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Why Accessibility Matters

Why Accessibility Matters. It is WKU’s Mission. It is an ethical and legal issue. Accessibility is not only for people with disabilities . Every classroom has a student who benefits from accessibility. Everyone benefits. Traditional Demographics. Current Demographics.

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Why Accessibility Matters

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  1. Why Accessibility Matters • It is WKU’s Mission. • It is an ethical and legal issue. • Accessibility is not only for people with disabilities.

  2. Every classroom has a student who benefits from accessibility. Everyone benefits. Traditional Demographics Current Demographics

  3. Download Microsoft’s Accessibility: A Guide for Educators Download Accessibility: A Guide for Educators From www.microsoft.com/education/enable

  4. Highlight of Accessibility Features

  5. Control Panel

  6. Control Panel > Ease of Access Center • Centralized location to find accessibility options • Quick start • Magnifier • On-Screen Keyboard • Narrator • High Contrast • Questionnaire to “get recommendations” • Explore settings by categories

  7. Office 2010 Accessibility Highlights • Accessibility Checker in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint make it easier for users to identify and fix accessible issues in user-generated-content. It works like grammar checker. • Add captions to video: Microsoft PowerPoint add-on, called STAMP let’s you add captions in video within your PowerPoint slides which makes it possible for students with hearing impairments to read video captions

  8. More Office 2010 Accessibility Highlights • DAISY add-in for Word translate Word Documents into digital talking books. • Speak text-to-speechfeature plays text as spoken word for Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote • Customizable Ribbon to it easier to access commonly used features.

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