They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What if a learner can not see that picture?  How do they understand the idea?  What if the visual is a complex graphic or map?  How do learners know what they should be thinking about when they interpret the visual?  This workshop will help participants to view visuals as one component in the bigger puzzle of providing content to learners.  Strategies for helping blind and sighted learners navigate the visuals in your course will be presented, along with opportunities to apply those skills to your own course content during the workshop session.      

Do you have PDF documents in your course that are articles from publishers?   Have you ever scanned pages from a book to make sure students did not need to buy the entire book?  Do you create content in a specialized software program and convert it into a PDF to post in your course?  Have you noticed Canvas telling you that PDF documents in your course have issues with them?  If any of these questions pertain to you, this workshop is for you.  This workshop will discuss how to create an accessible PDF document from a software program.  It will also outline some of the common challenges of PDF documents and processes to make them more accessible.   

Do you have PDF documents in your course that are articles from publishers?   Have you ever scanned pages from a book to make sure students did not need to buy the entire book?  Do you create content in a specialized software program and convert it into a PDF to post in your course?  Have you noticed Canvas telling you that PDF documents in your course have issues with them?  If any of these questions pertain to you, this workshop is for you.  This workshop will discuss how to create an accessible PDF document from a software program.  It will also outline some of the common challenges of PDF documents and processes to make them more accessible.