Train the Trainer
Target Group
The course is aimed at people who have no prior knowledge of using the world’s most popular screen-reader JAWS for Windows or who have not taught screen-reading skills to visually impaired people for some time. It is designed for Teachers of visually impaired students, Access Technology Trainers and I T professionals who need more than a passing understanding of how JAWS functions and the central concepts of how visually impaired people interact with computers in a positive way.
Course Duration
5 Days
Course Dates
New dates will be coming soon, please register your interest with our orders team to be kept informed. Our details can be found on the contact us page.
Course Aims
The course aims to provide an intensive five-day workshop of a very practical nature. Plenty of opportunities exist to ask questions and to gain a tremendous amount of information concerning how to use JAWS in many environments
Course Topics include:
- JAWS installation options
- JAWS Menus
- The Set up of JAWS preferences
- JAWS Help
- Using JAWS and Windows applications via the keyboard
- JAWS Managers list
- Speech and Sounds Manager
- Punctuation Settings
- User Options
- Text Processing Settings
- Keyboard Options
- HTML Options
- Keyboard Manager
- Dictionary Manager
- Graphics Labeller
- JAWS Features supporting Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and the Internet
Success Criteria
Participants will be able to demonstrate the competent use of the installation and features of JAWS for Windows and successfully deliver these skills in a training environment.