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Accessibility: PowerPoint Design & Output – Pt 3

This is the third in the series of MS PowerPoint: Design and Output, accessibility and good practices. In MS PowerPoint, we have already looked at: Text standards Tables, video and audio This week, we want to consider adding speakers notes in PowerPoint and the Accessibility Checker. Let’s get started! What Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years8th March 2021 ago
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Accessibility: PowerPoint Design & Output – 2

Good afternoon and we hope you’re well. Last week, Digiknow looked at best practices in design from an MS PowerPoint viewpoint and explained the reasons behind each decision with design and accessibility in mind. We looked at: text font type, space, amount and alignment 5/5/5 rule colour and contrast layout Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years1st March 2021 ago
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Accessibility: PowerPoint Design & Output – 1

Over the last number of weeks, DigiKnow has covered accessibility of various elements which you will use in digital content creation. This includes: Text Visual Information Video Audio Colour alternatives Now we turn our attention to how we bring it all together when we design something for our audiences. Design Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years22nd February 2021 ago
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Basic Audio Editing with Audacity

For most of the summer, DigiKnow has been looking at preparing teaching content for September and this has touched on how to: Record asynchronous content Recording online materials (PowerPoint) Mediasite Deliver synchronous teaching MS Teams & channels/breakout rooms Zoom & breakout rooms Setting up OneNote Use discussion forums Use of Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years17th August 2020 ago
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MS PowerPoint – Design, and Best Practice

In this week’s DigiKnow blog, we cover design and best practice in MS PowerPoint. Many of the things regards accessibility were previously covered and do apply here. Instead of re-writing it, here’s a list of links to the previous blogs: Accessibility MS Word – Accessibility MS Word – Tables MS Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years3rd February 2020 ago
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MS Word Accessibility – Floating Objects/Text Boxes

Yesterday, DigiKnow looked at the MS Word Accessibility – Use of White Space. Today, we continue on with floating objects and text boxes. Before we delve into the accessibility side of things, lets first look at what floating objects and text boxes are and where they are used. Floating Objects Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years30th January 2020 ago
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MS Word Accessibility – Tables

Last week, DigiKnow addressed some accessibility best practices when using MS Word. Not only did it introduce why document structure (aka navigation) and use of styles is important in MS Word documents, it also highlighted that visual data (pictures, charts, etc.) cannot necessarily be viewed by people living with visual Read more…

By Daria Casement, 3 years27th January 2020 ago
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