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2017 AHEAD Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference
Conference schedule and locations - final room locations coming soon
Wed., Nov. 15 | Track A: location TBA | Wed., Nov. 15 | Track B: location TBA |
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| 10:00 - 11:15 am | Tips and Tricks for Accessible PDFs | 10:00 - 11:00 am | Low-cost, system-wide web accessibility evaluations |
| | | 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Intro to Audio Description |
| 1:15 am - 2:15 pm | Comparing WCAG 2.0 to PDF/UA: Understanding the Standards and Mitigating Risk | 1:15 - 2:15 pm | A training program for simple manual evaluation of websites and the use of automated testing tools - a blended approach |
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| 4:15 - 6:30 pm | Audio Description in Higher Education | 4:15 - 5:15 pm | Extreme Accessibility |
| | | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | Ally: Accessibility training, and remediation, and tracking. Oh my! |
Thurs., Nov. 16 | Track A: location TBA | Thurs., Nov. 16 | Track B: location TBA |
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| 10:00 am - 12:15 pm | The Power of Collective Negotiation: How can universities work together to require accessible vendor products? | 10:00 - 11:00 am | Teaching the creation of accessible educational materials through an e-learning course |
| | | 11:15 am -12:15 pm | Balanced Automated Scanning, Manual Testing and Assistive Technology for Successful Website Accessibility Testing |
| 4:15 - 7:00 pm | What's new in Acrobat | 4:15 - 5:15 pm | Developing Faculty who are Accessibility Champions |
| | | 6:00 - 7:00 pm | How much accessibility testing do I really need to do? |
| 9:15 - 10:30 pm | Keynote: Me and my iPad: How Technology is Helping Me Beat Blindness | | |
Friday, Nov. 17 | Track A: location TBA | Friday, Nov. 17 | Track B: location TBA |
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| 11:15 am -12:15 pm | Section 508 Refresh | 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Taking the "Alt" out of Alternate Media: Converting instructional materials into accessible formats for all students |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Advancing the Accessibility Profession in Higher Education | 12:30 - 1:30 pm | The Question Still Remains: How Do I Know You Know Accessibility? |
| 1:45 - 2:45 pm | ePUB versus PDF: ePUB is the new standard for accessible ebooks | 1:45 - 2:45 pm | It Takes a Village: Utilizing People, Systems, and Technology to Scale Online Course Accessibility |