[Ctcaccess] January Newsletter [CTCAccess]

[Jess Thompson]

Welcome to the CTCAccess Listserv!

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 AccessWA blog<https://accesswa.blog/>. Without further ado, here are January's top updates and stories. :)

      Introducing the AccessWA Blog<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/welcome/>
      Welcome to AccessWA! Educate. Advocate. Celebrate. 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 ... Continue reading<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/welcome/>

      Upcoming Accessibility 101 Training<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/upcoming-accessibility-101-training/>
      Registration for the February 12 - March 11 session of Accessibility 101: The Basics of Inclusive Design will be opening Monday, January 22nd. 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 ... Continue reading<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/upcoming-accessibility-101-training/>

      Lunchtime Webinar Series<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/lunchtime-webinar-series/>
      Once again, SBCTC is happy to offer a series of lunchtime accessibility webinars. 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 ... Continue reading <https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/lunchtime-webinar-series/>

      Success Story: Olympic College's SWAT Team to the Rescue<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/16/success-story-olympic-colleges-swat-team-to-the-rescue/>
      Student Workers + Accessibility Minded Faculty + Ally = Success! 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 ... Continue reading<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/16/success-story-olympic-colleges-swat-team-to-the-rescue/>

      Quick Tip!<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/quick-tip/>
      Modifying Styles in Word. 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 ... Continue reading<https://accesswa.blog/2018/01/15/quick-tip/>


Jess Thompson
Program Administrator, Accessible Technology Initiatives
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504
p: 360.704.4327|c: 253.229.8591
jess.thompson at sbctc.edu<mailto:jess.thompson at sbctc.edu> | www.sbctc.edu<http://www.sbctc.edu/> |https://accesswa.blog/
Current Projects<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KXjxctpTAa2R06iRksMrjaeiCkphAJzqkwX-awvJh9g/edit?usp=sharing>

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