How inclusive is your PowerPoint? Live captions and subtitles via Office 365

Live presentations can be thought-provoking, inspirational, and powerful. A great presentation can inspire us to think about something in an entirely different way or bring a group together around a common idea or project. But not everyone experiences presentations in the same way. We may speak a different language from the presenter, or be a native speaker in another language, and some of us are deaf and hard of hearing. So, what if speakers could make their presentations better understood by everyone in the room? Now they can with live captions & subtitles in PowerPoint.

In honor of the U.N. International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Microsoft announced this new feature—powered by artificial intelligence (AI)—which provides captions and subtitles for presentations in real-time.

Read more about it, and view a short demo here.

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His advice for seeking accommodation? Get ahead of it if you can.  UMBC faculty, staff and student employees can learn more and request accommodation via UMBC's Employee Accommodation site linked here.  If you have questions about disability and reasonable accommodation on the job, contact Stephanie Lazarus, Accessibility Manager via 410-455-5745 or slazar@umbc.edu.  
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The Accessibility Technology Test Kitchen will offer a hands-on, collaborative experience for faculty and staff who would like to explore innovative technologies and strategies to support accessibility in traditional, hybrid, and online classrooms at UMBC. The event kicks off on Thursday November 8, 2018 at noon in ENG 102.

Bring your own device (laptop, tablet, smartphone) to one of our Technology Test Kitchen areas to learn and explore both faculty and student approaches to accessibility. Each Kitchen features “chefs” from Accessibility & Disability Services or IT to discuss “recipes” (strategies, tools, resources, etc.) for addressing a particular issue. Participants will have hands-on opportunities to explore the Kitchen’s tools and resources.

Our featured Test Kitchens include:

Classroom Technologies

Discover solutions to large and small classroom spaces: Cameras, displays, document cameras, wireless video, wireless audio, and more. New assistive technologies will be introduced at three unique stations!

  • Chefs: Jack Malone & David Toothe (DoIT)

Personal Assistive Technologies

Explore the student experience: Screen readers, note taking tools, audio recorders, smartpens, text-to-speech, and more.

  • Chefs: Cassie Kilroy Thompson and Andrew Drummond (SDS)

Universal Design for Learning

Optimize teaching & learning for all students & ensure course materials are accessible.

  • Chefs: Michael Canale and Tawny McManus (SDS)

Video Technologies

Identify best practices for recording videos, captioning requests, and get a sneak peek at the future of screencasting at UMBC.

  • Chefs: Mariann Hawken and Tom Penniston (Instructional Technology)

Participants will begin in ENGR 102 with a light lunch and orientation before exploring the test kitchens. No experience necessary.

Please click on the website link below to reserve your seat for this session. Contact Instructional Technology to note any dietary restrictions. The deadline to register for the National Distance Learning Week events is Thursday, November 1, 2018.


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Join us for this Homecoming highlight on disability and inclusion within the Grit-X Talks on Saturday

Where? Performing Arts & Humanities Building in the Dance Cube 

This talk happens Saturday October 13th at 11:30, though the series begins at 10:00 a.m. with breaks between sets 


Robotic Journeys – A Quest for Independence
The modern era has seen an increase in the use of robotics and assistive technologies, which open the doors of accessibility to people with disabilities and seniors. By developing abilities and problem-solving skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, we can tackle challenges in healthcare through innovation and technological advancement to benefit society today and impact future generations. Presenting via the Beam telepresence robot, Kavita Krishnaswamy shares her personal and professional experiences – from her dissertation research to overcoming challenges with the power of assistive technologies, artificial intelligence, and robotics to achieve independence.

Register via the website below!
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Highlights of Disability Awareness Month at UMBC include:
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The 2018 Provost’s Teaching & Learning Symposium Posters on Transformative Learning Experiences for Diversity & Inclusion will happen on October 12, 2018, 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 

Two noteworthy presentations:

Making Course Content Accessible: A Blackboard Ally Pilot, Mariann Hawken (Instructional Technology) Are your Blackboard courses fully accessible? How would you know if your course materials are accessible to all students? Blackboard Ally is a tool that focuses on making digital course content more accessible. Integrated into the Blackboard system, Ally provides a robust toolkit to help remediate inaccessible content, provide alternate formats to students, and inform faculty about ways to improve accessibility of their materials. The FA2018 Ally pilot will provide participating faculty with an opportunity to evaluate the system, remediate course content for accessibility, and provide feedback support staff about Ally's future use at UMBC. 

Universal Design for Instruction, Michael Canale (Office of Accessibility and Disability Services) Institutions reported enrolling approximately 1.1 million students with disabilities during the 12-month 2016-2017 academic year. An increase of 28% from the 2006-2007 12-month academic year. The types of disabilities reported by institutions are 26% learning disabilities, 24% Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), 15% Autism Spectrum Disorder, 20 % mental illness/psychological conditions, 11% Physical/health impairment, 4% sensory impairment. Only 1 in 4 will graduate with a bachelor’s degree. These numbers only reflect those students who have registered with their student disability service office. Universal Design of Instruction has been defined as: an approach to teaching that consists of the proactive design and use of inclusive instructional strategies that benefit a broad range of learners including students with disabilities. The nine Principles of UDI provide a framework for college faculty to use when designing or revising instruction to be responsive to diverse student learners and to minimize the need for “special” accommodations and retrofitted changes to the learning environment (Scott, McGuire, & Embry, 2002).

Want to stop by and learn more?  RSVP through the event link below.


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The contractor working on the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building will begin installing new sidewalk pavers near the south entrance of the Commons Building beginning approximately Wednesday 9/19/2018. The installation will require the temporary relocation of the exterior walkway in this area and partial closures to the Commons Building entry doors. The rotation of door closures will continue through approximately Friday 10/5/2018 with minor shifts to the exterior walkway continuing through mid-October. 

An accessible route will be maintained into the Commons Building and through the area during most of this time. During times that an accessible route to the ground floor entrance is not available, signage will direct pedestrians to an alternate accessible route. Entrances to the first floor and upper levels of The Commons will be unaffected by the project.
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Faculty and staff can learn more about what disability, the interactive process, and accommodation are about, as well as challenges that affect the connection with campus resources in this dynamic session being held on October 23, 2018 at noon.  

Diversity is a core value that enhances our work as well as our academic arenas, and being able to welcome, respect and effectively interact with our campus members with disabilities is essential. 

Providing reasonable accommodation is part of UMBC's core value, and the Office of Accessibility and Disability Services staff has designed this training to explain the process and offer expert guidance.

This training provides faculty and staff with information to understand disability and inclusion, along with basic and intermediate skills for navigating the accommodation request and referral process. The training will also identify campus processes and services that support faculty, staff, students and visitors with disabilities. 

Join us as we explore strategies for inclusion that enhance diversity on the job.

*For more information, or to request a disability-based accommodation, please contact Stephanie Lazarus via 410-455-5745 or slazar@umbc.edu with your request. 

Offered through a partnership between the Office of Accessibility and Disability Services and the Department of Human Resources in support of Disability Awareness Month.

Space is limited and registration is required.  Registration deadline is Friday, October 19th!  Register  via the Training site linked below.


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