Save the Date: Thursday, Aug. 31 Webinar: ADA Compliance with Athletic Videos & Websites
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WEBINAR: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance: Addressing Athletic Video and Website Issues
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Time: Noon ET / 11 am CT / 10 am MT / 9 am PT
Presenters
- Nick Guerriero, American University Assistant Director of Athletic Communication
CoSIDA Continuing Education Committee vice-chair
nickg@american.edu - Imry Halevi, Harvard University Director of Multimedia and Production
ihalevi@fas.harvard.edu - Doug Dull, American University Assistant AD- Communications
ddull@american.edu
Moderator
Clark Teuscher, North Central College Sports Information Director
Continuing Education Committee Chair
ccteuscher@noctrl.edu
Webinar registration (free): https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1891713439133379841
Simply put, ADA compliance is assuring your website falls within a set of prescribed accessibility standards. Many athletic departments are now working on these ADA issues to ensure their websites and videos are in compliance and are working through the various tasks and be able to communicate how these changes will positively affect the user experience. Join the discussion with the presenters on this subject. Imry Halevi from Harvard to talk about what Harvard is doing to help with closed captioning on broadcasts and American University's Doug Dull and Nick Guerriero will discuss what they are doing from a website point of view.
LINKS:
- 5 Steps To Make Sure Your Website Is ADA Compliant LINK
- Good Resource About Section 508 (requiring electronic and information technology be accessible to people with disabilities): http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm
- Online Accessibility Course: https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-Acrobat-DC/372675-2.html
- Create Accessible PDFs through Acrobat Pro: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/create-verify-pdf-accessibility.html
- http://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/
- Creating Accessible Documents: http://webaim.org/techniques/word/
QUESTIONS? Please ask your questions throughout the webinar and they will be answered. Also, if you have questions in advance, send them to Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Director of Professional Development and External Affairs (barbkowal@cosida.com) and they will be forwarded to the presenters.
Can't Join Live? Access The On-Demand Webinar and ASAP Transcript
ASAP Sports provide a full transcript which will be available after the call; the webinar also will be on-demand and available in the CoSIDA Connect online membership community on the evening after the webinar. Please see the "Resource Library" link off the main home page to access all of our continuing ed on-demand offerings.