
Making Events Accessible — a checklist
Upcoming Events:
Digital Accessibility Open Office Hours — 4th Thursday of every month from 1-2 pm ET
Thursday, June 25, 2026 from 1-2 pm ET
Topic: Document Remediation Solutions: Prep by Continual Engine vs. Foxit PDF and Adobe Acrobat Pro
Presented by: Kamran Rasul, Assistive Technology and Alternate Format Specialist, Student Disability Services
Description:
Perhaps you have been using Foxit Pro or Adobe Acrobat Pro to remediate your documents, but what if I demonstrated a remediation software solution that cuts your workload in half? Come to this session to learn more about Prep by Continual Engine and what it has done for the Assistive Technology Center in preparing accessible PDFs, MS Word, and HTML versions of journal articles, PowerPoint presentations, and textbook materials!
Register for Document Remediation Solutions session
Previously Recorded Talks and Presentations:
Technical Topics:
- Ally for Canvas and Quick PDF Fixes (May 2026) Ally for Canvas slides
- Fixing Inaccessible PDFs (April 2026)
- Using FoxIt Pro to Make PDFs Accessible (March 2026) FoxIt Pro slides
- Creating Accessible Powerpoint Templates (Feb. 2026) Powerpoint Template files
- Captioning and Description (January 2026) Captioning and Description slides
- Creating Accessible Materials in Canva (November 2025) Canva Slides
- InSightFull: Alt Text, AI Accuracy and Accessibility in STEM InSightFull slides (October 2025)
- Inclusive Teaching: The Ripple Effect of Math Accessibility Updates in Microsoft 365 Math Accessibility session slides (December 2025)
- Fix Your Content Day — Using Ally for Canvas to fix documents (November 2025)
- Prep by Continual Engine PDF Accessibility Tool Demo (November 2025)
- Creating Accessible PDFs from InDesign (October 2025) InDesign Slides
- Manual Accessibility Checking for Non-Programmers (September 2025) Manual Check Slides
- Quick Accessibility Check for Non-Programmers (August 2025) Quick Check Slides
- Creating Image Descriptions Using AI Tools with Kamran Rasul, Student Disability Services (July 2025) Creating Image Description slides
- Designing for All: Making Data Visualizations More Accessible with Pete Lawson, Sheridan Libraries (June 2025) Data Visualization slides
- From Promise to Practice: AI and Accessibility with Dr. Claire Brady (April 2025)
- Communication Access — Accessibility Open Office Hours (Feb. 2025) Communication Access Slides
- Assistive Technology Overview — Accessibility Open Office Hours (November 2024)
- Siteimprove Platform Demo (November 2024)
- Creating Accessible Event Flyers and Announcements (October 2024) Accessible Event Flyer slides
- Planning Accessible and Inclusive Events (October 2024) Accessible Meeting slides
- Intro to Siteimprove (October 2024) Intro to Siteimprove slides
- Demystifying STEM Accessibility for Students Who Are Blind or Low Vision (April 2024)
- Digital Accessibility: A User Perspective (May 2024)
- Best Practices for Accessible Content Creation (JHU Be an Ally Event, April 2023)
- Social Media Accessibility (JHU Be an Ally Event, April 2023)
- Creating Accessible Word and Powerpoint Files (JHU Be an Ally Event, April 2023)
- Practical Strategies for Enhancing Digital Accessibility at JHU by Prof. Jonathan Lazar (May 2023)
- Inclusive Teaching: Math Accessibility, Part 1: Math as a Language (November 2023)
- Inclusive Teaching: Math Accessibility, Part 2: Equation Creation Tools (November 2023)
General Disability Topics:
- Ableism and Unconscious Bias, Part 1 (February 2022) (For JHU community only)
- Ableism and Unconscious Bias, Part 2 (February 2022) (For JHU community only)
- Demystifying Disability — a Fireside Chat with Emily Ladau (JHU community event, July 2022)
- JHU | ADA Workplace Accommodations at Johns Hopkins
- JHM | Neurodiversity 101