1. The Accessible Webinar
Katie Fearer & Amy Carney, Alaska State Library

2. Let’s get oriented

3. Your diverse audience Auditory Visual Motor Speech
Cognitive, neurological, learning, vestibular

4. Assistive technology Screen readers (talking and braille)
Screen magnification
Alternative methods of interacting with a computer
Captioning
Video remote interpreting
Alaska Relay

5. A Webex webinar

6. Your event Written & visual content Audio Participant list
Screen share
Activities (whiteboard, hands, polls)
Chat

7. Special challenges of webinars
Lots of windows to navigate
A lot happening at once
Tiny buttons
Screen share, slide deck = streaming video, images
Whiteboard = ?

8. Check your webinar software
Navigation with a screen reader?
Audio signals when stuff happens?
Poll results visible to a screen reader?
Support for live captioning or video remote interpreting?
Keyboard shortcuts for important functions?

9. Accessible Content

10. Your files Meaningful file names Set language
Built in layouts in PowerPoint
Bulleted and numbered lists
Headings in MS Word
Tags in Acrobat

11. Your text Font 28 pt or greater no fancy curvy font
Readable text in Acrobat
Simplicity
Short phrases
White space

12. Color and style Avoid animation and transitions Color High contrast
No meaning - use texture in charts

13. Audiovisual content Alt text for images
Captions for embedded video or audio
Audio description for embedded video

14. Test content Use a screen reader Built in tool in MS products
Built in tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro
Datayze readability analyzer
WebAIM Color Contrast Checker
Repeat when you change format

15. WebAiM Color Contrast Checker

16. Before, during, after

17. Before the webinar Invite accommodation requests
Offer technical support ahead of time
Arrange for captioning
Described & Captioned Media Program list of Captioning Vendors
Provide handouts in alternative formats
Get a facilitator

18. During the webinar Describe features you’ll use Identify shortcuts
Recite slide numbers
Describe images, video, screen share, whiteboard
Go slowly
Monitor and read chat

19. After the webinar
Find someone to caption - Described and Captioned Media Program: List of Captioning Service Vendors
Do it yourself yourself
CADET
Amara
Create transcript

20. Don’t let it end here
Be a champion of accessibility

21. My sources
Carney, Amy: Creating Accessible Webinars, a WebJunction Webinar
Digital Library Federation: Guide to Creating Accessible Presentations
Vera Institute of Justice: Planning and Hosting Accessible Webinars
Bischoff, Ashley: Plain Language for Better Accessibility
W3C, Web Accessibility Initiative: Diversity of Web Users

22. Resources: Accessible PowerPoint, MS Word Docs, PDFs
Adobe: Creating Accessible PDF’s
Adobe: Create and Verify PDF Accessibility (Acrobat Pro)
Microsoft: Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible
Microsoft: Make Your Word Documents Accessible
WebAIM: PDF Accessibility
WebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility
WebAIM: Microsoft Word, Creating Accessible Documents

23. Resources: Accessible content
Axess Lab: Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide
Datayze: Readability Analyzer
Minnesota IT Services: Accessibility Quick Cards
WebAIM: Color Contrast Checker
Plain Language Action and Information Network

24. Resources: Captioning and sign language interpretation
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Described and Captioned Media Program: List of Captioning Service Vendors
For do-it-yourself captioning
CADET
Amara

25. Contact me library.alaska.gov
Katie Fearer Alaska State Library
library.alaska.gov