{"id":6014,"date":"2021-05-17T08:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T08:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2021-05-19T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:40:02","slug":"accessibility-made-bite-size-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2021\/05\/17\/accessibility-made-bite-size-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility made bite-size"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate the 10th Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a> on the 20th<\/sup> of May, the Digital Learning Team will be providing two weeks of bite-sized blogs dedicated to digital accessibility. The team will be sharing guides, top tips, and links to additional training every day to help you to ensure the resources you are providing for your learners and colleagues are accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we look at the programme lets look at the essential training you need to undertake as part of the College\u2019s initiative to move to a fully inclusive online experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essential Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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All of our curriculum staff are required to complete the Inclusive Classroom Foundation pathway<\/strong> through the Microsoft Education Center. The pathway is broken down into Five one-hour lessons comprising of a series of videos and an online quiz as a learning check. Once complete you will need download and send your MEI certificate <\/a>to the Learning And Development Team – LearningandDevelopmentTeam@loucoll.ac.uk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start The Inclusive Classroom Foundation Pathway<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Accessibility Bite-sized Programme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Week 1<\/strong> – will focus on how you can apply the best practice Top 5 Things To Remember, outlined in our C.H.I.L.L video in the most commonly used Microsoft applications, and will culminate in how you check your document is accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n