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DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn practical strategies for creating more digital
 ly accessible and inclusive Google Slides presentations!&nbsp\;Date and Ti
 me: September 23 from 11:00–11:55 a.m.&nbsp\;Location: ED 192  or &nbsp\;o
 nline via Zoom&nbsp\;Campus now has a digital accessibility checker for Go
 ogle Slides!&nbsp\;This hybrid workshop will guide faculty and teaching as
 sistants through key accessibility features and best practices in Google S
 lides using Grackle Slides\, an accessibility checking and remediation too
 l. You’ll learn how to create presentations that are easier for everyone t
 o navigate and understand while applying accessibility techniques directly
  to your own slides.&nbsp\;These practices will also help you make progres
 s toward meeting the ADA Title II accessibility requirements that must be 
 in place for all courses by April 2027.&nbsp\;Key takeaways:&nbsp\;Create 
 a clear structure for your slides.&nbsp\;Add meaningful alt text to images
  and other visual content.&nbsp\;Write descriptive link text.&nbsp\;Check 
 color contrast and use readable fonts.&nbsp\;Use Grackle Slides to identif
 y accessibility issues and apply recommended fixes.&nbsp\;Bring a laptop a
 nd a Google Slides presentation to work on during the session.&nbsp\;You w
 ill need to access your presentation using your University of Illinois Goo
 gle account. Learn how to use your university Google account.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Google Slides Grackle Workshop
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 , 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\
 ; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; c
 aret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">Join us to learn practical strate
 gies for creating more digitally accessible and inclusive Google Slides pr
 esentations!&nbsp\;</span></p></div><div><p>Date and Time: September 23 fr
 om 11:00–11:55 a.m.&nbsp\;</p></div><div><p>Location: ED 192  or &nbsp\;<a
  rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://illinois.zoom.us/
 j/82980383221?pwd=2lvg9ru0IyN2WharaJ7kf3b2rxHUW2.1">online via Zoom</a>&nb
 sp\;</p></div><div><p>Campus now has a digital accessibility checker for G
 oogle Slides!&nbsp\;</p></div><div><p>This hybrid workshop will guide facu
 lty and teaching assistants through key accessibility features and best pr
 actices in Google Slides using Grackle Slides\, an accessibility checking 
 and remediation tool. You’ll learn how to create presentations that are ea
 sier for everyone to navigate and understand while applying accessibility 
 techniques directly to your own slides.&nbsp\;</p></div><div><p>These prac
 tices will also help you make progress toward meeting the ADA Title II acc
 essibility requirements that must be in place for all courses by April 202
 7.&nbsp\;</p></div><div><p>Key takeaways:&nbsp\;</p></div><div><ul><li dat
 a-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-list-defn-props="{" data-list
 id="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext=""><p>Create a clear structure f
 or your slides.&nbsp\;</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li data-aria-level="1"
  data-aria-posinset="2" data-list-defn-props="{" data-listid="2" data-font
 ="Symbol" data-leveltext=""><p>Add meaningful alt text to images and othe
 r visual content.&nbsp\;</p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li data-aria-level="
 1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-list-defn-props="{" data-listid="2" data-fo
 nt="Symbol" data-leveltext=""><p>Write descriptive link text.&nbsp\;</p><
 /li></ul></div><div><ul><li data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" dat
 a-list-defn-props="{" data-listid="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="
 "><p>Check color contrast and use readable fonts.&nbsp\;</p></li></ul></di
 v><div><ul><li data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-list-defn-p
 rops="{" data-listid="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext=""><p>Use Grac
 kle Slides to identify accessibility issues and apply recommended fixes.&n
 bsp\;</p></li></ul></div><div><p>Bring a laptop and a Google Slides presen
 tation to work on during the session.&nbsp\;</p></div><div><p>You will nee
 d to access your presentation using your University of Illinois Google acc
 ount. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://answers.u
 illinois.edu/illinois/47599">Learn how to use your university Google accou
 nt</a>.&nbsp\;</p></div>
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