About the Tech For All conference
We'll be exploring:
- how to make the digital environment more inclusive
- how you can use assistive technology to help you get the most out of the internet, your studies, and life
- the experiences of neurodiverse users browsing the internet
- how you can create more accessible content, what tools you can use and how to use them
- how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) are changing the way we engage with digital technology and each other.
The presenters
A wide range of guest speakers, academics, UAL students and staff.
How you can participate
Monday 1 February
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
9.30am - 1pm Neurology, Fonts, Captions and Microsoft
What do Kindle, BBC fonts, and the neurology of reading have in common? What are good captions? Where is Microsoft going next?
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2pm - 4pm Neurodiversity and Visual Impairments
Visually impaired users talk about their accessibility experiences, and how to manage teaching technologies if you and your students are neurodiverse.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2 - 3.30pm Digital Accessibility and Why it’s Important for UAL
UAL staff only: What does digital accessibility mean to you? We will look at definitions of accessibility, laws, implications and testing.
Tuesday 2 February
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
9:30am - 1pm Captioning, Alt Text, and Accessible Projects
Create your own captions, learn to describe your images and see how to navigate accessibility in IT projects.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
10am - 12pm Creating Accessible PDFs with InDesign (Part 1)
UAL staff only: Part 2 will take place on Wednesday 3 February from 10am - 12pm. You should only need to book once for both parts.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2pm - 5pm Typography, Testing for Accessibility and Agile Development
Where graphic design, typography and accessibility meet; learn how to test your website; how UAL embed accessibility on their web pages.
Wednesday 3 February
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
9:30am - 1pm Learning English, running meetings, and Microsoft accessibility
Find out how you can use Read&Write to support your students with English as an additional language, as well as how to run accessible meetings and explore the benefits of multilingual captioning.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2pm - 5pm Referencing, Reading and Notetaking Tips for Students
Students only: discover tools to help you manage references; use technology to read faster and smarter; effective note taking.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2pm - 5pm Accessibility Tips for Academics
UAL staff only: it’s all about Moodle. Enhance your documents' accessibility; create and publish more inclusive content, tips for academics.
Thursday 4 February
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
9:30am - 1pm Brain in Hand, Tech for Hearing and Tutorials
Discover how Brain in Hand helps users remember information. Discover tech for users with hearing impairment. Learn where you can find resources to help you use new assistive technology.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2pm - 5pm Students: Focus, Organise and Write
Students only: get organised, stay focused and write academically.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2pm - 4pm Tech and Wellbeing
Wellbeing: from technology addiction to therapy apps.
Friday 5 February
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
10am - 1pm Creativity, Technology and Social Good with CCI
Explore ways in which creative computing can help transform existing technologies and make new ones that contribute to positive social change.
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Tech For All: our online accessibility conference
2.30pm - 3.30pm Workshop: Tech and Activism with Ricebox Studio
Learn how creative tech, more specifically Augmented Reality (AR), can be used in engaging and playful ways for activism.