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# Welcome to Future of Accessibility
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Instructor: {{site.author.name}}
TAs: Venkatesh Potluri, Varsha Konda
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# Today's goals
- Get you excited about access technology
- Get you excited about the course
- Give you a clear idea of what you’ll learn in the course
- Course staff
- Syllabus
- Discussion topics:
- The Heterogeneity of Ability
- Access Technology, Early Adopters, and the Future
- Course Logistics
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# The Future of Accessibility [switch decks](accessibility.html)
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# This **week's** learning goals
- What is accessibility about?
- What are some examples of accessibility technologies?
- What does this have to do with computer science?
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# Course learning goals:
## Improving Access to the World
- Sound Recognition
- Navigation
- ...
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# Course learning goals:
Improving Access to the World
## Improving Access to Computers
- Screen readers
- Switch Access
- Media Accessibility
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# Course learning goals:
Improving Access to the World
Improving Access to Computers
## Access and Activism
- What is Abelism?
- Advocacy and Power: Creating an accessible culture at work and Beyond
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# Today's goals
- Get you excited about access technology
- Get you excited about the course
- Give you a clear idea of what you’ll learn in the course
- **Course staff**
- Syllabus
- Discussion topics:
- The Heterogeneity of Ability
- Access Technology, Early Adopters, and the Future
- Course Logistics
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# Jennifer Mankoff
Pronouns: She/her
[Make4All Lab](http://make4all.org)
I use technology to improve inclusion in
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
I aspire to make software engineering inclusive to developers who are blind or visually impaired (BVI)
- improving programming environment accessibility
- Inventing tools to support BVI developers to create aesthetically pleaseing interfaces
- Improving efficiency of screen reader interactions
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# Varsha Konda
Pronouns: He/him
I'm a junior studying Computer Science at the University of Washington.
- primarily interested in databases, accessibility, and algorithms.
- currently doing research on understanding mobility preferences of people with disabilities.
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# Let's get to know you! Warmup
What is your favorite animal?
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# Let's get to know you!
Breakout rooms, with questions:
- Where in the world are you?
- What is one thing that helped you most through quarantine?
- Why do you want to learn about accessibility
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# Today's goals
- Get you excited about access technology
- Get you excited about the course
- Give you a clear idea of what you’ll learn in the course
- Course staff
- **Syllabus**
- Discussion topics:
- The Heterogeneity of Ability
- Access Technology, Early Adopters, and the Future
- Course Logistics
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# Where to find what
The class is on the [web]({{site.baseurl}}/index),
but we have used iframes to connect this to
[Canvas]({{site.canvas}}). We try to interlink
everything as much as possible.
- Class discussions and all contact with instructors should happen
either in office hours or through a [class mailing list]({{site.piazza}}) or [staff mailing list]({{site.staff_email}})
- You can also request appointments for further help
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# Development Environment
**Background**: Programming expected
Python is our primary language
- Comfortable with Python; basic software engineering; data structures; etc
- Will also use Jupyter Notebooks in one assignment
- Comfortable reading / adding to existing source code
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# Syllabus: Summary of expectations and values
- **Sharing**: Yes, but don't copy
- **Accessibility**: This course is designed to be accessible
- **Inclusivity**: An important value in this class, and in HCI!
- **Academic Integrity**: A course value and requirement See our [Academic Conduct]({{site.baseurl}}/academic-conduct) page for more details
- **Language**: I am Jen, or Dr. Mankoff
- **Respect**: This class is a compact between us based on respect
- **Healthy Environment**: Your health/mental health are important and we have tried to
structure the class to support you (e.g. up to 5 late days without questions asked).
If you need larger accommodations for any reason, consider working with
[DRS](https://depts.washington.edu/uwdrs/) as well as us.
If you run into problems, or have preferences about these issues, please tell me!
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# Distance learning
So how's this Distance Learning thing going to work? With shared expections of the
- students
- instructor
- TAs.
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# Lecture and Section: Expectations
- Please have your video on, or communicate with us if this will be an issue.
- Please keep your mic muted unless you’re asking a question.
- To ask a question, please type “hand” in the chat in Zoom or just speak up.
- You may also post questions in the chat, but you may be asked to unmute your mic and ask your question aloud.
- If you do type in the chat, ensure what you are typing is school appropriate and inclusive.
- There will be individual and group based activities which you are expected to
participate in. (Contact us if you are not able to participate in real time)
- Please email us (privately) if you are in a time zone that does not allow you to participate during class synchronously so we can accomodate that for exams, etc.
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# Field Trip
## [Assignments]({{site.baseurl}}/assignments)