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ATI Approved PDF Accessibility Training

Notes

These training materials are available in streaming video format and as downloadable PDFs. All video material is Closed Captioned. The video duration is indicated in min:sec.

Materials

  1. Illustrated Training with Video Tutorials - This presentation contains guidelines and self-contained video demonstrations with Monica Range, Online Instructor from Sacramento State.  Created September 2009.
  2. Video Tutorials Only - This training follows the same outline as the illustrated training above, but it does not contain text and illustrations with the videos.  It is recommended that you use the ATI Approved PDF Training Guidelines developed by Sacramento State members of the ATI Professional Development Work Group when taking this training.  Please note that all videos will open in a new browser window.  Created September 2009. 
  3. PDF Guidelines Only - a comprehensive training guideline to be used in developing face-to-face training at your campus.  It can also be used as a handout or reference for your training needs.  Created March 2009

PDF Accessibility with Adobe Acrobat X & Adobe Reader X

Notes

The training materials provided below are derived from a training session conducted by Adobe on 4/8/2011. Thanks to Greg Pisocky, Accessibility Specialist at Adobe Systems for providing these resources.

Handouts

Videos

The videos provided below are available in both streaming and downloadable formats. The streaming versions include closed captions. The downloadable formats are intended for playback on Apple software (e.g. iTunes, QuickTime Player) and portable devices (iPod/iPad). These videos are subtitled (rather than captioned) to work around several limitations with captions on Apple software/hardware (i.e. captions block portions of the video frame and are limited to 32 characters/line).

  • The User Perspective (.m4v, 78.2MB)
    • Topics: What is Accessibility?, What Makes a Document Accessible?, What Makes a PDF Document Accessible? Introduction to the Adobe Acrobat X and Adobe Reader X User Interface

  • Creating Accessible PDF Documents (.m4v, 89.8MB)
    • Topics: Authoring in Microsoft Word 2010, Converting using Adobe PDFMaker and Microsoft 'Save as PDF', Accessibility Checking in Adobe Acrobat, Accessibility Remediation in Adobe Acrobat, Creating Accessibility 'Actions

Samples Files (pending)

Resources From CSU Campuses and Other Organizations

CSU campuses have created an abundance of training materials that are provided here as a resource and can be used at your own discretion. 

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