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SUMMARY:Microsoft Office Accessibility Basics: Microsoft PowerPoint
DESCRIPTION:Location: Virtual (Zoom).  Will be recorded and posted to the 
 Maryland Libraries Training Academy on Niche.\n\nDescription:\n\nMicrosoft 
 Office softwares like Word\, PowerPoint\, and Excel are some of the most 
 prevalent softwares for creating and editing documents.This session is 
 designed to guide participants in learning how to use style and design 
 tools within PowerPoint to format their documents in accordance with basic 
 accessibility standards. Learn how to confidently evaluate and remediate 
 your PowerPoint documents to meet Title II standards!\n\nLearning 
 Objectives:\n\n\n	Use Powerpoint's Accessibility Checker correctly.\n	Use 
 Powerpoint's design and styling tools to properly format headings\, links\, 
 tables\, images\, and media.\n	Identify the 'do's and 'don't's of 
 Powerpoint-specific special effects like transitions.\n	Properly export 
 Powerpoint files for use in other formats such as PDFs.\n	Translate 
 accessibility pathways in Powerpoint to GSuite correctly.\n	Gain at least 
 two resources to guide those in need of accessibility features in 
 Powerpoint.\n\n\nPresenter:\n\nJack Garrard is the Web Accessibility 
 Specialist for University of Maryland College Park\, with 9 years of 
 experience with digital accessibility in higher education and 4 years at 
 the federal level. He specializes in music braille\, PDF remediation\, and 
 web testing\, with a passion for training others on how to create 
 accessible materials.\n\nCE Contact Hours (Maryland public libraries) = 1 
 hour\n\nZoom captioning will be available. If you require an ASL 
 interpreter or other accommodation for a program\, please contact 
 nini.beegan@maryland.gov with as much notice as possible\, but no later 
 than three weeks before the program date.\n\nThis project is supported in 
 part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library 
 Services and Technology Act administered by the Maryland State Library 
 Agency.
LOCATION:Maryland State Library Agency (MSLA)
ORGANIZER;CN="Nini Beegan":MAILTO:nini.beegan@maryland.gov
CATEGORIES:Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, Technology
CONTACT;CN="Nini Beegan":MAILTO:nini.beegan@maryland.gov
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