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<div style="margin-top:12pt;"><font color="#2E74B5">Welcome to the CTCAccess Listserv! </font></div>

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<div><font face="Calibri Light" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The goal of this listserv is to share accessibility related announcements, events, tips/tricks, resources, and success stories to those interested (no matter your role). A newsletter will

be sent to members of the listserv monthly. This newsletter is a digest of posts from the shiny, new <a href="https://accesswa.blog/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>AccessWA blog</u></font></a>. Without further ado, here are January’s top updates and stories. <font face="Wingdings" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">J</span></font>

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<div style="margin-top:18pt;padding-left:36pt;"><font size="3" color="#1F4E79"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/welcome/"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b><u>Introducing

the AccessWA Blog</u></b></span></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="padding-left:36pt;"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Welcome to AccessWA! Educate.</b><b> Advocate. Celebrate.</b><font color="black"> This blog serves as a space for members of the WA higher education

to share and inform their colleagues of practices and opportunities to advance accessibility in our community. We invite you to be part of this community, engage in the posted events/opportunities, and explore features resources in order to deepen your … </font><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/welcome/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Continue

reading</u></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="margin-top:18pt;padding-left:36pt;"><font size="3" color="#1F4E79"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/upcoming-accessibility-101-training/"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b><u>Upcoming

Accessibility 101 Training</u></b></span></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="padding-left:36pt;"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Registration for the February 12 – March 11 session of Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design will be opening Monday, January 22nd.</b><font color="black">

Training Description: This 4-week, 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 … </font><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/upcoming-accessibility-101-training/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Continue

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<div style="margin-top:18pt;padding-left:36pt;"><font size="3" color="#1F4E79"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/lunchtime-webinar-series/"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b><u>Lunchtime

Webinar Series</u></b></span></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="padding-left:36pt;"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Once again, SBCTC is happy to offer a series of lunchtime accessibility webinars.</b><font color="black"> Some will be a repeat from last year

(for those who missed it), others will be new topics based on requests we’ve received since. Mark your calendars! Click on the title of the webinar to read a description of the webinar and … </font><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/lunchtime-webinar-series/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Continue

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<div style="margin-top:18pt;padding-left:36pt;"><font size="3" color="#1F4E79"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/16/success-story-olympic-colleges-swat-team-to-the-rescue/"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b><u>Success

Story: Olympic College’s SWAT Team to the Rescue</u></b></span></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="padding-left:36pt;"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Student Workers + Accessibility Minded Faculty </b><b>+ Ally </b><b>= Success!</b><font color="black"> </font><font color="black">With all 34

community and technical colleges now using Blackboard’s Ally, it’s interesting to learn about the different ways institutions are leveraging this tool to improve accessibility in online courses. Ally integrates into Canvas, flagging accessibility issues, explaining

how to fixing them, and producing an overall course score that can be improved as the issues … </font><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/16/success-story-olympic-colleges-swat-team-to-the-rescue/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Continue reading</u></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="margin-top:18pt;padding-left:36pt;"><font size="3" color="#1F4E79"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/quick-tip/"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b><u>Quick

Tip!</u></b></span></font></a></span></font></div>

<div style="padding-left:36pt;"><font face="Calibri Light" size="3" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Modifying Styles in Word.</b><font color="black"> </font><font color="black">Many people don’t like to use the headings styles in Word because

they don’t like the font, color, and or spacing that is applied when they use the MS Word default styles. Did you know that you can change the look of the headings to match your original document? It’s easy! Simply move the cursor … </font><a href="https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/quick-tip/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Continue

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<div><font size="2" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Jess Thompson</b></span></font></div>

<div><font size="2" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Program Administrator, Accessible Technology Initiatives</span></font></div>

<div><font size="2" color="#404040"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span></font></div>

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