Conference
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Millennium Harvest House, Boulder
| 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | |
| Canyon | Ajax and Web Accessibility, Dennis Lembree |
| Millennium Lab | 
[DAISY] Using
the 'Save as DAISY' plug-in to create Accessible Content,
Sam Ogami, CSU-Chancellor's Office, Jayme Johnson, HTCTU |
| Sugarloaf | [LEGAL] Legal
Issues - Section 508 and Higher Education, Debra Buck,
Executive Director, ATAP & Ken Nakata, Bayfirst Solutions,
LLC (double session - ends at 10:15) |
| Flagstaff/Trailridge | [BRAILLE] Lab: OCR, Microsoft Word, and Braille Delivery, Susan Christensen (2- hr session) |
| Living room |
Report
on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Cyber-Community "Summit" Regarding
Communication Support at the Postsecondary Level, Bill
Clymer |
| 231 | Bookshare.org Support for Post-secondary Students: helping students in higher education get the books they need, on time, in accessible formats, Lisa Friendly, Benetech |
| 9:00 a.m. | Break |
| Century Room | Exhibit Hall Opens |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | |
| Canyon |
Taming a 5,000
Pound Gorilla - How the CSU is training thousands of staff and
faculty on accessibility, Jean Wells, CSU (California
State University) |
| Millennium Lab | [ATHEN] Lab: Accessible PDF Forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer, Sean Keegan, HTCTU (2 hr session - ends at 10:00) |
| Living Room | [Vendor/HiSoftware] Building a Holistic Web Accessibility Program, Tammy Cosseboom, HiSoftware |
| 231 |
[Vendor/Freedom Scientific] I
Can See Russia from My House with JAWS & Magic - (aka. Classroom
& Internet Solutions with FS products), Eric Damery Session, Freedom Scientific |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Half-Hour Sessions |
| Canyon |
Conversion
of American Japanese language textbooks to Braille,
Teresa Haven, Arizona State University (.5 hr session - ends at
11:00) |
| Sugarloaf | Demonstration of MagniTalk and Dragon Naturally Speaking, Denise Roberts, WesTAC/Assistive Technology Partners [ends at 11:00] |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | One-Hour Sessions |
| Living Room | NFB NonVisual Access Certification, Anne Taylor, National Federation of the Blind |
| 231 | Screen Reading on the MacBook Air: An Overview, Karen McCall, Karlen Communications |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Visit Exhibit Hall |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Keynote Luncheon - Jason Regier |
| 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | |
| Millennium Lab | Lab: Functional Accessibility Evaluation of Web 2.0 Applications, Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois (2 hr session) |
| 331 | [EASI] Accessible Online Forms - Scott McDaniel, SurveyGizmo (vendor session) |
| Living room |
[EASI] Accessibility
Trends in Libraries: Websites and Databases Revisted,
Axel Schmetzke, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Suzanne
L. Byerley, UCCS |
| 231 | [ATHEN] Captivate and Camtasia: Accessibility and Screen-Recording Applications, Sean Keegan, HTCTU |
| Flatirons | [Vendor/TextHelp] The Power of Read & Write GOLD - Literacy & Mathematics., Mo Doherty, TextHelp Systems Inc. |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Canyon | Wounded Warriors in Transition, Jim Long, U.S. Dept. of Education, OCR |
| Sugarloaf |
[ATHEN] Selecting
Software for Students with Learning Disabilities, Jayme
Johnson, HTCTU |
| Flagstaff/Trailridge |
Demonstration: A
Practical Hands-on How-To Guide for Dragon Naturally Speaking,
Wink Harner, Disability Resources & Services |
| Living Room | [ATHEN] DO-IT Video Search: A Case Study in Accessible Multimedia, Terry Thompson, DO-IT,University of Washington |
| 231 | Assisting and Accommodating Struggling Students using WYNN 5.10, Elaine Huot, Success Stream Learning |
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Exhibit-Hall Reception |
| Century Room | Hors d'oeuvres in Exhibit Area |
| 6:30 p.m. | ATHEN Meeting (Sugarloaf) |
| Access Technologies Higher
Education Network is a professional association and network
for Access Technologists in Higher Education. The purpose of ATHEN
is to collect and disseminate best practices in access technology
in the higher education environment as well as present a collective
voice for the professional practice of access technology in higher
education. This meeting is open to both members and non-members. Join our meeting and learn about the benefits of ATHEN membership. |
|
| 7:00 p.m. | Film: Blindsight |
| Muenzinger Auditorium, CU campus ($5
fee payable by cash or check at the door) Transportation
provided to and from campus. Meet in hotel lobby at
6:15 p.m. |
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Conference
Friday, November 14, 2008
Millennium Harvest House, Boulder
| 7:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. | Checkin/Info |
| 8:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | |
| Century Room - Exhibit Hall | 8:00 - Exhibit hall opens |
| Canyon | World caption tool to the Rescue, Alice Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Millennium Lab | Lab: Alt Format the Dolphin Way, Ron Stewart, AHEAD (2 hr session) |
| Flagstaff/Trailridge |
Stabilizing
the Concepts of Digital and Access within Research and Education,
Daniel Berkowitz, Digilife Media |
| Sugarloaf |
Developing
Accessible Online Math and Science Courses, Gail Burchfiel,
LEARN NC, Saroj Primlani, NC State University |
| Living Room | A Case Study of Implementing Website Accessibility at a University, Kevin Price, UIC & Janet Peters, Great Lakes ADA Center, UIC |
| 231 | Math and Science Accessibility: Kindergarten to Rocket Science, John Gardner, ViewPlus Technology |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | |
| Canyon | Alt-Format Production – One Campus’ Solution, Susan Kelmer, St. Louis Comm. College (1.75 hr session - ends at 11:00) |
| Sugarloaf | Panel: Accessibility of Learning Management Systems. In this panel discussion representatives from Blackboard and Desire2Learn, along with their respective collaboration partners from higher education institutions, will discuss their views of accessibility, the current state of accessibility in their products, how they integrate accessibility into the design process, their short- and long-range access goals, and the role of collaboration in improving access of Learning Management Systems. The panel is joined by a representative from the California State Universities Chancellor's Office, who will discuss CSU's recent evaluations of 5 learning management systems. Hadi Rangin, Web Design & Accessibility Specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Ken Petri, Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center, Ohio State University, Sandra Earl, Usability Specialist, Desire2Learn, Terry Thompson, AccessIT/DO-IT, The University of Washington, John Dennett, Academic Solutions Engineer, Blackboard, Deborah Kaplan, Director, Accessible Technology Initative, Ohio State University (1.75 hr session - ends at 11:00) |
| Flagstaff/Trailridge | Lab: Evaluating Web Accessibility Without a Screen Reader, Jon Whiting & Aaron Andersen, WebAIM (1.75 hr session - ends at 11:00) |
| Living Room | Powerful Access to the Internet Using WYNN 5.1, Steve Boyle, Freedom Scientific Learning Systems Group |
| 231 | Tactile Graphics: Content-Rich and User Friendly, Lucia Hasty, Bana [2-hr session -- ends at 11:15] |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | |
| Millennium Lab |
[Vendor/Freedom Scientific] I
Can See Russia from My House with JAWS & Magic - (aka. Classroom
& Internet Solutions with FS products), Eric Damery Session, Freedom Scientific |
| Living Room | New Media Types Are Proliferating; Is Captioning Keeping Up?, Kevin Erler, Automatic Sync Technologies |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Visit Exhibit Hall |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon Panel -- "From the Battlefield to the Classroom: Accommodating Verterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars," moderated by Dennis Stone, TecAccess |
| 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | |
| Millennium Lab | Lab: Universal Document Design: Capitalizing on the Accessibility Features in Microsoft Office 2007, Laurie McDonald (double session -- ends at 4:30) |
| 331 |
Using a Rubric to
Evaluate Web Applications for Accessibility, Lisa Fiedor
& Saroj Primlani |
| Living Room | [EASI] TransformingLegacy Systems: Promoting Accessible Library Information System Design Using the ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2005 (DAISY) Standard, Mary J. Barnett |
| 231 |
Marketing Accessibility and Universal Design in Higher Education, Ellen Perlow, Texas Woman's University |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Canyon | Building Accessible Websites Using MOSS 2007 and the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint, Dana Simberkoff, HiSoftware |
| Flatirons/Trailridge |
Raising
Awareness of Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning on
a University Campus, Lisa Fiedor, NC State U. |
| Living Room | Alternative Text Formats in the Context of a Textbook Rental Program, Lance Alexis, Western Carolina University |
| 231 |
[ATHEN]
iTunes U Accessibility Evaluation, Joe Humbert, Indiana
University |
