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.
Previous Webinars:
- Born Accessible: Global Certified Accessible
- First Annual DIAGRAM Report
- Recap of the DIAGRAM Strategic Planning Meeting
- Computer Science For All Through Inclusive Design
- Accessibility Metadata for EPUB and the Web
- Introducing DIAGRAM Center +
- Building an Accessible Classroom With 3D Printing
- Accessible Math for Ebooks Using MathML Cloud
- Tactile Graphics with a Voice
- New Models for Creating Accessible Interactive Widgets for STEM Learning
- 3D Printing for Accessible Educational Materials
- Accessible Image Sample Book
- Office Hours with the Image Description Experts
- Tools for Creating Accessible Math
- Best Practices for Integrating Accessible Images into Ebooks and DTBs
- Accessible Images: From Creation to End User
- How to Describe Complex Images for Accessibility
- Digital Accessible Math Images
Born Accessible: Global Certified Accessible
December 14, 2017
Presented by: Charles LaPierre, Technical Lead for Born Accessible and the DIAGRAM Center and Robin Seaman, Director of Content Acquisitions, Benetech
PowerPoint slide deck available for download here
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
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
Download the Powerpoint slide deck
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
Download the Digital Accessible Math Images Powerpoint slide deck.
