BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Title: Making PowerPoint Accessible: A Workshop for Facul ty\, TAs\, and StaffZoom Link: \;https://illinois.zoom.us/j/8252732121 2?pwd=HtLbOpp1Tn0cPw3qH6YVUzDiGUxMSp.1 \;Event Description:Join us for an interactive workshop designed to help College of Education faculty\, t eaching assistants\, and staff create and edit accessible Microsoft PowerP oint presentations. Whether you use Windows or Mac\, this session will pro vide essential strategies for ensuring your slides are inclusive for all s tudents\, including those who rely on assistive technologies.Session Highl ights:Evaluate Slide Accessibility – Learn how to assess and improve the a ccessibility of your PowerPoint presentations.Apply Slide Structure &\; Layouts – Use accessible slide layouts\, headings\, and lists to enhance readability and screen reader compatibility.Create Meaningful Hyperlinks – Improve navigation with clear and descriptive link text.Add Alternative T ext for Visuals – Ensure images\, charts\, and graphs are accessible with properly formatted alternative text.Enhance Slide Properties – Apply title s\, metadata\, and other document properties to improve accessibility and organization.Utilize Accessibility Tools – Explore PowerPoint’s built-in a ccessibility checker and best practices for color contrast.Learning Outcom es:By the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to:✔ Assess the accessibility of PowerPoint slides and make necessary improvements.✔ Appl y accessible slide structures and properties.✔ Use PowerPoint’s accessibil ity tools to create presentations that meet the needs of all learners.&nbs p\;This workshop is designed for faculty\, teaching assistants\, and staff who wish to make their course or work materials more accessible and provi de equitable learning experiences for everyone. Join us in person or virtu ally to enhance your knowledge and skills in accessible document creation.  \;If you cannot make the event recordings of all trainings are availa ble online in Media Space here: \;https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/chan nel/Education%2BBuilding%2BAccessible%2BCourses/359240392. \; DTEND:20250312T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260611T070407Z DTSTART:20250312T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Making PowerPoint Accessible: A Workshop for Faculty\, TAs\, and St aff UID:RFCALITEM639167402472029191 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Event Title: Making PowerP oint Accessible: A Workshop for Faculty\, TAs\, and Staff

Zo om Link: \;https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82527321212 ?pwd=HtLbOpp1Tn0cPw3qH6YVUzDiGUxMSp.1

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Event Description:

Join us for an inte ractive workshop designed to help College of Education faculty\, teaching assistants\, and staff create and edit accessible Microsoft PowerPoint pre sentations. Whether you use Windows or Mac\, this session will provide ess ential strategies for ensuring your slides are inclusive for all students\ , including those who rely on assistive technologies.

Session Highlig hts:

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to:
✔ Assess the accessibility of PowerPoint slides and ma ke necessary improvements.
✔ Apply ac cessible slide structures and properties.
✔ Use PowerPoint’s accessibility tools to create presentations that m eet the needs of all learners.

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This workshop is design ed for faculty\, teaching assistants\, and staff who wish to make their co urse or work materials more accessible and provide equitable learning expe riences for everyone. Join us in person or virtually to enhance your knowl edge and skills in accessible document creation.

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If yo u cannot make the event recordings of all trainings are available online i n Media Space here: \;https://m ediaspace.illinois.edu/channel/Education%2BBuilding%2BAccessible%2BCourses /359240392. \;

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