Accessible PowerPoint

Susan Cullen, ITC, Assistive Technology Specialist, Center on Disabilities

Part-Time Faculty, Department of Special Education CSUN;

Randal Cummings, Director, Online Instruction and Religious Studies Faculty CSUN; and special guest Greg Kraus, President, LecShare Inc.

Agenda

• Introductions of Speakers• PowerPoint Accessibility Features• Live LecShare Demo• Questions and Answers

PowerPoint Accessibility Features without Third Party Software

• Using the PowerPoint Slide Layout automatically creates e-text

• Inserting a text box does not create e-text• Inserting pictures or objects will need alt-tags• Creating alt-tags for pictures, objects, and charts still

requires separate steps even when using auto-layout• Frame layout can be confusing to individuals using

Assistive Technology

Outline View Inserted Object Slide Layout

Alternative Text can be added using the format window on the web tab

Save as Webpage

Select “Web Page” Select “Publish”

AIS Toolbar W3C HTML Validator

Validation Report Errors

SensationActivation of sensorineural structures

PerceptionAbility to differentiate between stimuli via the sensory channels and for the brain to give stimuli meaning

Imagery/memory

Symbolization

ConceptualizationAbstraction of ideas, generalization, abstract problem solving, categorical reasoning

Comprehensive frame of reference for information and the sequence and storing of it

Ability to represent experience through language either verbally or nonverbally

Example of a Slide with Animation

Johnson, D.J. & Myklebust, H.R. Learning Disabilities, Grune & Stratton, New York, 1967

Example of a Simple Table

Name Phone Number

Sue X1111

Kate X1111

Name Number Email

1 Sue xxxx xxx@xxx

2 Tom Xxxx Yyyy zzzz xxx@xxx

3

4

Example of a Split Cell Table

LecShare Interface Flags

Need for Alternate Text is displayed in Red with appropriate wording to identify error “Alternate Text Missing”

Select the “Alternate Text Missing” area

Add Alternate Text

Table Accessibility: ID Rows and Columns, Add Table Summary

Title Accessibility: Add Slide Title Text

Passed Validation—Next Step Manual Check

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