Table of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 View Included Sessions
- 3 Previewing Videos & Audio
- 4 Purchase Options and Registration Links
- 5 Discounts
- 6 How Does It Work?
- 7 Video & Audio Recording Pricing
- 8 Video Content
- 9 Pre-Conference Virtual Schedule
- 10 Main Conference Track A
- 11 Main Conference Track B
- 12 Taped Sessions
- 13 Main Conference Track C
- 14 2017 Video Content
- 15 Pre-Conference Recordings
- 16 Main Conference 2017
- 17 Main Conference Track B
- 18 Taped Sessions 2017
- 19 Main Conference Track C
Overview
Purchase access to over 70 hours of video-recorded sessions and audio-only recordings from AHG 2018.
(There is also an option to purchase access to 2017 videos).
View Included Sessions
Previewing Videos & Audio
You can view some videos & audio recordings from 2018 to get a sense of the content and quality:
- Watch any of the UDUC track talks, including:
- Teaching Accessibility: A National Survey and the Way Forward (video-taped)
- Accessibility Education: A New Certificate and Undergraduate Minor in Accessibility Studies (audio-taped)
- Teaching about Accessibility in Computing and IT Courses: A Capacity-building Institute (full-day video-taped workshop)
- Or access any of the UDUC sessions via any day of the schedule (look for UDUC label or purple-highlighted sessions as shown below):
- Access the first 10 minutes of The ABC’s of a11y – Creating a Common Vocabulary (audio)
Purchase Options and Registration Links
You can purchase access to all main conference videos from each year. Pre-conference tracks are purchased separately. See pricing below.
Registration Links
Discounts
AHG 2018 Conference attendees receive a discount rate on video access and other resources. AHEAD and ATHEN members receive a 10% discount.See pricing and discounts below.
How Does It Work?
- Accessing Videos: After purchasing access to the videos you will receive login information and instructions for accessing the videos.
- Watching Videos: Once you receive your login and password you can choose videos for viewing on the 2018 and 2017 agenda pages or you can use the session title links below to access the videos for 2018 or 2017.
- Duration of access: You will retain access to the videos you purchase for as long as we keep them posted online, which will be for at least 2 years and probably longer.
- PowerPoints & Handouts: Slide are included in the videos and when provided by speakers, can be found along with handouts on the 2018 and 2017 agenda pages.
- Account expiration: you will be able to access the videos for at least 2 years but most likely for longer.
Video & Audio Recording Pricing
| Ticket Type | By February 22 | After February 22 |
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All 2018 Main Conference Sessions (November 14 – 16)Includes 42 Main Conference Sessions – Track A, Track B and Track C (Taped Sessions). |
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Pre-Conference Sessions Only (November 12-13) |
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2018 Audio Recordings |
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2018 Audio Recordings – (includes over 50 sessions) (pdf) This will also include access to a transcript and the PowerPoints for most of the sessions so that you can follow the PowerPoint as you listen to the audio. |
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Upgrade to Group Option |
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2017 Add-ons |
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Discounts |
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†AHEAD discount cannot be combined with the ATHEN discount. Visit the AHEAD discount page for the discount code.
For the ATHEN discount code, send an email to ATHEN Membership
Video Content
(Note: dates/times below are FYI.)
AHG 2018
Pre-Conference Virtual Schedule |
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| Time | Monday, Nov. 12 | |||
| 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Lab: Accessible Adobe InDesign Layouts to Produce Accessible PDFs and EPUBs, Bevi Chagnon, President and Founding Partner, PubCom—Publishing Communications
(lunch break: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. MST) |
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| Time | Tuesday, Nov. 13 | |||
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.* | Lab: Understanding and Evaluating WCAG 2 Color and Contrast, Jonathan Whiting, Director of Training & Evaluation, WebAIM
(lunch break 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. MST) |
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| 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Captioned Media: Developing a Systematic Approach that Meets the Needs of Your Institution, Stephanie Zito, National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC), et al | |||
Main Conference Track A |
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| Time | Wednesday, Nov. 14 | |||
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m | Not So Fast: Implementing Accessibility Reviews in a University’s IT Software Review Process , Crystal Tenan, NC State University, et al | 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m | Math Accessibility in Word, Canvas, Conversion and More! , Paul Brown, Texthelp, et al | |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | “We don’t have enough staff assigned to making IT accessible!”, Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 4:30 p.m. | Lab: Evaluating and Repairing Word and PowerPoint Files, Jonathan Whiting, WebAIM (double-session) | |||
| Time | Thursday, Nov. 15 | |||
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Powerful Presentation Skills for the Accessibility Professional, Christa Miller, Virginia Tech | |||
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | IT Colleagues: from Accessibility Newbies into Accessibility Auditors, Kristen Dabney, Tufts University | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Social media and accessibility, Gian Wild, AccessibilityOz | |||
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | I Was Wrong! Build Your Successful Accessibility Program by Learning from My Mistakes, Angela Hooker, Microsoft | |||
| 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Keynote Talk: Britney Wilson: “And People With Disabilities,” | |||
| Time | Friday, Nov. 16 | |||
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Trending Tech Tools: What’s New, What’s Improved & What’s on the Horizon for Assistive Technology & Accessibility Tools, Rachel Kruzel, Augsburg University | |||
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | The Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Shared Approach to Procurement and Vendor Relations, Bill Welsh, Rutgers University, et al | |||
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Not Another Lecture-Style Presentation, Brad Held, University of Central Fl | |||
Main Conference Track B |
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| Time | Wednesday, Nov. 14 | |||
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Navigating the Course: Creating Accessible STEM, Megan Gibbs, Kennesaw State University | 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Understanding WCAG 2.1, Becky Gibson, Knowbility | |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | State of ARIA 2018, Joe Humbert, Interactive Accessibility | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Including people with disabilities in your project design, development, testing process., Robert Jolly, Knowbility, Inc. | |||
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Experiences of Students with Visual Disabilities with Tactile Graphics, Guy Toles, Georgia Institute of Technology | |||
| Time | Thursday, Nov. 15 | |||
| 8:00 – 10:15 a.m. | What’s new in Acrobat, Rob Haverty, Accessibility, Adobe (double-session) | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 5:00 p.m. | Lab: Making Math Accessible Doesn’t Have To Be Terrifying!, Susan Kelmer, University of Colorado Boulder (double-session) (break from 3:15 – 4:00 pm) |
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| 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Keynote Talk: Britney Wilson: “And People With Disabilities,” | |||
| Time | Friday, Nov. 16 | |||
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Accessibility: Past, Present, and Future, Gerard Cohen, Wells Fargo | |||
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Interactive 3d printed tactile campus maps, Holly Lawson, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, et al | |||
| 11:45 – 12:45 a.m. | Pretty Accessible: Bringing Beauty, Simplicity, and Usability to Accessible Products, Rachel Comerford, Macmillan Learning et al | |||
Taped Sessions
The sessions listed below were not part of the live stream Virtual Conference but were taped during the conference. They are the same format as the videos above except that it does not include video of the speaker, only the audio and slides.
2017 Video Content
(Note: dates/times below are FYI.)
Pre-Conference Recordings |
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| Time | Monday, Nov. 13 | |||
| 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Creating a Sustainable Captioning Program at Your Institution, Jane Melander, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Lesley Blicker, Minnesota State System Office
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| Time | Tuesday, Nov. 14 | |||
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Accessibility in Organizations and Planning, Rob Carr, Oklahoma State University | |||
| 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Lab: EPUB 101: Understanding the Structure and Contents of an ePUB, Rachel Comerford, Director of Content Standards, Macmillan Learning, Amy Salmon, Senior Accessibility Consultant, TechForAll, Korey Singleton, George Mason University | |||
Main Conference 2017(The main conference program includes sessions from Track A, Track B, and Track C (Taped Sessions) Main Conference Track A |
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| Track A includes the following sessions | ||||
| Time | Wednesday, Nov. 15 | |||
| 8:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m | Lab: Tips and Tricks for Accessible PDFs , Rob Haverty, Adobe (Double Session) | |||
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Comparing WCAG 2.0 to PDF/UA: Understanding the Standards and Mitigating Risk, Paul Rayius, NetCentric Technologies | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 4:30 p.m. | Audio Description in Higher Education, Terrill Thompson, University of Washington (double-session) | |||
| Time | Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||
| 8:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Panel: The Power of Collective Negotiation: How can universities work together to require accessible vendor products?, Pramila Patel, CU-Boulder, et al (double session) | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 5:00 p.m. | Lab: What’s new in Acrobat, Rob Haverty, Adobe (double-session) (break from 3:15 – 4:00 pm) |
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| 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Keynote Talk: Michael Schuman: Me and my iPad: How Technology Is Helping Me Beat Blindness | |||
| Time | Friday, Nov. 17 | |||
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Section 508 Refresh, Beth Crutchfield, Level Access | |||
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Advancing the Accessibility Profession in Higher Education, Sharon Spencer, International Association of Accessibility Professionals | |||
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | ePUB versus PDF: ePUB is the new standard for accessible ebooks, Rachel Comerford, Macmillan Learning, et al | |||
Main Conference Track B |
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| Time | Wednesday, Nov. 15 | |||
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Low-cost, system-wide web accessibility evaluations, George Joeckel, WebAIM | 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Intro to Audio Description, Lily Bond, 3Play Media | |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | A training program for simple manual evaluation of websites and the use of automated testing tools — a blended approach, Susan Cullen, California State University | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Extreme Accessibility, Karl Groves, Extreme Accessibility, Tenon | |||
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Ally: Accessibility training, and remediation, and tracking. Oh my!, Nicolaas Matthijs, Ally, Blackboard, et al | |||
| Time | Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Teaching the creation of accessible educational materials through an e-learning course, Lars Ballieu Christensen, Sensus Aps | |||
| 9:15 a.m.- 10:15 a.m. | Balancing Automated Scanning, Manual Testing and Assistive Technology for Successful Website Accessibility Testing, Jeff Singleton, Cyxtera | |||
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Developing Faculty Who are Accessibility Champions, Christa Miller, Virginia Tech | |||
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | How much accessibility testing do I really need to do?, Luis Garcia, eBay | |||
| 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Keynote Talk: Michael Schuman: Me and my iPad: How Technology Is Helping Me Beat Blindness | |||
| Time | Friday, Nov. 17 | |||
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Taking the "Alt" out of Alternate Media: Converting instructional materials into accessible formats for all students, Scott Kupferman, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, et al | |||
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | The Question Still Remains: How Do I Know You Know Accessibility?, Michele Williams, Pearson, et al | |||
| 11:45 – 12:45 a.m. | It Takes a Village: Utilizing People, Systems, and Technology to Scale Online Course Accessibility, Nancy Swenson, University of Central Florida | |||
Taped Sessions 2017
The sessions listed below were not part of the live stream Virtual Conference but were taped during the conference. They are the same format as the videos above except that it does not include video of the speaker, only the audio and slides.