Promoting Accessible Workplaces with Assistive Technology
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Promoting Accessible Workplaces with Assistive Technology
Instructor: Keith Gibson
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How to use assistive technology in popular operating systems and applications, how to create accessible written products and presentations
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Workplaces and educational institutions are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of inclusivity in their forces, and there are significant efforts being made to promote cultures of inclusivity. Despite that, the needs of disabled workers and students remain largely overlooked by a working society of abled persons even though great advances have been made in widely available Assistive Technology. In this course, learners will gain increased awareness of many types of disabilities represented in the workforce and educational institutions. Learners will learn about the Assistive Technology (AT) tools built into Microsoft and Windows products, including screen readers, Immersive Reader, Accessibility Checker, etc. as well as how to instruct in their use. Learners will become proficient in inclusive communication practices in the workplace or classroom by learning to construct accessible written materials and presentations. The course will offer audiovisual storytelling to encourage active learning about a world outside of βabled privilege.β
What's included
24 videos2 readings1 assignment5 discussion prompts
24 videosβ’Total 51 minutes
- Welcome to Promoting Accessible Workplaces With Assistive Technology β’11 minutes
- Lesson: Use Assistive Technology in Popular Browsersβ’3 minutes
- Lesson: Microsoft Edge Assistive Technology Toolsβ’2 minutes
- Use Read Aloud/Immersive Reader Toolβ’4 minutes
- Highlight Lines in Reading Viewβ’1 minute
- Use Keyboard to Web Surfβ’2 minutes
- Enable and Disable High Contrast Modeβ’2 minutes
- Set the Zoomβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Surf the Web with Mozilla Firefox Accessibility Featuresβ’3 minutes
- Explore Firefox with Screen Readers β’2 minutes
- Enable and Explore Reader Viewβ’3 minutes
- Install Captions Add-onsβ’1 minute
- Change the Default Fontβ’1 minute
- Disable a Website's Default Fontsβ’1 minute
- Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Navigateβ’1 minute
- View All Keyboard Shortcuts β’1 minute
- Use Mouse Shortcutsβ’2 minutes
- Use the Autocomplete Listβ’1 minute
- Lesson 3: Surf the Web with Google Chrome Accessibility Featuresβ’2 minutes
- Manage Accessibility Settingsβ’3 minutes
- Adjust Web Content Settingsβ’1 minute
- Set the Default Page Zoomβ’1 minute
- Address Bar Keyboard Shortcutsβ’1 minute
- Use Google Chrome Feature Shortcutsβ’2 minutes
2 readingsβ’Total 4 minutes
- Introductory Materialβ’2 minutes
- Additional Coursera Accessibility Features β’2 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 15 minutes
- Week 1 Review β’15 minutes
5 discussion promptsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff and Mary! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Put It All Together with Jeff: Reflect on Week 1 Lessonsβ’10 minutes
Workplaces and educational institutions are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of inclusivity in their forces, and there are significant efforts being made to promote cultures of inclusivity. Despite that, the needs of disabled workers and students remain largely overlooked by a working society of abled persons even though great advances have been made in widely available Assistive Technology. In this course, learners will gain increased awareness of many types of disabilities represented in the workforce and educational institutions. Learners will learn about the Assistive Technology (AT) tools built into Microsoft and Windows products, including screen readers, Immersive Reader, Accessibility Checker, etc. as well as how to instruct in their use. Learners will become proficient in inclusive communication practices in the workplace or classroom by learning to construct accessible written materials and presentations. The course will offer audiovisual storytelling to encourage active learning about a world outside of βabled privilege.β
What's included
42 videos1 reading1 assignment9 discussion prompts
42 videosβ’Total 73 minutes
- Lesson: AT and Content Consumption in Popular Operating Systemsβ’3 minutes
- Windows 10: Understand Ease of Access Centerβ’1 minute
- Windows 11: Understand Accessibility Center β’3 minutes
- MacOS Monterey - Change the Switch Control Accessibility Preferences β’5 minutes
- Lesson: Voice Control Options in Popular Operating Systemsβ’2 minutes
- Windows 11 - Turn on Speech Recognitionβ’1 minute
- Windows 10 - Train the Computer to Recognize Speechβ’1 minute
- Windows 11 - Add a Speech Recognition Profileβ’1 minute
- MacOS Monterey - Voice Control Overview β’3 minutes
- MacOS Monterey - Use Navigation Commands with Voice Controlβ’1 minute
- MacOS Monterey - Enable Dictation Commandsβ’1 minute
- MacOS Monterey - Sleep and Wake Voice Controlβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Accessible Motor Control Options in Popular Operating Systemsβ’2 minutes
- Windows 11 - Use On-Screen Keyboardβ’2 minutes
- Windows 11 - Use the Hovering Modeβ’1 minute
- Windows 11: Set the Keyboard Accessibility Optionsβ’1 minute
- Windows 10: Set the Mouse Pointer Optionsβ’2 minutes
- Windows 10 - Change How the Mouse Pointer Looksβ’2 minutes
- Windows 10: Make the Mouse Easier to Useβ’1 minute
- Windows 10 - Change How the Mouse Buttons Worksβ’2 minutes
- MacOS Monterey: Change the Switch Control Accessibility Preferences β’3 minutes
- Lesson: Screen Readers in Popular Operating Systemsβ’3 minutes
- Windows 10 - Use Narrator and Visual Notificationsβ’1 minute
- Widows 10 - Set the Narrator Optionsβ’3 minutes
- Windows 11: Change the Narrator's Reading and Interacting Preferencesβ’3 minutes
- Windows 11 - Change the Narrator Voiceβ’2 minutes
- MacOS Monterey - Enable VoiceOver β’2 minutes
- Lesson: Accessible Display Options in Popular Operating Systemsβ’2 minutes
- Windows 10: Make the Computer Easier to Seeβ’1 minute
- Windows 11: Increase or Decrease the Size of Objects and Text on the Screenβ’1 minute
- Windows 11: Turn On High Contrastβ’1 minute
- Windows 11: Use Magnifierβ’1 minute
- MacOS Monterey: Display a Color Filterβ’2 minutes
- MacOS Monterey: Tint the Displayβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Apple iOS 16 Accessibility Featuresβ’3 minutes
- Turn On Sound Recognitionβ’2 minutes
- Set up RTT and TTY Communicationβ’2 minutes
- Turn On Assistive Touchβ’1 minute
- Customize a Focus Modeβ’3 minutes
- Reduce Screen Motionβ’1 minute
- Turn on VoiceOverβ’1 minute
- Adjust the Size of Textβ’1 minute
1 readingβ’Total 2 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’2 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Week 2 Reviewβ’10 minutes
9 discussion promptsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff β’5 minutes
- Journey with Mary!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff and Mary!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Put It All Together with Jeff: Reflect on Week 1 Lessonsβ’10 minutes
What's included
30 videos2 assignments10 discussion prompts
30 videosβ’Total 45 minutes
- Lesson: AT and Content Consumption in Popular Software Programsβ’2 minutes
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in Office 365 Onlineβ’1 minute
- Use Accessibility Features for the Office 365 Portalβ’3 minutes
- O365: View the Accessibility Checkerβ’1 minute
- Outlook Online: Activate or Deactivate Dark Modeβ’1 minute
- Outlook Online: Change the Keyboard Shortcut Configuration Settingsβ’1 minute
- Outlook Online: Request Accessible Content in Outlook Onlineβ’1 minute
- OneDrive Online: Use Immersive Readerβ’2 minutes
- Word Online: Use the Accessibility Modeβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in Teams Desktopβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Teams - Turn on Live Captions in a Call β’1 minute
- Microsoft Teams - Turn on TTY Mode β’1 minute
- Microsoft Teams - View Keyboard Shortcuts β’1 minute
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in PowerPoint Desktopβ’1 minute
- Add Alternative Text to a Pictureβ’1 minute
- Activate or Deactivate Automatic Alt Textβ’1 minute
- Explore the Accessibility Checkerβ’1 minute
- Insert Captions for Video Playback β’2 minutes
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in Other Popular Microsoft Programsβ’1 minute
- Add Alternative Text to a Chartβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Word - Use the Accessibility Checkerβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Word - Add a ScreenTip to a Hyperlinkβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Yammer - Enable the Dark Mode in Yammerβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in Adobe Programsβ’1 minute
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - Use the Accessibility Check Toolβ’3 minutes
- Adobe Reader DC: Set the Options for Screen Readersβ’4 minutes
- Adobe Reader DC: Set the Accessibility Optionsβ’1 minute
- Adobe Reader DC: Set Options for Screen Magnifiersβ’2 minutes
- Adobe Reader DC: Activate the Read Out Loud Toolβ’2 minutes
- Adobe Reader DC: Use Keyboard Shortcuts for Accessibilityβ’2 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 15 minutes
- Week 3 Reviewβ’10 minutes
- Lesson 1, 2, and 3 Reviewβ’5 minutes
10 discussion promptsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff, Mary and Pablo!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff! β’5 minutes
What's included
40 videos3 assignments13 discussion prompts
40 videosβ’Total 59 minutes
- Lesson: Create Accessible Content β’2 minutes
- Lesson: Create Accessible Content in Office 365β’2 minutes
- Check Accessibility in Outlook Onlineβ’1 minute
- Check Accessibility in PowerPoint Onlineβ’1 minute
- Run the Accessibility Checker in Word Onlineβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Sway - Turn On Accessibility View in Swayβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Sway - Add Closed Captions to a Swayβ’1 minute
- Microsoft Stream - Display Video Captionsβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Create Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word Desktopβ’2 minutes
- Change Application Display Optionsβ’1 minute
- Add Alternative Text to a Pictureβ’1 minute
- Add Alternative Text to a Tableβ’1 minute
- Run the Accessibility Checker in the Backgroundβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Create Accessible Presentations in PowerPoint Desktopβ’1 minute
- Activate or Deactivate Automatic Alt Textβ’1 minute
- Change the Make Your Document Accessible To Others Settingsβ’1 minute
- Use the Grayscale Color Filterβ’1 minute
- Design Accessible Slides β’3 minutes
- Insert Captions for Video Playback β’2 minutes
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in Excel Desktopβ’2 minutes
- Use the Accessibility Checkerβ’1 minute
- Specify an Alternative Text Description for an Object on a Web Pageβ’1 minute
- Add Alternative Text to a Chartβ’1 minute
- Add Alternative Text to a SmartArt Graphicβ’1 minute
- Increase the Brightnessβ’1 minute
- Lesson: Make Meetings More Accessible β’2 minutes
- Microsoft Teams - Turn on Live Captions During a Meeting β’1 minute
- Microsoft Teams - Blur the Video Camera Background in a Teams Meeting β’1 minute
- Microsoft Teams - Record a Meeting β’2 minutes
- Zoom - Enable or Disable Closed Captioning β’3 minutes
- Zoom - Turn on Closed Captioning in a Meetingβ’2 minutes
- Lesson: Use Accessibility Features in Google Docs and Adobeβ’1 minute
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - Use the Make Accessible Toolβ’5 minutes
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC: Add Fillable Form Fields and Descriptionsβ’2 minutes
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - Change the Reading Orderβ’1 minute
- Google Docs: Insert a Header or a Footerβ’1 minute
- Google Docs: Insert a Table of Contentsβ’1 minute
- Google Docs: Change Image Contrastβ’1 minute
- Google Docs: Add a Footnote in a Documentβ’1 minute
- Google Docs: Add Page Numbersβ’1 minute
3 assignmentsβ’Total 42 minutes
- Stop and Reflectβ’2 minutes
- Lesson 1-4 Reviewβ’10 minutes
- Final Review: Weeks 1-4β’30 minutes
13 discussion promptsβ’Total 65 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Mary!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff and Mary!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
- Final Journey with Jeff!β’5 minutes
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