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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The digital content is presented as text, but the built-in read-aloud capability is disabled because of ambiguity over audio rights. It’s allowed in many formats to present the text not in logical reading order, but completely out of order with instructions to the device on how to make the content “look” on the page.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I am not always lucky to be teaching in a classroom that is designed as a flexible space to be molded into a learning environment by the instructor guided by the instructional design.

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How Organizations Can Find, Train, and Utilize Interns

ASU Lodestar Center

Although these methods are still employed and still work, in the internet age the process is incredibly easier and much more targeted through the use of websites. Audio, video, written instructions and checklists. One is to provide written instructions on how to complete the specific tasks they will be performing.

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Four Nonprofit Web Accessibility Best Practices for 2022

sgEngage

When it comes to accessibility for interactive forms, all instructions to fill out the form should be clearly communicated. All guests who have auditory disabilities should be able to interact with those elements, which means you’ll need to provide either: A full transcription of the audio. Live captions. Live ASL interpreters.

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When all else fails, read the instructions.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It records in WMA format (Windows Media Audio). I fiddled around with Audacity to attempt to edit and splice several audio files. While I appreciate that it is free, it was so geeky and hard to use, that I couldn't really figure it out just poking around (my usual learning method.) So, I told my tale of woe into the recorder.

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E-Mediat Day 4: What does it mean to be a social media trainer?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. The ways tables and chairs and the screen are placed in the room can work against your instructional style or support it. Here are the instructions.

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Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

NTEN

Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. The bit rate determines the quality of the audio.

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