Webinars for July
EASI
Free Webinar: How Teachers and Students Can Work Together On
The Same Document
In The Canvas (lms)
Presenter:
Stephen Alexander Marositz J.D. Assistive Technology
Specialist Pasedina City
College
Thursday
July 14 at 11 Pacific noon Mountain, 1 Central and 2 Eastern
Alex
uses a screen reader to ollaborate online in Canvas with
students. He will
describe how it works as newer assistive tool developments
enables a teacher or
student to collaborate in creating and editing online content.
EASI
Webinar: Using a Free Screen Reader to Use the Free
Openoffice.org Suite
Presenter:
Norm Coombs Professor emeritus RIT.
Thursday
July 21 at 11 Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 Centraland 2 Eastern
NOTE!
this is moved from July 12!!
NVDA
has grown into a full-fledged and free screen reader. It used
to be the 'poor
person's' screen reader, but now it competes in many
situations with the
commercial screen readers. OpenOffice grew out of StarOffice.
It runs on
several operating systems especially Windows, Linux and the
Mac. The mission of
OpenOffice is to create, as a community, the leading
international office suite
that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all
functionality
and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based
file format.
OpenOffice
Components:
·
Writer:
aword processor similar to
Microsoft Word or WordPerfect.
·
Calc: a
spreadsheet similar to
Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3.
·
Impress:
a presentation program
similar to Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote.
·
Draw: a
vector graphics editor
similar to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office.
·
Math: a
tool for creating and
editing mathematical formulas, similar to Microsoft Equation
Editor.
·
Base: a
database management program
similar to Microsoft Access.
This
Webinar will quickly provide an overview of the OpenOffice
suite of
applications. It will focus primarily on familiarizing
attendees on the main
features and functionality of Writer and focus on its
accessibility for users
with disabilities. It will demonstrate its ability to read
several documents and
to create content in several formats including ePub. When
commercial
applications constantly roll out new versions, users can be
frustrated with
their changes and the need to upgrade. OpenOffice.org does
change to keep up
with technical changes but normally it maintain a standard
look and feel while
keeping current with technical advantages.
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