documents and Instructional Materials
Fall 2022
This workshop was offered twice:
- Wednesday October 26, 2022 from 10-10:45 a.m.
(this workshop is fully enrolled) - Tuesday November 29, 2022 from 2-2:45 p.m.
(this workshop is fully enrolled)
We create digital materials every day, but are they digitally accessible to everyone including people with disabilities? In this workshop, you will learn the basics of what makes email, slide shows, and documents accessible to someone who uses text-to-speech or other assistive technology. We will practice creating accessible emails and Word documents, as well as saving Word documents as PDFs and Google Docs with the accessibility content retained.
Workshop Facilitators: Susan May (ATS), Kathy Glista (ADC), Kara McGillicuddy (ATS)
Creating Accessible and Searchable PDF Basics
Fall 2022
This workshop was offered twice:
- Tuesday November 1, 2022 from 2-2:45 p.m.
(this workshop is fully enrolled) - Wednesday November 16, 2022 from 10-10:45 a.m.
(this workshop is fully enrolled)
We often create documents in the form of a PDF, but have we paused to think whether they are digitally accessible to all users including people with disabilities? In this workshop, you will learn the basics of what makes a PDF accessible to someone who uses text-to-speech or other assistive technology and how to fix inaccessible PDFs. Bonus - accessible PDFs are also searchable PDFs! We will practice creating an accessible and searchable PDF and fixing an existing PDF.
Workshop Facilitators: Susan May (ATS), Kelly Dagan (Library), Kara McGillicuddy (ATS)