EASI 4-part, fee-based Webinar Series: Streaming More Accessible Multimedia Tuesdays July 10,17,24 and 31 Times: 11 AM Pacific, Noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern This series is fee-based, but they are free to EASI Annual Webinar members. Registration details are at the bottom of this announcement. Besides watching 4 hour-long Webinars during July, participants will be provided with assignments for each week to do hands-on practice based on the Webinar content. Week 1: Making audio presentations more accessible This will have the participants downloading the open-source software, Audacity, and learn creating audio and also basic editing. Creating audio using a micand importing pre-recorded audio Removing part of a recording and pasting in new content Mixing a music track with a talking track Fading in and fading out Raising and lowering the track gain ading other sound effects Week 2: making multimedia with Powerpoint Creating a narrated PowerPoint with the user having control of the display Creating a narrated PowerPoint designed to stream like a movy Using the Lecshare wizard to add narration and captions to a Web version of PowerPoint with the user controling its display Using the wizard to create a web-based movy with narration and captions Week 3: Making accessible videos using Camtasia (Participants who do not have Camtasia can download a 30-day demo.) Understand the features of Camtasia Import a video made by a digital video camera or use a sample video provided to Webinar participants Planning foreground and background to improve accessibility Planning the script to facilitate users with visual impairments Week 4: Posting accessible video to Youtube. How to upload a video to Youtube Learning the accessibility tools in Youtube How to edit the transcript and captions created by Youtube EASI Annual Webinar members should register from the member-only page at: http://easi.cc/member/ Non-member registration is $225 for the series. The link below will let you register and pay using a PO, a check or a credit card. Pick the EASI Webinar conference starting July 10: http://easi.cc/ A limited number of EASI scholarships are also available: http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs [log in to unmask] Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html