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Accessibility in the News—10/06/17 October is World and Blindness Awareness Month and Meet the Blind Month, and  encompasses several days designated to bring greater awareness to vision health, low vision, and blindness. These include World Sight Day on October 12 and National White Cane Safety Day on October 15. Primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education are required to make accommodations for students taking their courses, including those with visual,

Microsoft Access Subforms: The Key to Displaying Access Data from More than One Table Want to take a deep dive into Microsoft Access? Consider enrolling in one of our in-person, full-day Access 2013 training classes presented in Austin, Texas. All classes are instructor-led, encourage interaction and questions, and provide hands-on exercises and learning aids.  A frequent question asked in our Access classes concerns how to display the data in a form when

 Two Types of Power to Move Your Learning Development Project Forward What Does a Project Manager Do, Anyway?  We’ve talked about project management quite a bit on our blog, in videos, and in webinars. It’s a topic that contains multitudes. If you’re running a course development team, you need project management to help you develop your course on time, in scope, and within budget. I’d like to take a moment

Each of us has different needs when it comes to our computers. A great place to start customizing your computer experience is the Start menu. Windows 10 offers many personalization options to make the Start menu fit your workstyle and lifestyle. Personalizing Your Windows 10 Menu There are several ways to customize your Windows 10 Start menu, you have several options: Resizing Resize your Start menu by clicking, holding, and dragging

What Does a Subject Matter Expert Do, Anyway? SMEs May or May Not Be Instructors Subject matter expertise can be part and parcel of instructing. A K-12 teacher is both an instructor and an expert in their subject (like fifth-grade math); a college professor is often a subject matter expert (SME) first (researcher in genetics) and a teacher second; corporate trainers often spend years in the field and then transition

Accessibility in the News—8/18/17.. Lawsuits can be very effective in bringing about a greater level of disability awareness to the public. GrubHub is certainly more aware of web accessibility requirements now, as is a dentist in Dallas, and anyone of the 275 businesses sued for building access issues. But there are other ways advocates and allies are sounding the call that people with disabilities are integral contributors to our world,

Mobile App Accessibility Pitfalls, Plus an Intro on Testing for Accessibility. By Sanjay Nasta and Paul J. Adam (About the Authors) This article discusses mobile accessibility best practices. It is adapted from the August 2017 issue of Mealey’s™ Litigation Report: Cyber Tech & E-Commerce. Mealey’s is a subscription-based information provider and a division of LexisNexis. Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay S. Nasta and Paul J. Adam.  Any commentary or opinions do not reflect the opinions of

Improve Your PowerPoint Accessibility It’s imperative that you incorporate accessibility best practices into your presentations so everyone, including people with disabilities, has an equal opportunity to benefit from your work. For instance, many with visual impairments commonly use a screen reader. A screen reader will dictate the content you’ve created based on a slide’s reading order. In PowerPoint, the reading order does not necessarily go from top–to–bottom, left–to–right as you

“Upvote” Our SXSW EDU 2018 Workshop: “Online Learning for Everyone! Designing for Access” Friends and partners, we have a chance to present an accessible elearning workshop at the SXSW EDU 2018 Conference and Festival next spring. It’s the SXSW-connected event in Austin for education, training, and professional development. We would very much like to present on how to make online training usable and navigable by those who have disabilities— and

Cropping Images Using Microsoft Word Pictures and illustrations can be an effective way of adding interest or getting your message across. Inserting images can be pictures from a clip art gallery, or files that you have collected over the years. Microsoft Word has lots of great picture editing features, one of which is the crop feature. As the name signifies, this feature lets you cut out a portion of your pictures.

Accessibility in the News—08/04/17 Last week’s federal regulatory announcement effectively put website accessibility rulemaking on hold. But while some bemoan a lack of guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice, groups such as EDUCause are pursuing meeting the digital needs of those with disabilities on a voluntary basis. Furthermore, many say the lack of federal action doesn’t throw out the business, litigation, or human rights justifications for making sites and mobile

Time- and Cost-Effective Ways to Make E-Learning Usable by Everyone Microassist Senior Learning Architect Kevin Gumienny was recently featured in TD Magazine, ATD’s award-winning monthly magazine that covers learning and development industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends. With increasing attention being given to making all digital content usable and navigable to everyone, without excluding those who may want to participate but who have visual, auditory, mobility, or other impairments, Kevin’s article,