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<p>Hi CATO members - it might be worth encouraging your council and commission members to sign up for this. When exploring accessibility it's good to start by learning what accessibility entails and how to make council/commission materials accessible! The January
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<p>Please share out (some folks from your councils have approached me asking for the info - I'd rather it come from you or your council/commission chair). </p>
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<p><b style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"; color:#C00000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Due to popular demand, we are adding another section of Accessibility
101 to be offered during the month of December (with “soft” assignment due dates because of finals, grading, holiday festivities, etc.). We have also added additional seats to the January session -
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<p><span style="font-size:16pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">Registration is now open for the
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:16pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dec 5 – Jan 8</span></u></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">session
of </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">This 3-week</span><span style="font-size:14pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> (stretched over 5 weeks)</span><span style="font-size:14pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">,
free, online, asynchronous course is designed for faculty and staff who want to learn simple and quick steps to make materials accessible for people with disabilities and better for all users. Participants do not need to be tech savvy to take this course,
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**A note about this session. Since the training will fall during a time known for holiday chaos, assignment due dates will
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#404040">Jess Thompson</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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