115 BYOD: Exploring Accessibility Options in Captivate 2018
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Wednesday, October 24
Tools
Trinidad AB
Adobe Captivate 2017 provides eLearning content creators many interactive tools, but accessibility often takes a back seat to interactivity. In December 2017, a development team was tasked with making a series of interactive presentations accessible to screen readers when they were informed a student with blindness had been enrolled for the upcoming term.
This session will explore how Adobe Captivate interacts with screen readers and how it can provide accessible interactions for students with disabilities. You’ll explore closed captioning, adding accessibility text, and creating a variety of accessible interactions; and you’ll learn about some of the challenges the team faced in converting existing content. You’ll explore the results of those challenges in a screen reader and find out how, with accessibility, you can help equip all learners with an engaging learning experience.
In this session, you will learn:
- Several tips for making your content accessible to learners with vision and hearing impairment
- How to use JAWS and NVDA screen readers to test your content in Adobe Captivate
- About some of the challenges of making Captivate interactions accessible
- About some free tools for testing the accessibility of Captivate files
Audience:
Designers and developers.
Technology discussed in this session:
Adobe Captivate 2017, JAWS screen reader for Windows, and NVDA screen reader for Windows.
Technology required:
PC laptop (or Mac laptop with an installed Windows partition); Adobe Captivate 2018; JAWS screen reader for Windows (offers a free 40-minute-per-session trial); and NVDA screen reader for Windows (free).
Michael Wilday
Manager of Learning Technology Solutions
Los Angeles Pacific University
Mike Wilday, manager of learning technology solutions at Los Angeles Pacific University, has been an innovator and a web and graphic designer for over 20 years. Since 2011, Mike has been working in higher education, applying his love for technology and innovation to the field of eLearning and the development of instructional media at Los Angeles Pacific University. Since 2011, Mike has been the manager of learning technology solutions working to implement innovative and advanced solutions into the learning management system while meeting the needs of learners on their higher education journey.