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---
layout: assignment
published: true
published: draft
title: Website/App Accessibility UARS (Individual)
description: Learn to assess website/app accessibility using a variety of technologies
code: hw3
assigned: TBD
due:
- UARS--Due before class TBD
- No grace period--These will be discussed in class
assigned: October 11th, 2023
due: October 16th, 2023 (2 day grace period, October 18th, 2023)
revised: April 11, 2023
revised: August 20, 2023
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@@ -57,12 +55,10 @@ Assessment](https://xiaoyizhang.me/assets/Paper/ASSETS_2017_Epidemiology.pdf).
You may submit your top three choices for website/app from listing below and include at most one of your own on the [Discussion thread for selection]({{site.discussion}}) for this assignment. Our goal is to have *at least four students** working independently on each website. Note that there is a *task* associated with each website/app (and if you pick your own, you should also have a task in mind).
{% details Possible websites/apps %}
In the past, website have been sponsored by CREATE partners and community members. Student reports have been received by them with great gratitude, generating comments such as "This is fantastic" and "What an amazing and helpful report!" with plans to implement the recommendatinos.
In the past, website have been sponsored by CREATE partners and community members. Student reports have been received by them with great gratitude, generating comments such as "This is fantastic" and "What an amazing and helpful report!" with plans to implement the recommendatinos. We also sometimes do a group of similar websites so that we can make a recommendation about which ones to use (if choosing, say, between grocery stores).
- [VolunteerMeet Techies For Reproductive Justice](https://ddf.volunteermeet.org/): VolunteerMeet is a tool for abortion access and reproductive justice groups to use to recruit and vet volunteers. VolunteerMeet is used by several large organizations, and we want to make sure we are not limiting the participation of people with disabilities. **Focus**: The application process.
- [Digital Defense Fund](https://digitaldefensefund.org/): Our website has a large amount of (free!) material about how to access abortion and other reproductive health care safely in today's criminalized environment. We have resources about digital security, staying safe online, and tech-enabled advocacy, among many other topics - all of which are incredibly important to all of us, but perhaps especially to people may be more vulnerable to surveillance because of their disabilities. **Focus**: Two sections of our site in particular: Learn & Media
- [PAVE](https://wapave.org/): With our goal of continual improvement, we would like to always test the website periodically to make sure we are making sure it is accessible to everyone. **Focus**: Accessibility and ease of use
- [CREATE](https://create.uw.edu/): CREATE's website should already be pretty accessible, but we haven't had any outside testers look at it. Help us find th egaps and problems! **Focus**: Finding out about funding
- [Commerce.way.gov](Commerce.wa.gov)
- TBD
- Other: We are happy to take submissions for other websites that you might want to focus on. If you do this, you must recruit *at least one* other student in the class (preferably three others) who will (independently) look at the same website
{% enddetails %}
@@ -89,6 +85,7 @@ accessibility tools. You may also use other accessibility tools if you
feel there are things that does not address, such as speech based input, or switch input.
Here are some resources that may help you in gaining comfort with these accessibility technologies
- [Setting up a screen reader testing environment](https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing-environment-setup/)
- [Zoomtext and other magnification in use](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZRVDgeMpXc) and [Setting up windows for zooming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQhUCnMhDZE)
- [Screen reading intro](https://axesslab.com/what-is-a-screen-reader/)
- Switch control intro: [Switch Control overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKEE9nI1lk)
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