Practice & Share: Create Accessible Content with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Tools

Are you looking for support and resources on how to create accessible content using Microsoft Office or Google Workspace tools?

Join this workshop to learn how to create accessible content using Word or Docs, PowerPoint or Slides, and Excel or Sheets. Following a brief overview, we will demonstrate how to create accessible content using these productivity tools. 

We recommend participants review the following resources prior to attending: 

1. Create Accessible Content with Microsoft Office training video or slide deck 
2. Create Accessible Content with Google Workspace training video or slide deck 

Participants should plan to come prepared with content to practice and share with peers, such as a Word or Google Docs, PowerPoint or Google Slides, or Excel or Google Sheets. 

Topics:

• Overview and demonstration of how to create accessible content using Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools

• Hands-on practice opportunity with your own content

This session is open to any role at UMBC -- faculty, staff or student. It will be facilitated by Instructional Technology staff Ada Crutchfield, Instructional Design Specialist, and Dr. Ben Amudzi, Instructional Technology Specialist. Open to any role at UMBC -- faculty, staff or student.

To RSVP for the event, please click "Going Virtually" below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will also receive a calendar invitation from the event host at least one week before the event.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

All recordings are posted and available in the Instructional Technology Training Archive.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 10 minutes before the start time. Visit the myUMBC Event post and select the "Join Online Event" button to join the Google Meet session.

Prior to the Event

1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  

2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements to use Google Meet. Learn how to connect your audio & video, change/blur your background, and use reactions. You can also review the accessibility support including live captions. 

Connect with Instructional Technology

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• Check our extensive FAQ collection 
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• Request a consult with instructional technology staff