Events in August 2026
3rd August 2026
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3rd August 2026The training will cover the basics of the Toolkit usage by faculty and teachers, including:
-Analysis
-Reports
-Content fix wizards
-Alternate content formats.OnlineThis event is only for Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit subscribers. Other registrations will be ignored.
Register4th August 2026
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4th August 2026Providing foundational knowledge in disabilities and digital accessibility helps build momentum in the accessibility project and provide the foundational knowledge about why something is needed.
The workshop introduces the following concepts: Disability and accessibility concepts; Permanent, Temporary & Situational scenarios; The broad usefulness of accessible content; The concept of personas; Examples of approaches in guidance provision; A look at accessibility in general for LMS.
OnlineThis event is only for Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit subscribers. Other registrations will be ignored.
Register6th August 2026
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6th August 2026Taking the concepts of digital accessibility and applying this specifically to building web content is important. These guidelines apply as much to content built in courses in different LMSs as to content built in websites like WordPress. This virtual workshop includes:
- A sample set of personas and examination of the issues they face on the web.
- Recap on key accessibility aspects in content.
- A look at different content editors.
- Key considerations when building Images, Layout, Links, Multimedia, Tables, and Text type content.OnlineThis event is only for Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit subscribers. Other registrations will be ignored.
Register10th August 2026
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10th August 2026Much of the content we create now involves multimedia, Videos, Podcasts, Audio files and images. This workshop brings attendees through the different considerations when creating the different media types, including:
- Introduction to a set of personas and examination of the issues they face using media.
- A look at different types of images, and how to approach ensuring their use is accessible to all.
- A look at audio and video and how video can be added to online courses.
- First steps with Captions, and different ways to create them.OnlineThis event is only for Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit subscribers. Other registrations will be ignored.
Register11th August 2026
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11th August 2026A lot of material created by academic staff and provided to and used by students in online courses tend to be either MS Office documents (Word Document, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint Presentations) or PDF files – which are often printed or exported versions of the office documents.
This session will look at MS Word and PowerPoint (or Google Docs and Google Slides) and how to create better new documents and improve existing documents to provide a better experience for all users. We will also look at some of the other features available in Office 365 (or Google) for users.
OnlineThis event is only for Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit subscribers. Other registrations will be ignored.
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