Follow Up Friday

October 22, 2021

Accessibility Training with COFFEE, posts you may have missed, and upcoming events

Continuing our month-long spotlight of NDEAM and accessibility issues, best practices, and training, we are excited to share the following events! Be sure to self-enroll in either of Clemson Online’s training COFFEE: Accessibility (Oct. 25th – Nov. 21st) or COFFEE: Video & Visual (Nov. 1sy – Nov. 30th), both facilitated by Sharyn Emery, PhD. If you have the time, why not both? Simply click the links to self-enroll. These informative trainings will walk you through the process of making your Canvas course sites accessible for all learners.

Posts You May Have Missed:

• Monday Blog Post: Learn Teaching Strategies for Accessible Learning
• Clemson NDEAM keynote sessions are recorded so be sure to check them out if you missed the live session.
• From the Archives: Michelle Tutin’s video on how to caption your own recorded videos

Upcoming Events:

Clemson NDEAM 2021 Events

• Lunch and Learn – Autism at Work: Taking an Organizational Perspective
  • Oct. 27th,  12 PM, Zoom
  • Dr. Tim Vogus, Professor of Management & Director of the Frist Center for Autism at Vanderbilt University, will offer insights from organizational research and practice in leading organizations regarding how to make organizations more inclusive of neurodiversity. There will be a specific focus on understanding and transforming organizational culture. He will also describe technologies being developed by the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University that help build skills and overcome some of the barriers to identifying, hiring, and retaining a neurodiverse workforce.

Clemson Online Events

• COFFEE: Accessibility
  • Oct. 25th – Nov. 21st
  • Be sure to self-enroll by clicking the links above.
• COFFEE: Media & Visuals
  • Nov. 1st – Nov. 30th
  • Be sure to self-enroll by clicking the links above.

• Quick Hits: Clemson Online Celebrates Distance Education Week
  • Nov. 4th, 12:30 – 1 PM, Zoom
  • Join us for this informative session with Clemson Online’s own Associate Director of Online Development, Lori Kinley, PhD. This 20-minute myth-busting session on common misconceptions of distance learning will offer participants a chance to learn about the benefits of learning in a virtual space.