“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[…]
READ MORE about Send Us—and Accessible Elearning Development—to SXSW EDU 2018!“E-Learning for All” — A TD Magazine Article
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,[…]
READ MORE about “E-Learning for All” — A TD Magazine ArticleDevelop the Elearning Your Program Deserves—for the Training Results You Want
Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 11 am ET / 10 am CT / 8 am PT | COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR Understand the Skills You Need to Launch a Public Sector Elearning Training Initiative Whether you’re launching a new program at your agency or supporting an ongoing one…or whether your government program is directed to internal teams or an external audience… You need to know that the time invested in training will produce the results you need. Elearning[…]
READ MORE about Develop the Elearning Your Program Deserves—for the Training Results You WantMeet Instructional Designer Brandon Winston [Audio Interview]
Instructional designer Brandon Winston joined the Microassist curriculum development team in May 2016. In roughly three minutes, Brandon gives insight on what an instructional designer does and why he’s so passionate about the process of developing custom training. Interview transcript VIVIAN CULLIPHER: Hi, I’m Vivian Cullipher with Microassist. I’m here with Brandon Winston, one of our newest employees, our newest staff members here at the company, and I just wanted to introduce him[…]
READ MORE about Meet Instructional Designer Brandon Winston [Audio Interview]Welcome to Our Redesigned Website
Welcome to our new look! For almost thirty years, we’ve been dedicated to sharpening skills and teams through talent development, as well as to harnessing ever-evolving technology in purposeful ways. Now, we’re pleased to apply that mindset to our digital presence. We’ve taken advantage of responsive tools and creative design so we can better present ourselves—and our services—to both our community of customers and to new visitors. Microassist was born out[…]
READ MORE about Welcome to Our Redesigned WebsiteDigital Banking: Customer Service and Online Access
How Accessible is Your Banking Website? Whether as executives, technologists, marketers, or even as customers ourselves, we all know that a rewarding online banking experience means that consumers find and use financial services information and products as seamlessly and easily as possible. The more convenient, the better, especially as growing swaths of banking customers opt to ONLY bank online. To deliver on the demand for ever-present, ever-available banking, you analyze customer and[…]
READ MORE about Digital Banking: Customer Service and Online AccessDigital Accessibility Checklist: 10 Critical Elements to Evaluate for Website Accessibility
NOTE: You may download our abbreviated, 2-page accessibility checklist (PDF format, 253 KB) or read on for greater detail on why addressing these areas is important for greater usability and accessibility. A List of 10 Common Pitfalls that Expose Website Owners to ADA Equal Access Litigation Inaccessible websites and applications not only reduce your opportunity to reach a growing segment of the population—they put your organization at legal risk. We’ve written this accessibility checklist[…]
READ MORE about Digital Accessibility Checklist: 10 Critical Elements to Evaluate for Website AccessibilityState Accessibility IT Services Contract Awarded to Microassist
New DIR Accessibility Contract Provides Accessible Websites, Online Training, Applications, Documents, and More. Microassist is pleased to announce it has been awarded contract DIR-TSO-3813: Accessibility IT Services from the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR). This contract will help ensure your software platforms, online content and training, digital documents, and more comply with state accessibility requirements. What Does Microassist’s DIR Accessibility IT Services Contract Provide? Contracted offerings abide by international,[…]
READ MORE about State Accessibility IT Services Contract Awarded to MicroassistMicroassist Team Heads to CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
See You at CSUN! POST-CONFERENCE UPDATE: We’ve created a “backchannel” page of resources, selected tweets, and official event links. Visit our CSUN 2017 Assistive Technology Conference Backchannel to review conference happenings or get a sampling of what others learned. If you find it helpful, please link to it and share with your networks. Microassist is sending three of its top team members to the nation’s premiere accessible technology event, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San[…]
READ MORE about Microassist Team Heads to CSUN Assistive Technology ConferenceIndustry Article Highlights Accessible Banking, Concerns over Legal Risk
Financial services have harnessed technology to usher in ease and convenience for many. But millions of people in the United States alone may not be able to bank online—or at least, not as easily. And that puts banks, credit unions, and other financial services at risk of legal action. As online banking accelerates, so does the need for accessible banking Traditional, in-person banking is becoming a shadow of what it once was, and[…]
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