This webinar will help participants answer: Are my documents accessible? Learn about what makes a document accessible, how to conduct an accessibility check, and how to fix any issues. In this webinar we will demonstrate the use of the Accessibility Checker for different document types (Word Documents, PowerPoints, and PDFs). We will also discuss the limitations of automated accessibility checkers and how to identify the necessary features for documents. Finally, we will demonstrate how to remediate or create documents, so they are accessible.

Presenter Bio

Karen Crozer, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of English at Los Angeles Mission College, where she also serves as Chair. During the pandemic, Dr. Crozer served as a Distance Education specialist for the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), leading webinars on Accessibility, Active Learning in Zoom, and the OER Rubric. Dr. Crozer is currently the main LACCD facilitator for the four-week course “Creating Accessible Course Content,” which she has led ten times. In addition, she serves as LACCD’s lead trainer for the three-week course called “Introduction to Asynchronous Teaching in Zoom,” which she has facilitated eight times. She also conducts training throughout the district on artificial intelligence in higher education. Known for her student-supportive strategies, Dr. Crozer was voted Faculty of the Year by CalWorks students at her college in Spring 2020. She is passionate about leveling the playing field for students with disabilities and has published a short book called Captions Made Easy to help faculty create ADA-compliant video captions.

Suzanne is Coordinator for Distance Education (DE) and Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) at Butte Community College. She is also a Biology instructor who has designed and developed over a dozen biology courses in multiple modalities for multiple institutions. She does statewide and international work in Open Educational Resources (OER) as a certificate facilitator for Creative Commons and a project facilitator for the ASCCC OER Initiative. Suzanne has created self-paced Canvas courses including Online Course Design for Butte College as well as OER and Accessibility courses for the ASCCC. She has presented at national and international conferences on topics including Universal Design for Learning, Adaptable Course and Assessment Design, Open Pedagogy, and Equitable Course Design. Suzanne is proud to have worked with @ONE since 2017 where she has facilitated the 10-10-10, Creating Accessible Course Content, and Assessment in Digital Learning courses. She also co-created and facilitated the Equitable Grading Strategies course.

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