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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear colleagues: please see below and attached, for an announcement about course accessibility best practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Eva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Eva M. Fernández<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Acting Assistant Provost<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Queens College, City University of New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Mirian Detreshickey
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eva Fernandez <Eva.Fernandez@qc.cuny.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: SSD CATS/MAP Workshop Best Practices on Course Accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> CUNY DSPS Coordinators and Staff Discussion List [<a href="mailto:COSDI-D@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU">mailto:COSDI-D@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Freier, Benami<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:COSDI-D@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU">COSDI-D@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [COSDI] SSD CATS/MAP Workshop Best Practices on Course Accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wed, 26 Oct 2016, 09:11:28
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">If you are available, please join us at QCC for an informative workshop on course accessibility where you will learn how to create accessible course content for your lectures, on-line and hybrid
courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">This workshop will be offered at each of your campuses through CATS/MAP, please coordinate with Shivan Mahabir
<a href="mailto:Shmahabir@qcc.cuny.edu">Shmahabir@qcc.cuny.edu</a> or Tania <a href="mailto:AKalaitzidis@qcc.cuny.edu">
AKalaitzidis@qcc.cuny.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">If you would like to join us at QCC please register for this workshop using the link below and contact Shivan for parking arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ben Freier <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director, QCC Services for Students with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director, CUNY Assistive Technology Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Best Practices on Course Accessibility
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">When:<span style="color:blue"> November 9<sup>th</sup>, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">12:00pm to 2:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Where:<span style="color:blue"> Oakland Dining Hall</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Are your lecture, online, or hybrid classes accessible to all students?
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Join CUNY Assistive Technology Services (CATS) and the Media Accessibility Project (MAP) to learn how to create accessible course
content using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, PDFs, and audio/video content. There will also be an overview of the different types of Assistive Technology student’s use, such as Kurzweil 3000, Dragon Naturally Speaking, JAWS, and ZoomText.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_forms_d_e_1FAIpQLSeL1tV8tuaDbBfRaFXUaLWioyJ6BkFQ3M6wsnbivvFH68syAA_viewform&d=CwMFAg&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=jAPldqBCvt5jALwhV272KUdKjDl_AL_DynHi5eoitPA&m=qGNlb-0T827jkzXVtLtpiDLQRGTtGMLssr-wzolMT6A&s=UEHlCKQDxm-EPBul1EhPCsiLqbDKEYMiXl6Bz76duOs&e="><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please
register for the workshop here.</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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