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Inclusive Presentations

Fostering inclusion with M365 Tools

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Presented by Noelette Hurley MSc – IT Analyst – IT Services, UCC

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Overview

  • M365 Accessibility Features
  • Raising Awareness
  • Accessible Online Presentation
  • Content Creation
  • Consistency

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Windows 11/M365 Accessibility Features

  • Accessibility Checker
    • Word
    • PowerPoint
    • Excel
    • Outlook
    • SharePoint
  • Read Aloud – Text to Speech
  • Immersive Reader – Comprehension and Focus
  • Dictate – Application Specific

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  • Narrator – Screen Reader
  • Voice Typing – Speech to Text – System Wide
  • Voice Access – Control your device using your voice
  • PowerPoint Live
  • PowerPoint Captions

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Take a Moment to Consider…

How many of the accessibility features listed were you aware of?

How many have you used?

How many have you seen in use?

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Raising Awareness

  • Consistent use of PowerPoint Live
    • We Highlight the features of PowerPoint Live at the beginning of all online sessions
  • Record and Transcripts
    • We make sure to record our online sessions
    • We store all the sessions together on a SharePoint site to facilitate access

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Inclusivity Reminder

This content has been checked using the Accessibility Checker in PowerPoint

Where possible we will present in PowerPoint Live 

    • Consume these slides at your own pace using the arrows
    • Features you can use which will not apply to others on the call
      • Turn on Live captions
      • Avail of real-time translation into other languages
      • Use Magnifier to zoom in on shared content
      • Activate High Contrast mode to improve readability
    • Recording and transcript will be available after this call
    • Links are clickable
    • Slide headings have been added
    • Descriptions have been added to each image

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PowerPoint Live�

PowerPoint Live is a key feature that improves the overall accessibility of presentations delivered via MS Teams. It makes it easy for attendees to:

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    • Enable live captions
    • Choose High Contrast Mode
    • Zoom
    • Clickable links
    • Move forward and back through the slides

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Each feature benefits attendees in different ways. When delivering our online sessions, we aim to always present using PowerPoint Live and encourage our attendees to do the same when they are delivering online presentations.

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We are ALL content creators

“Content

is

King”

These are only some of the pieces of content you might create in a day:

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    • Emails
    • Word Documents/Reports
    • Excel Files
    • PowerPoint Presentations
    • SharePoint Communication Sites
    • MS Forms

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Consistency, Consistency, Consistency

“Consistency is Key!”