Is your virtual training inclusive and accessible? Does it provide opportunities for learners with disabilities such as low vision, hearing issues, or neurodiversity to participate? In this interactive session, you will learn specific techniques to include everyone in your virtual training classes.

You'll learn what questions to ask during the design phase, and strategies to use when creating activities. You'll discover what the research says about using chat, webcams, shared screens, breakouts, and other common virtual classroom tools for accessibility. You'll also discover software settings to enable for a better learner experience, and facilitation techniques that invite and include everyone. You'll leave this session with a toolkit ideas and strategies to increase the accessibility of your virtual training programs.

OBJECTIVES:

• Consider accessibility from the start of a virtual training project
• Use common accessibility features found in virtual classroom platforms
• Discover techniques to improve the virtual experience for all learners
• Anticipate activity adaptations for diverse audiences

SESSION SYNOPSIS:

• Create virtual training programs accessible to all using research-based, practical strategies and tools available in online platforms.

As a leading industry expert and 20+ year pioneer of virtual training, Cindy Huggett, CPTD, has vast experience delivering engaging learning solutions via the virtual classroom.

She’s the author of five acclaimed books on the subject, including Virtual Training Tools and Templates: An Action Guide to Live Online Learning and the brand-new The Facilitator’s Guide to Immersive, Blended and Hybrid Learning. Cindy partners with organizations to create virtual training with lasting learning impact. She helps upskill trainers and designers, maximize online learning design, and facilitate actionable virtual training and hybrid learning.

A sought-after speaker, Cindy has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to leverage live online training through cutting-edge workshops and presentations on topics related to leadership, learning, and technology. Based in Raleigh, NC, Cindy serves clients globally. To learn more, reach her at cindyhuggett.com.