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{: .prepare} This is still a draft and may change

{: .module} # Module 1: Accessibility Basics :

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Week 1 (3/27 & 3/29): Introduction to Accessibility

{% details Learning Goals %}

  • What is Accessibility? Disability?
  • What is the difference between Disability studies, Disability Justice; and various models of disability
  • History of disability rights
  • Understand models for disability-centered design
  • Plain Language {% enddetails %}

{% details Week Plan %}

{: .topic} Monday: Introduction to Accessibility & Disability : Slides {% include slide.html title="Introduction to Accessibility" loc="accessibility.html" %}

{: .activity} Skill Goal: Learn how accommodations can make a meeting more inclusive : In class Exercise Put your accommodation needs into PollEverywhere ; discuss what comes up and what else might be relevant : Small Group Discussion How would you implement this in your workplace? (share)

{: .topic} Overview of course : Slides {% include slide.html title="Introduction to Course" loc="syllabus.html" %} Introduction to course syllabus & assignments

{: .topic} Wednesday: Disability Justice : Slides {% include slide.html title="In Class Activities" loc="accessibility-activities.html" %}

{: .activity} Skill Goal: Analyze a piece of technology from a Disability Rights perspective : Small Group Discussion Analysis of the iPhone (share)

{: .activity} Skill Goal: Analyze a topic from a disability justice perspective : Small Group Discussion Analyze masking from a disability justice perspective (share)

{% enddetails %}

{% details Preparation for next week %} {: .homework} Class Participation survey :

{: .homework} Disability Justice Homework Assigned: Pick an access topic and analyze it from a disability justice perspective. :

{: .homework} Readings for next week :

{% enddetails %}

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Week 2 (4/3 & 4/5): Accessibility Assessment 1: Guidelines and Assessment

{: .prepare} Come Prepared : Come to class with an image, diagram, or other graphic you want to describe; Be prepared (install and try out) one of: switch control, a screen reader, or magnification on your phone

{% details Learning Goals %}

  • What are the current accessibility standards
  • Get comfortable with basic image description (images, people)
  • How do we use automated tools to assess accessibility
  • How can we use accessibility technology to assess accessibility
  • Get comfortable using existing freely available accessibility technology to support assessment {% enddetails %}

{% details Class Plan %}

{: .topic} Monday: Introduction to Assessing Accessibility & Practice : Slides {% include slide.html title="Assessing Accessibility" loc="assessment.html" %}

{: .activity} Skill Goal: Image Description : In class Exercise Break into small groups and show each other the inaccessible images you found. Work on a short and long description appropriate to your image type. (google doc)

{: .topic} Monday: Guidelines 1.1, 1.2, and Automated Assessment : Slides Continue {% include slide.html title="Assessing Accessibility Cont..." loc="assessment.html#45" %}

{: .activity} Skill Goal: Automated Assessment : In class Exercise Use WebAIM Wave to assess the Seattle Public Schools Website (share

{: .topic} Wednesday: Guidelines 1.3, 1.4, and Manual Assessment : Slides Continue {% include slide.html title="Assessing Accessibility Cont..." loc="assessment.html#52" %}

{: .activity} Skill Goal: Use Accessibility Technologies to assess the same website : Slides {% include slide.html title="Assessing Accessibility Cont..." loc="assessment.html#65" %}

In class Exercise Break into small groups. Each pick one of the following and try out the website

  • Screen reader
  • Switch input
  • Magnification

Try to find something you didn't find with an automated tool. (share)

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{% details Preparation for next week %} {: .homework} Class Participation survey :

{: .homework} Website/app accessibility Assigned: Assess and write a report :

{: .homework} Readings for next week :

{% enddetails %}

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Week 3 (4/10 & 4/12): Accessibility Assessment 2: Tradeoffs and Advanced Methods

{% details Learning Goals %}

  • What are the tradeoffs between different tools?
  • Beginning to look at study design by example
  • More advanced accessibility techniques
    • Differences between Image description, Diagram description and UI description
    • Video description & Captioning
    • Math, Tables & other elements (including custom interactors)
    • Navigation and its impact on Accessibility; how to set up proper header structures.
  • How to present accessibly {% enddetails %}

{% details Class Plan %}

{: .activity} Discussion: Value of Cumulative Assessment : In class Exercise Find the students who assessed the same website as you. Talk about the UARs you generated. Did you find different problems from other students? Why do you think you did, or did not, find different problems? share

{: .activity} In Class Work Time : Work on your website writeup.

{: .topic} Wednesday: Best Practices for Improving Accessibility : Slides {% include slide.html title="Best Practices: Improving Accessibility" loc="best-practices.html" %}

Discussion of Disability Dongle Paper

{: .topic} First Person Accounts & Finding Acessibility Assignment : Introduction to Finding Accessibility

{% enddetails %}

{% details Preparation for next week %} {: .homework} Class Participation survey :

{: .homework} Finding Accessibility Assigned: Summarize a first person account of an access technology :

{: .homework} Post-module Reflection: Accessibility Basics Reflection :

{: .homework} Readings for next week :

{% enddetails %}

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