Overview
Would you like to make reading more accessible for all of your learners? Consider publishing your content in a flexible format that supports the customization needed to meet the needs of today's diverse readers. With EPUB, learners can adjust the text size and depending on the reader application, choose different fonts, change background colors, and more. In this session, you will explore some of the advantages of publishing to the this format, how to acquire and read accessible content with a number of free and low cost tools and how to get started creating your own accessible publications.
Session Content Disclosure: This session will include reference to products from Apple, Google and Microsoft and will reference content resources from Bookshare.Learning Objectives
- Define EPUB and list at least three benefits to choosing EPUB as a reading format for K-12 students.
- Identify at least one source for high-quality EPUB content and use the accessibility features built into devices from Apple, Google and Microsoft to personalized the reading experience for diverse learners.
- Use a new plugin for Microsoft Word to easily convert an accessible Microsoft Word document into an accessible EPUB that can be distributed to students.
Primary Strand
Vision and Hearing Technologies
Secondary Strand
Mainstream & Web Accessible Technologies
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- ADA Coordinator
- Administrators
- AT Specialists
- Alternative Media Specialist
- Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
- Consultants/Trainers
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Disability Services
- Educators
- Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education
- Family Members
- Instructional Technologist
- Media Specialist
- Special Education Educators
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Teachers of the Visually Impaired
- Transition Coordinator
- Visual Impairment Specialists
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Introductory
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Elementary - Secondary (K-12); Higher Education
Content Area
Related Area
Course Schedule
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Online Education CEUs
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Online Education CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
This course was approved by CRCC for CRC CEUs and was included in the ATIA CRC Vision and Hearing Technology Series (2022-2023). This series offering was available from March 7, 2022, through March 6, 2023.
ASHA CE Information: Recorded Session
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: March 1, 2021; This course was offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs. (Introductory level, Related area.)
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: March 31, 2023
Speaker/s:
Luis Perez
National AEM Center for Learning, Technical Assistance Specialist
Biography
Luis Pérez is a technical assistance specialist for the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials at CAST. In this role, he promotes the creation, delivery and use of high quality accessible educational materials and technologies to support equitable learning opportunities for all students. He holds a doctorate in special education and a master’s degree in instructional technology from the University of South Florida. Luis has published three books on accessibility, mobile learning and UDL: Mobile Learning for All (Corwin Press), Dive into UDL (ISTE) and Learning on the Go (CAST Publishing).
Relevant Financial Relationship: YesI receive a salary from the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials at CAST, an Office of Special Education Programs funded technical assistance project. I also receive royalties as an author of two books: Learning on the Go, CAST (2018) and Dive into UDL, ISTE (2018).
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No
Christine Jones, MBA, PLL
Benetech, Associate Director, Global Literacy
Biography
Christine Jones currently leads the literacy-related outreach and support efforts at Benetech, a nonprofit that empowers communities with software for social good and the producer of Bookshare (www.bookshare.org). Since joining Benetech in 2009, Christine has conducted outreach and delivered training in the disability field nationwide, to educators, parents, and students, and has presented at numerous conferences. In her current role as Associate Director of Global Literacy, she interacts regularly with people with disabilities as well as the educators and other professionals who support them. In addition, she partners with state and district education leaders and other organizations to bring about improved outcomes for people of all ages who have disabilities. She has nearly three decades of experience in nonprofit program management, education, and technology marketing. Christine earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. In addition, she is a Leading Edge Certified Professional Learning Leader and a Certified Nonprofit Executive Director.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
I receive a salary from Benetech, a nonprofit organization that is working with publishers to guide them in how to produce content that works for all learners, and that is also the producer of Bookshare, a free ebook library for students who read differently.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No