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assignments/index.md
assignments/project-proposals.md
schedule.md
slides/introduction.html
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- mv index-ugrad.md index.md
- mv assignments/index-ugrad.md assignments/index.md
- mv assignments/project-proposals-ugrad.md assignments/project-proposals.md
- mv slides/introduction-quals.html slides/introduction.html
- bundle config set --local path ~
build_production:
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- "Writing well in Plain language is harder than I thought."
- it is sometimes hard to identify a remedy. Again, reach out if you need help here.
# Turnin
1. Complete the assignment as described below.
2. [Submit]({{site.submit}}) your writeup based on this [template outline](disabilityjustice-template.html).
# Details
To complete this assignment, you will need to do the following
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Then decide which plain language guidelines you will file and list them. Finally, use the guidelines to simplify the text from your 200-300 word summary. Include this second version of your 200-300 word summary in your hand in.
**Note:** This is the only thing in this assignment that needs to be in plain language.
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While some technologies may be expensive or hard to get, many accessibility technologies are easily available and some are even re-purposed everyday items. Try at least one of the technologies you find yourself.
## 5. Create on or two *accessible* slides slides for each technology you found
## 5. Create one or two *accessible* slides slides for each technology you found
You will create two accessible slides (per AT) in a shared slide deck posted in the [Class Discussion]({{site.discussion}}/3515497). Your slide should include
- A summary of the AT you researched
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3. **Accessibility Technology Familiarity**: Demonstrate that you are able to use various accessibility technologies to find problems with a website or app (e.g. screen readers and tab based input would not be considered different, but screen readers and magnifiers would be considered different).
4. **Automated Accessibility Checking**: Demonstrate that you are able to use an automated checker to find problems with a website
5. **Accessibility Rules (Web/App)**: Demonstrate that you can properly assign a WCAG rule to a problem you found
6. **Finding First-Person Accounts**: You should be able to find first person accounts of an access need or other opportunity for building accessibility technology. A first person account is a description by a disabled person of their experiences, needs and goals with respect to an accessibility topic.
7. **Accessible Document Creation**: You can ensure that documents and presentations you create are accessible to everyone in your intended audience, including people with disabilities. This applies to presentations, word documents, and pdfs. **Note: Inaccessbile documents may not be assessed for other competencies until they are made accessible.**
6. **Finding First-Person Accounts**: Demonstrate your ability to find first person accounts of an access need or other opportunity for building accessibility technology. A first person account is a description by a disabled person of their experiences, needs and goals with respect to an accessibility topic.
7. **Accessible Document Creation**: Ensure that documents and presentations you create are accessible to everyone in your intended audience, including people with disabilities. This applies to presentations, word documents, and pdfs. **Note: Inaccessbile documents may not be assessed for other competencies until they are made accessible.**
8. **Accessible Presenting**: Demonstrate you can present accessibly, following [best practices](https://www.washington.edu/doit/making-your-presentation-accessible). As with accessible document creation this ensures that everyone in your intended audience, including people with disabilities, can participate in what you are doing.
9. **Image Description**: Image descriptions should be concise, complete and accurate. You should use best practices to decide when to mention the background, describe people, and so on. You should learn to do this for various types including pictures, diagrams, screen shots, and so on in an accessible fashion.
10. **Plain Language Writing**: Plain language writing follows best practices for text simplification (e.g., see the [federal text simplification website](https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/)) and ensures that *everyone* in the disability community can benefit from information that is shared.
9. **Image Description**: Create image descriptions that ar concise, complete and accurate. You should use best practices to decide when to mention the background, describe people, and so on. You should learn to do this for various types including pictures, diagrams, screen shots, and so on in an accessible fashion.
10. **Plain Language Writing**: Simplify document text following best practices for text simplification (e.g., see the [federal text simplification website](https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/)) to ensure that *everyone* in the disability community can benefit from information that is shared.
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layout: assignment
published: true
published: draft
title: Website/App Accessibility Assessment (Individual)
description: Learn to assess website/app accessibility using a variety of technologies
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repeatedly turning in inaccessible images after achieving competency
in image descriptions will lower your score.
For more details on how your grade is calculated from your competencies, please see the [assignments
page](assignments/index.html), which includes a calculator.
For more details on how your grade is calculated from your competencies, please see the [assignments page](assignments/index.html), which includes a calculator.
When you we assess a competency, we rate your skill as "no evidence"
"below competent" "basic knowledge" or "excellent". Various
combinations of "basic" "excellent" and "below competent" result in
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- Read [How Android Accessibility Services Can Be Used to Hack Your Phone](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/android-accessibility-services-can-used-hack-phone/); Lewis et al.
- Read [Security and Privacy](https://bookish.press/tac/SecurityAndPrivacy) from "Teaching Accessible Computing"
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# Week 8 (11/10-11/16): Accessibility Across Technology
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[Make4All Lab](http://make4all.org)
I use technology to improve inclusion in
and accessibility of our digital future.
and *accessibility* of our digital future.
- Assistive and health technology
- Fabrication/Physical computing
- Improve inclusion and accessibility
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# Venkatesh Potluri
Pronouns: he/him
![:img alt text, 100%,width]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/img/staff/picture.jpg)
PhD Student in the Make4All lab. I understand accessibility gaps experienced by blind or visually impaired software developers and address them by improving programming tools for domains such as:
- Collaborative software development (https://blvi.dev/codewalk)
- Data Science (https://blvi.dev/noteably-inaccessible-paper)
- User Interface design (https://blvi.dev/uitap)
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# Jesse Martinez
Pronouns: he/him
# TBD
5th-year CSE PhD Student.
I'm a game designer & artist who researches how to make games and art more accessible and use games and art as accessibility tools.
Current Interests:
- Access-Hacking Games
- ADHD Support via Games
- Reality TV Competitions X Accessibility
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# Dhruv Khanna
Pronouns: he/him
2nd-year Masters in Information Management Student. I did my undergrad in Mechanical Engineering but shifted to Software Engineering after completing my undergrad.
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# TBD
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# Warm up
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- **Sharing**: Yes, but don't copy
- **Plagiarism**: No
- **Accessibility**: This course is designed to be accessible
- **Inclusivity**: An important value in this class, and in HCI!
- **Language**: I am Jen, or Dr. Mankoff
- **Respect**: This class is a compact between us based on respect
- **Inclusivity**: An important value in this class, and in HCI!
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# A little more on inclusivity
Inclusivity does not (and should not) require disclosure, this goes for accessibility and ANYTHING else
How can you ask for help without violating privacy or boundaries? I won't make you justify your requests for help or accommodations or pry into your life. Especially because Biden's new Title IX regulations make me a mandatory reporter.
I'm happy to talk about my disability anytime though..
???
This is the most important thing I’m going to talk about today. Have I got everyone’s attention? You can’t miss this part
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# A Note on Academic Integrity
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