{"id":34634,"date":"2016-11-18T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=34634"},"modified":"2016-11-18T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T21:54:05","slug":"gcpd-announces-free-accessibility-tutorials-for-ms-office-20132016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/11\/18\/gcpd-announces-free-accessibility-tutorials-for-ms-office-20132016\/","title":{"rendered":"GCPD Announces Free Accessibility Tutorials for MS Office 2013\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

GCPD Announces Free Accessibility Tutorials for MS Office 2013\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The award-winning Accessibility Video Tutorials hosted by the Texas Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities website are now updated for MS Office 2013 and 2016. View the training videos at http:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/disabilities\/accessibledocs. The site includes an updated Accessibility \u2013 Productivity Toolbar that puts the most common accessibility tasks on a single ribbon.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/disabilities\/accessibledocs<\/a><\/p>\n

Download ZIP file from GCPD server here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYxMTE4LjY2NTMxMzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MTExOC42NjUzMTM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzkyMTQ5JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z3JhbnRsYWlyZGpyQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9Z3JhbnRsYWlyZGpyQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&102&&&http:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/files\/disabilities\/accessdocs\/Word2013-2016Productivity.zip<\/a><\/p>\n

The Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities is proud to host these learning modules on making Microsoft Office documents accessible to people with disabilities. Accessible documents are more usable for everyone, not just people with disabilities because they work better across all web browsers, computer systems, and other devices. Creating accessible MS Office documents ensures Texas agencies meet their legal obligation for effective communication to people with disabilities while their staff members learn new skills to improve their efficiency and productivity with common MS Office computer tasks. GCPD Executive Director Ron Lucey remarked \u201cThis interagency collaboration demonstrates once again Texas government works best when Texas agencies work together in partnership to serve all Texans. I congratulate our agency partners for producing an effective resource that will meet the accessibility training needs of our state\u2019s workforce. We encourage widespread use of these modules by all public and private entities.\u201d<\/p>\n

A group of Texas state agency accessibility experts spent much of their summer creating the new tutorials, which are based on the previous MS Office 2010 videos. The loosely organized committee was made up of fifteen state employees from seven agencies). The agencies represented are the lead agency, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) with participation by the Department of State health Services (DSHS) and the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), and the Texas Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities (GCPD).<\/p>\n

In 2013, a similar group created a set of video tutorials to help people create more accessible documents using Microsoft Office 2010. The concept was to offer enough information for the audience to complete the task at hand, rather than a comprehensive presentation that would be time-consuming. The idea was well-received and each of the modules has been viewed thousands of times by an international audience. The Office 2010 version was awarded the Federal Communications Commission 2014 Chairman\u2019s AAA Award for innovation.<\/p>\n

The multi-agency staff who developed the Accessible Tutorial videos include the following:<\/p>\n

Buddy Allison (TCEQ) \u2013 committee chair, video production
\nElizabeth Brasher (TCEQ) \u2013 scripts, narration and video production
\nKelly Chandler (TCEQ) \u2013 narration and video production
\nDenise Garza Wasner (TCEQ) \u2013 narration and video production
\nTabitha Martin (TCEQ) \u2013 narration
\nJohn Tate (TCEQ) \u2013 narration
\nKen Bodden (HHSC) \u2013 audio production
\nDavid Dauber (HHSC) \u2013 video production
\nMichael Moore (HHSC) \u2013 subject matter expert
\nPaul Nixon (HHSC) \u2013 narration
\nRichard Steinberg (HHSC-DSHS) \u2013 video production
\nCliff Tyllick (HHSC-DADS) \u2013 scripts and narration
\nDan Kinnunin (TWC) \u2013 subject matter expert
\nJim Allan (TSBVI) \u2013 subject matter expert, narration
\nRon Lucey (GCPD) \u2013 web oversight
\nFor questions or comments, contact GCPD at GCPD@gov.texas.gov.<\/p>\n

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GCPD Announces Free Accessibility Tutorials for MS Office 2013\/2016 The award-winning Accessibility Video Tutorials hosted by the Texas Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities website are now updated for MS Office 2013 and 2016. View the training videos at http:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/disabilities\/accessibledocs.…<\/p>\n

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