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ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING THROUGH THE ITU ACADEMY Presented by: Halima Letamo Human Capacity Building Division

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ACCESSIBILITY TRAININGTHROUGHTHE ITU

ACADEMY

Presented by:Halima LetamoHuman Capacity Building Division

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Outline 

₋ How ITU Academy platform supports accessibility of online courses

₋ Accessibility features of courses in the ITU Academy platform

₋ Courses aimed at digital inclusion offered through the ITU Academy platform

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Hardware or software added to equipment or services to enable persons with disabilities to overcome the barriers they face

Assistive Technologies (AT)

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ICTs designed with accessibility features to enable assistive technologies to operate fully

Example  ‐ ITU Academy platform    

Accessible ICTs

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ITU Academy Platform

SCORM

Captivate

Articulate

Moodle

How ITU Academy platform supports accessibility of online courses

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HTML 5 supports most assistive technologies

Choice of closed captioning over subtitles for people with hearing impairment

State of the art speech engine reads out text forLearners with visual impairment

Configuration of selected keys on the normal keyboard to allow for navigation across pages  and assessment

Images to support textIntuitive navigation

Accessible course

Accessibility features of courses in the ITU Academy platform 

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− ICT applications and services and their impact on health, safety, social and environmental elements 

− Women, Entrepreneurship and ICTs

− ICT training needs analysis for least developing countries 

− Connectivity in rural areas 

− Innovative applications for rural broadband community 

− Rural service solutions 

− Improving rural development through telecentres

Some ITU Academy trainings aimed at digital inclusion

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Some ITU Academy trainings aimed at digital inclusion

Innovative communication 

tools 

Basic ICT skills

Access, development and use of web tools based on

content of interest to indigenous people

Entrepreneurship, e‐commerce, mobile 

applications

Development of local communications networks

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Accessible ICTs, digital inclusion and public procurement

Enabling communication for all through ICT Accessibility

ICT accessibility policy, regulation and standards

Introduction to public procurement of accessible ICT

Some ITU Academy trainings aimed at digital inclusion

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Indoor navigation for vision impaired 

people

Types of vision impairments, 

mobility aids and techniques

Wayfinding approaches and 

assistive technologies

Designing an indoor audio navigation system for VI users

Designing audio instructions 

Some ITU Academy trainings aimed at digital inclusion

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https://academy.itu.int