The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
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Accessibility Webinar – Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible Part 1
OnlineRSVP for Part 2 on February 12, 2020! >>> Topic: Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible Part 1 Recorded Presenter: Karen Hawkins, Senior Experience Designer, Publicis.Sapient Almost anyone today can make a website accessible. But that doesn't mean that people using assistive technologies can USE them! I aim to change that. As a user experience... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible Part 2
OnlineTopic: Zoom: Striving for Functional Accessibility Recorded Presenter: Karen Hawkins, Senior Experience Designer, Publicis.Sapient Almost anyone today can make a website accessible. But that doesn't mean that people using assistive technologies can USE them! I aim to change that. As a user experience professional, I will walk the audience through more accessible AND usable implementations... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Building a Campus-Wide Universal Design framework from the Ground Up
OnlineTopic: Building a Campus-Wide Universal Design framework from the Ground Up Recorded Presenter: Sheryl Burgstahler, Director, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington UD (Universal Design) has emerged as framework for addressing diversity issues in the design of software, instruction, and student services. Engage with speaker and other participants about how promoting the UD paradigm to... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets
OnlineTopic: Creating Accessible Excel Spreadsheets Recorded Presenter: Melissa Green, University of Arizona, Technology Accessibility This recorded webinar covers how to create Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that are accessible to people with disabilities: finding and using accessible Excel templates; using the Accessibility Checker to identify and fix potential accessibility issues; accessible formatting and labeling of tables, charts,... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Including People with Disabilities in Your Project Design, Development, and Testing Process
OnlineTopic: Including People with Disabilities in Your Project Design, Development, and Testing Process Recorded Presenter: Robert Jolly, Technology Director, Knowbility, Inc. Understand the benefits of, as well as different approaches to, including people with disabilities in your process to build and refine your digital offerings. Get practical advice that will allow you to learn directly... Continue Reading →
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Accessibility Webinar – Not So Fast: Implementing Accessibility Reviews in a University’s IT Software Review Process
OnlineTopic: Not So Fast: Implementing Accessibility Reviews in a University’s IT Software Review Process Recorded Presenter: Bill Coker, Software Licensing Manager, NC State University In this presentation, we will provide an overview of NC State’s IT Purchase Compliance process and focus on the accessibility review process. We will discuss the process of implementation, important considerations... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineCreating Accessible Course Documents May 25 – June 14 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally,... Continue Reading →
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Getting Everyone Access: Why Are We Needing This? (Webinar)
OnlineDescription This webinar offers a look at what using a screen reader looks like, and how in our digital world, which includes many more of us than it did 3 months ago, we need to assist all our students in gaining access to our materials. More people need tools to assist in accessing our work... Continue Reading →
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Time is an Issue: Finding and Using Already Accessible Materials (Webinar)
OnlineDescription As more of our faculty have to move to hybrid or fully on line modes of teaching this fall, time is an issue if we need to create all of our own materials that are fully accessible. Fortunately, there are materials that are already captioned, or formatted and accessible for students. Making use of... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineOctober 12 - November 1 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally, participants will get... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to the “Creating Accessible Course Documents” short course (Webinar)
OnlineDescription The webinar is for people who are taking, or thinking of taking, the Minnesota State short course "Creating Accessible Course Documents," and functions as an introduction to this course. Come and get a feel for the goals, expectations, and navigation for this course. RSVP Required Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering,... Continue Reading →
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Creating Accessible Course Documents (3 week short course)
OnlineFebruary 8 - February 28, 2021 Description This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice make digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint. Additionally, participants will... Continue Reading →
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