Resources

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Accessible Media Resources

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Closed Captioning Options
Professional Development Opportunities
Specific Software Accessibility Resources
Popular Organizations

Closed Captioning Options

YouTube Subtitles and closed captions: YouTube provides automated captioning. However, it is highly recommended to check the captioning results for accuracy.

NECC has limited access to closed captioning for videos through paid services with 3Play Media and Cielo24.

How to Request Closed Captioning

Refer to the NECC Application Process for Ordering Closed Captioning (PDF)
Send e-mail request to distance@necc.mass.edu

Professional Development Opportunities

Marketing Workshops

Intro to WordPress
Document Uploads
Document replacement/ Basic Accessibility
Document Accessibility
Advanced WordPress: calendar posts
WordPress Advanced Training: custom workshops page
Advanced WordPress training in tables and document
Advanced WordPress training in posts /workshop page
Acrobat Forms Accessibility Pt 1

Center for Instructional Technology & Online Learning

iTeach – accessibility module
Accessibility – self-paced mini-course in Blackboard

Other Offerings

Accessibility Universal Design Online Course
Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators – Portland State
Micro courses – PDF and Office Accessibility
Assistive Technologies – Tech Talk and workshops

Screen Readers

Blackboard Learn has created a Screen Reader Tutorial to provide users who access the application through a screen reader with information to help them use the system successfully.
To view the tutorial, see the Blackboard Learn Screen Reader Tutorial.

Accessibility Concepts

What is OCR? (PDF)
Creating Image Alternative Text (ALT Text) (PDF)

Specific Software Accessibility Resources

Microsoft Windows Accessibility

Windows Accessibility – Resources, Guides, and more.
Windows 10 Accessibility Features

Microsoft Office Accessibility (Tutorials)

Microsoft Office Accessible Templates

Apple Accessibility

Adobe Accessibility

Acrobat Accessibility Resources
Flash Player Enhanced Accessibility
Create and Verify PDF Accessibility (Acrobat Pro) Follow these steps to use Adobe Acrobat to create accessible PDFs, check the accessibility of an existing PDF, and fix accessibility issues in a PDF document.
Accessibility Features in PDFs Accessibility features in Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, and PDF enable people with disabilities to use PDF documents, with or without screen readers, screen magnifiers, and braille printers.
Reading Order Tool for PDFs (Acrobat Pro) The Reading Order tool in Adobe Acrobat provides the easiest and quickest way to fix reading order and basic tagging problems.
Creating Accessible PDFs Concepts, considerations before converting fillable forms, tagged documents and more. Use Adobe Acrobat to tag a PDF. Tagging a PDF file makes significant improvements to the accessibility of the document, providing a mechanism to indicate the reading order and improve navigation, add alternative text for graphics, and enable content reflow for large type display.
Edit PDFs Using Acrobat DC Learn how to edit text, images, and objects in a PDF or scanned PDF. Also, learn what to do if a PDF is password protected or digitally signed.
Edit Scanned PDFs