Presenter: Suzanne Wakim & Karen Crozer
Description:Are your documents accessible? Bring them with you and find out! Learn about what makes a documentaccessible, how to conduct an accessibility check, and how to fix any issues. In this webinar we willdemonstrate the use of the Accessibility Checker for different document types (Word Documents, PowerPoints,and PDFs). We will also discuss the limitations of automated accessibility checkers and how to identify thenecessary features for documents. Finally, we will demonstrate how to remediate or create documents, so theyare accessible.Presenter Bio:Karen Crozer, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of English at Los Angeles Mission College, where she alsoserves as Chair. During the pandemic, Dr. Crozer served as a Distance Education specialist for the LosAngeles Community College District (LACCD), leading webinars on Accessibility, Active Learning in Zoom, andthe OER Rubric. Dr. Crozer is currently the main LACCD facilitator for the 4-week course “CreatingAccessible Course Content,” which she has led ten times. In addition, she serves as LACCD’s lead trainer forthe 3-week course called “Introduction to Asynchronous Teaching in Zoom,” which she has facilitated 8 times.She also conducts trainings throughout the district on artificial intelligence in higher education. Knownfor her student-supportive strategies, Dr. Crozer was voted Faculty of the Year by CalWorks students at hercollege in Spring 2020. She is passionate about leveling the playing field for students with disabilitiesand published a short book called Captions Made Easy to help faculty create ADA-compliant video captions.Suzanne is Coordinator for Distance Education (DE) and Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) at Butte CommunityCollege. She is also a Biology instructor who has designed and developed over a dozen biology courses inmultiple modalities for multiple institutions. She does statewide and international work in Open EducationalResources (OER) as a certificate facilitator for Creative Commons and a project facilitator for the ASCCCOER Initiative. Suzanne has created self-paced Canvas courses including Online Course Design for ButteCollege as well as OER and Accessibility courses for the ASCCC. She has presented at national andinternational conference on topics including Universal Design for Learning, Adaptable Course and AssessmentDesign, Open Pedagogy, and Equitable Course Design. Suzanne is proud to have worked with @ONE since 2017where she has facilitated the 10-10-10, Creating Accessible Course Content, and Assessment in DigitalLearning courses. She also co-created and facilitates the Equitable Grading Strategies course.
