Workshops

Sign up information and descriptions for each workshop are shown below.

To sign up for a workshop, please e-mail etd@bgsu.edu or call 419-372-9888.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail and a meeting invite with a link to the workshop.  If the workshop has handouts, those will be attached to the meeting invite.   

ETD Formatting workshop includes

• Review of where to find items on the Graduate College Theses and Dissertations website
• Review of the handbook
  
• How to use the required templates
  
• Submission to OhioLINK
  • Delays in Publication (Embargo)
  • ProQuest

Accessibility & Acrobat Pro workshop includes

• Using the required template and how headings are already set to be accessible
• Making figures and tables accessible in Microsoft Word
• Making titles, figures, tables, etc. accessible in Acrobat Professional
  • Checking the color contrast
  • Checking the reading order
    
• Information on how to create alternate text for figures (do not use the same text you use in the figure's title)

•  Converting your document to PDF from Word
  
  • Combining documents
    
  • Creating bookmarks
  •  Filling in the Document Properties
    • This sets the title and the language for accessibility purposes
  • Embedding fonts

If you are using LaTeX, you will need to use Acrobat Professional to make your document accessible.  This is not a part of the template you currently use.