This event is a basic introduction on digital accessibility, with a specific focus of Microsoft Word. Our two-part session is aimed at UNLV administrators, faculty, graduate teaching assistants and staff who create as well as maintain documents in Microsoft Word.

Part 1 (1 pm to 2:05 pm):

Participants will be added to Office of Accessibility Resources' Basic Accessibility Course, hosted in WebCampus. This first hour will consist of a cursory overview of course as a group, beginning with the idea of accessibility and continuing with a clarification of terms. The second half-hour will be a demonstration of assistive technologies (AT) as they can be used by students.

Part 2 (2:15 - 4 pm):

A more detailed, step-by-step, demonstration with practice in the correcting ("remediation") of an existing Microsoft Word document to become first an accessible Word document. The second demonstration will be the generation and review of a PDF generated from the remediated Microsoft Word document. The portion of the allotted time is devoted to participants working with the Accessibility Resource Team members to apply the concepts and skills demonstrated