Webinars

A collection of free training, information sharing and what’s going on in the field all based on the over arching theme of accessibility and making educational materials accessible. 

 

 
 

First Annual DIAGRAM Report

November 14, 2017 

Presented by:  Charles LaPierre, Benetech and Lisa Wadors, Benetech

PowerPoint slide deck available for download here

Recap of the DIAGRAM Strategic Planning Meeting

July 20, 2017 

Presented by: Jim Allan (Texas School for the Blind and Visually Imparied), Anh Bui (Benetech), Chelsea Cook (Catholic University), Ted Gies (Elsevier), Bryan Gould (WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media), Allen “Gunner” Gunn (Aspiration Tech), Melissa Herzig (Gallaudet University), Kyle Keane (MIT), George Kerscher (DAISY), Charles LaPierre (Benetech), Sue-Ann Ma (Benetech), Emily Moore (University of Colorado Boulder), Elaine Ober (Pearson) and  Amaya Webster (Benetech)

PowerPoint slide deck available for download here

Computer Science For All Through Inclusive Design

March 15, 2017 

Presented by: Andreas Stefik of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Sina Bahram of Prime Access Consulting and Richard Ladner of the University of Washington

PowerPoint slide deck available for download here

You can watch or listen to a closed-captioned recording of the webinar by visiting: https://youtu.be/RYWf1ZxWjTg
or select the play button below

Accessibility Metadata for EPUB and the Web

December 12, 2016

Presented by: Madeleine Rothberg, Senior Subject Matter Expert WGBH/NCAM

PowerPoint slide deck available for download here

You can watch or listen to a closed-captioned recording of the webinar by visiting: https://youtu.be/u4IzKmpmEU0
or select the play button below

 

Introducing DIAGRAM Center +

April 26, 2016

Presented by: Anh Bui, VP Bentech Labs

PowerPoint slide deck available for download here

You can watch or listen to a closed-captioned recording of the webinar by visiting: https://youtu.be/i3KgwJ72v-I
or select the play button below

Building an Accessible Classroom With 3D Printing

December 3, 2015

Presented by Lisa Wadors, Benetech, Kevin Yang, Librarylyna, Abigale Stangl, University of Colorado Boulder, Ting Siu, TVI and Lucia Hasty, TVI
Link to a non-captioned recording of the webinar (35 minutes) https://youtu.be/VPXpKtVGo54 

Accessible Math for Ebooks Using MathML Cloud

July 15, 2015

Presented by Sanders Kleinfeld, O’Reilly Media and Sue-Ann Ma, Benetech

Download the PowerPoint slide deck
Written summary of the webinar Q&A
Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (60 minutes):https://youtu.be/sRQvMb_uUMc

Tactile Graphics with a Voice

February 24, 2015

Presented by Richard Ladner, University of Washington

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Download written summary of Webinar Q & A (Word document) Includes questions and answers we didn’t have time to address during the webinar.

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (60 minutes): http://youtu.be/ZsF_jy4S4wc

New Models for Creating Accessible Interactive Widgets for STEM Learning

August 7, 2014

Presented by Kyle Keane (Wolfram Research) and Madeleine Rothberg (National Center for Accessible Media, WGBH.
Download Powerpoints: New Models for Accessible Interactive Widgets (PPT)
Download Word verson of Powerpoints: New Models for Accessible Interactive Widgets (Word)

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (54 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fULzkhkQyL8

3D Printing for Accessible Educational Materials

April 30, 2014

Presented by Yue-Ting Siu (TVI, Bay Area Unified School Districts; NLCSD Fellowship recipient, and doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley) and Mike Cheverie (TVI, L.A. Unified School District).
A copy of the full research report on which this webinar was based is available here (Word document): 3D Printing for Accessible Materials in Schools (final version)

PowerPoint Slides from this webinar: webinar_3Dprinting

Written summary of webinar Q & A

Handouts:

Links to Resources in the Webinar

3D – Printing – LAB Organic Molecule – Lipid

Phospholipid Bi-Layer – OpenSCAD directions

ColoradoUniversity_ModelingInstructions

VanGerven_CSUN14powerpoint

VanGerven_resourcesheet

Link to a closed-caption recording of this webinar (60 minutes): http://youtu.be/-0TSvNFf8Xw

Accessible Image Sample Book

February 6, 2014

Presented by Suzy Haines (Benetech), Lucia Hasty (Rocky Mountain Braille Associates), Steve Noble (Bridge Multimedia), and Elaine Ober (Pearson), with Geoff Freed, Bryan Gould, and Madeleine Rothberg of the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH.

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Powerpoint Slide Deck for Accessible Image Image Sample Book webinar

Written summary of webinar Q & A: Webinar_QA_6feb2014

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (61 minutes):  http://youtu.be/6iQy9avVNdU

Office Hours with the Image Description Experts

October 24, 2013

Presented by Geoff Freed, Bryan Gould, and Madeleine Rothberg of the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH

Download the Powerpoint slide deck

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (43 mins): http://youtu.be/FqMCyGX3DTo

Tools for Creating Accessible Math

July 18, 2013

Presented by Geoff Freed, WGBH NCAM; Bryan Gould, WGBH NCAM; Steve Noble, Bridge Multimedia

Download the Powerpoint slide deck

Access the Word document with the Q&A for this session or access the HTML version of the Q & A session in HTML. Includes questions and answers we didn’t have time to address during the webinar.

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (59 minutes) http://youtu.be/1hrSK4HJ5d0

Best Practices for Integrating Accessible Images into Ebooks and DTBs

April 25, 2013

Presented by Geoff Freed, WGBH NCAM; Bryan Gould, WGBH NCAM

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Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (79 minutes)  http://youtu.be/IU6FKmZsWdU

Accessible Images: From Creation to End User

January 24, 2013

Presented by Geoff Freed, WGBH NCAM; Bryan Gould, WGBH NCAM; Lucia Hasty, Rocky Mountain Braille Associates

Accessible Images: From Creation to End User Powerpoint slide deck

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (53 minutes) http://youtu.be/dVjWA_Wh4iI

How to Describe Complex Images for Accessibility

October 30, 2012

Presented by Bryan Gould, NCAM

How to Describe Complex Images for Accessibility Powerpoint slide deck

Click here for a written summary of the Q & A session, including answers to questions we didn’t have time to discuss during the webinar.

Link to a closed-caption recording of the webinar (60 minutes) http://youtu.be/oSdz6KZpLjs

Digital Accessible Math Images

July 17, 2012

Presented by Bryan Gould, NCAM

http://youtu.be/UIvDeaQtTTA

Download the Digital Accessible Math Images Powerpoint slide deck.

Ideas that work.The DIAGRAM Center is a Benetech initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Cooperative Agreement #H327B100001). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.

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