Accessible Presentation Considerations

After the facilitator starts the recording and states the session title and presenter(s) name, please give a brief introduction of yourself, and begin the session.

• Use a microphone. When possible, use a microphone or headset mic. This will help participants hear what is said.
• Turn your camera on while introducing yourself. This helps people hear and understand better. Be careful not to face away from the camera. We encourage you to describe yourself for participants who are blind or have low vision. However, this is not a requirement if you are not comfortable doing so.
• After introductions, we recommend presenters turn off their cameras. This saves bandwidth and lessens the chance of distractions.

• Realtime Captions are being provided for all sessions. Please speak clearly, loudly, and at a medium pace so that participants, the captioner, and the interpreter can better understand what is being said.
• Speak to a wide audience when possible. Remember that your session participants may not all be from the Assessments line of the business. There may be people from other business units within Pearson.
• Use simple language. Avoid or explain jargon, acronyms, and idioms.
• Give people time to process information. Pause between topics and slides.
• Describe images and graphics that convey meaning, but only to the extent needed to understand the content.
• Videos:
• Must be captioned
• Before playing the video, provide a brief description of what will be shown
• Text on the screen:
• Should be incorporated into your script.
• If you don’t have a script, please make sure that text displayed on the screen is read, but in a conversational way. Do not just pull up a slide and read the slide text.

• Reminder: The facilitator will interrupt again 2-5 minutes prior to the end of the session to do final instructions to attendees (Survey reminder and Quiz)