Presentations

Presentations to Audiences beyond my institution

I have had the great privilege to present to multiple groups.

Title: “Creating Alternative Text  for Images“
Description: Online presentation on the how, when, and why of image accessibility
Presented to: TN Board of Regents and TN Colleges
On: February 2021

Title: “Accessible Instruction from the Start“
Description: Online presentation on the who and why of accessibility (co-presented)
Presented to: TN Board of Regents and TN Colleges
On: January 2020

Title: “Instructional Designer and Faculty Collaboration”
Description: In-person presentation on the benefits of faculty working with an instructional designer
Presented to: TN Association for Student Success and Retention
On: October 2019

Title: “To Care and Comply”
Description: Webinar presentation on PCC’s approach to accessibility
Presented to: NC Virtual Learning Community: Quality & Assessment Center
On: April 2017

Title: “Subject area studies as a means to involve faculty and increase accessibility”
Description: In-person presentation on term-long subject area accessibility studies with faculty
Co-Presented to: Instructional Technology Council (E-learning conference)
On: February 2017

Title: “Subject area studies as a means to involve faculty and increase accessibility”
Description: In-person presentation on term-long subject area accessibility studies with faculty
Co-Presented to: Accessing Higher Ground
On: November 2016

Title: “Seeing Stars: Making Astronomy Accessible to Students with Visual Disabilities”
Description: In-person presentation for STEM instructors on making courses accessible
Co-Presented to: Quality Matters National Conference
On: November 2016

Title: “A Deep Dive into Image Accessibility“
Description: Webinar on image alt text, the what, why and how. (1 hour)
Presented to: D2L Community presentation
On: March 2016

Title: “Minding the Gap”
Description:  Webinar on the accessibility gap that exists between content development and end-users’ experience. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Instructional Technology Council (ITC)
On: January 2016

Title: “The accessibility gaps in higher education instruction”
Description: In-person presentation on the accessibility gaps between developers and end users and what can be done about it. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Accessing Higher Ground
On: November 2015

Title: “Accessibility of online course content“ 
Description: Online presentation on how PCC’s Distance Ed department got started in accessibility, lessons we have learned, resources we have developed, and what’s working for us now.  Some basic document accessibility and resources for future learning. (90 min)
Presented to: Lower Columbia Community College
On: May 2015

Title: “Have high standards but be an easy grader.”
Description: Keynote speech about the layers of accessibility of online course content, prioritizing accessibility, advocating for faculty, and holding publishers responsible for their online content. (30 min presentation and 30 min Q & A)
Presented to: Quality Matters NW conference (Seattle, WA)
On: April 2015

Title:  “3rd party accessibility testing and what we do when it fails”
Description: Webinar presentation on PCC’s product accessibility testing efforts, and what we do when we encounter a barrier. (30 min.)
Presented to: D2L Accessibility Monthly meeting
On: March 2015

Title: “Producing a MOOC”
Description: In-person presentation with Barry Dahl from D2L Open Courses on what it took to produce our successful MOOC. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: E-Learning ITC conference
On: February 2015

Title: “Math accessibility”
Description: In-person presentation with Disability Services (Kaela Parks, Haris Gunadi), and instructors from computer science and math on math accessibility. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: AHEAD annual conference
On: July 2014

Title: “To Care and Comply”
Description: Webinar with the Director of Distance Learning at PCC on how our department developed and implemented accessibility standards. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Instructional Technology Council (ITC) webinar
On: 2014

Title:  “What does an Accessibility Advocate for Online Course Content do?“
Description: In-person presentation on what my job as an Accessibility Advocate entails and how we established and implemented accessibility standards. (2 hour)
Presented to: ORAHEAD (Oregon chapter of AHEAD)
On: October 2014

Title:  “To Care and Comply”
Description: Co-presented online with my Manager and Director of Distance Education on how our department developed and implemented accessibility standards. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Oregon Community College Distance Learning Association
On: 2013

Title: “To Care and Comply”
Description: Co-presented, in-person with the Manager and the Director of Distance Education on how our department developed and implemented accessibility standards. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Instructional Technology Consortium E-learning conference
On: 2013

Title: “How to really achieve accessibility with QM 8”
Description: Co-presented in-person with Greg Kaminski, Tani McBeth on how to use QM standard 8 with existing web accessibility standards like WCAG 2.0. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Quality Matters regional conference
On: 2013

Title: “To Care and Comply”
Description: Co-presented online with my Manager and Director of Distance Education on how our department developed and implemented accessibility standards. (1 hour)
Co-Presented to: Michigan Online Consortium
On: 2012

Presentations at my institution

At Pellissippi State Community College

Title: “Engagement“
Description: How to create engaging training. 
Co-Presented to: Training Academy
On: March 2021

Title: “Planning a Training“
Description: How to make a training plan, define your audience, develop learning objectives, plan engagement points and assessments.
Co-Presented to: Training Academy
On: February 2021

Title: “Faculty self-evaluations”
Description: Workshop on building your faculty self-evaluation
Co-Presented to: New Faculty Academy retreat
On: 2019

Title: “Wrapping up and locking in next semester in Brightspace”
Description: In-person presentation with Instructional Technology Specialist, Royce Jacomen, on using the Brightspace gradebook and analytics tool. And using the analytics tool to make decisions on course design. 
Presented to: Pellissippi faculty 
On: April 2019

At Portland Community College

As a co-chair of the Accessible Digital Environments committee, I helped to write and present the district-wide Information and Communication Technology policy draft to stakeholders across the college district in order to make them aware of it and to solicit input on how to best implement the policy.

• Deans of Instruction, March 2016
• Academic & Student Affairs Council, Feb. 2016
• Administrative Services, Feb. 2016
• Library leadership, May 2016

Four years after implementing the Distance Education accessibility guidelines, we made some major revisions due to faculty feedback. We presented Distance Education’s revised approach to accessibility to the following groups:

• Educational Advisory Council, May 2015
• Career Technical Education Department Chairs, 2015
• Distance Learning Advisory Council 2014/2015

Since 2011 when we first developed the accessibility guidelines for online course content, I have been presenting on those guidelines and how to meet them at PCC In-service sessions including:

• Subject Area Committee Chairs break out sessions
• PT Faculty Institutes
• New Faculty Institutes