Accessible Technology On-line Webinar Series*

All Sessions are scheduled from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (90 minute sessions) Central Time Zone(CT). The program is available in the following formats:

  • Streaming Audio via Elluminate Live! webinar platform
  • Real-time Captioning via Elluminate Live! webinar platform

All sessions will have a digital recording of the session archived on this site.

Continuing Education Credits/Certificates

Great Lakes ADA Center is happy to announce a new benefit available to individuals participating in our online webinars and audio conferences. We are now offering University of Illinois continuing education units (UIC-CEUs) for professional development. A 90 minute session would be equivalent to 0.15 CEUs (10 contact hours = 1 CEU). The best news is we are able to offer these at NO CHARGE! Anyone registered and attends the full session is eligible. No partial credit will be granted and we will verify your participation.

June 12, 2012 » 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act

Description coming soon
 
Time:
1:00-2:30PM CT
Speaker:
Jim Tobias, Inclusive Technologies
 
 

August 14, 2012 » Accessibility of Web Authoring Tools

Description coming soon
 
Time:
1:00-2:30PM CT
Speaker:
Jutta Treviranus, Inclusive Design Research Center
 
 

October 9, 2012 » WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

This webinar will provide an overview of web accessibility evaluation and how the WAVE tool (http://wave.webaim.org/) can facilitate human evaluation. The WAVE tool is a popular and powerful accessibility evaluation tool that provides easy-to-use feedback on the accessibility of web content for people with disabilities.
 
Time:
1:00-2:30PM CT
Speaker:
Jared Smith, WebAIM
 
 

December 11, 2012 » Mobile Accessibility - The Status of Accessibility in Mobile Devices

Description coming soon
 
Time:
1:00-2:30PM CT
Speaker:
Mobile Manufacturers' Forum
 
 

Past Sessions

February 14, 2012 » Making Tactile Graphics

Tactile graphics is one area where, in spite of all the changes and advances in the technology used to produce them, very little has been automated or even greatly simplified; yet they offer unique advantages. Clara van Gerven of the National Federation of the Blind will provide insight into the creation of tactile graphics, which graphics are most suitable for conversion into a tactile format and also give us a sneak peek at the state of 3-D printers.
 
Time:
1:00-2:30PM CT
Speaker:
 
 

April 10, 2012 » Improving the Web Accessibility Game Plan

In the seminar improving the Accessibility Game Plan, Karl Groves will provide an overview of the challenges the accessibility community faces when trying to advance the cause of accessibility outside our own friendly circle. Additionally, he’ll discuss potential solutions to those challenges and ways to get buy-in from others.
 
Time:
1:00-2:30PM CT
Speaker:
Karl Grove, Deque Systems
 
 
 
 
 

The ADA Audio Conference Series is Coordinated by the Great Lakes ADA Center. For assistance with any of our conferences contact us at (877) ADA - 1990 or (877) 232 - 1990 (V/TTY). We reserve the right to cancel sessions at any time without notice. A full refund will be provided for all paid sessions should the sessions be cancelled.