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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>You can</span><span style="font-weight:700"> </span><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/training-registration.aspx"><span style="color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">register
for the Micro Courses </span></a><span>via the </span><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/training-registration.aspx"><span style="color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">SBCTC
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>The Training Registration page also provides a link where you can preview the lessons through the Library of Accessible Resources. We are still working to update the PDF content in
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o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 11, 2021 2:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cato@lists.ctc.edu <cato@lists.ctc.edu><br>
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<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px">I'm excited to announce that the<a href="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1781777/pages/overview-and-objectives-pdf-i" title="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1781777/pages/overview-and-objectives-pdf-i" style="margin:0px"><b><span> </span>PDF
Accessibility Module</b></a><span> </span>within the Accessibility Micro Course series is back online and available again! SBCTC worked hard to update the module and implement changes that would improve the user experience.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">After much consideration and consistent feedback from participants, we redesigned the module so that you can learn and review core
PDF accessibility concepts<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"><u>without needing immediate access to paid software</u></span><span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">.</span></div>
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invite you to explore all the<span> </span><a href="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1781777" title="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1781777" style="margin:0px"><b>Accessibility Micro Courses</b></a><span> </span>including the refreshed<b><a href="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1781777/pages/overview-and-objectives-pdf-i" title="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1781777/pages/overview-and-objectives-pdf-i" style="margin:0px"><span> </span>PDF
module.</a> </b></span></span></span><br>
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<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(0,32,96)">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0px"><u><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">molsson@sbctc.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span> </span>•
o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187</span></p>
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Twitter:<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px">@SBCTCWashington</a><span> </span>• Facebook:<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px">@WASBCTC</a></span></p>
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