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-<strong>Discussion post on canvas with ideas</strong> before class on May 10, 2021
-<strong>Email staff about final teams</strong> May 12, 2021
-<strong>Submit slides on Canvas and present your project in class</strong> May 17, 2021
-<strong>Submit slides on Canvas and present progress in class</strong> May 24, 2021
-<strong>Final presentations and deliverables due</strong> June 9, 2021
-<strong>Discussion post on canvas with ideas</strong> before class on Feb 14, 2023
-<strong>Email staff about final teams</strong> Feb 18, 2023
-<strong>Submit slides on Canvas and present your project in class</strong> Feb 21, 2023
-<strong>Submit slides on Canvas and present progress in class</strong> Feb 28, 2023
-<strong>Final presentations and deliverables due</strong> Final Exam Timeslot, March 14, 6:30pm, 2023
revised:April 27, 2021
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The goal of your final project is to explore an accessibility issue in more depth than you’ve been able to do in our projects so far. In choosing this project, you may want to draw from personal expertise, literature, or user data should you have access to it. There is requirement for this project and three things that are strongly encouraged. One note: given the number of weeks available, be careful not to overcommit (e.g. creating a significant novel device and a lengthy study!)
**Requirement** You should take a "disability studies" perspective meaning you should be able to make a case for how your project either directly, or indirectly, improves agency and control that people with disabilities have over their technology/lives You should think critically about whether and how your project empowers and gives agency to people with disabilities, as well as the extent to which it expects/engages the larger structural issues around the problem you’re trying to solve. If you don’t have personal experience justifying the choice of problem, it is important to find studies that involved people with disabilities that help justify the sense of your proposed work. It is not feasible to do a full iterative design cycle in this project (and not necessarily an ethical use of the time of people with disabilities), but equally important not to come in with a ‘hero complex’ and simply believe you know what people need.
## Requirements
1. You should think critically about whether and how your project empowers and gives agency and control to people with disabilities, as well as the extent to which it expects/engages the larger structural issues around the problem you’re trying to solve. You will use a "disability justice" perspective to assess your own project. You will need to select 3 disability justice principals and explain how your project furthers them. Please see the [Disability Justice assignment](disabilityjustice.html) for more details.
- You will be assessed on this in your project proposal and final project handin
- This will contribute to updating your <q>Disability justice framing</q> competency
-*Encouraged* You should inform your project from first person accounts if at all possible.
- If you cannot find first person commentary on the topic, please reach out to the course staff for help. We may tell you not to worry about it, or point you at resources
- This should not unduly burden the disability comumnity. Some projects may allow for direct collaboration with or feedback from people with disabilities, others may not. Please reach out to us for guidance on this if you intend to work with disabled participants. Since we haven’t really taught that aspect of accessibility in this class, we want you to prioritize skills you learned here!
-*Encouraged* You should work in a group. If you wish to work alone, please ask the course staff for approval.
-*Encouraged* Your project should include an implementation component. If it does not, please check with the course staff for approval.
2. You should use first person accounts and/or published studies that involve people with disabilities to justify the choice of problem. It is not feasible to do a full iterative design cycle in this project (and not necessarily an ethical use of the time of people with disabilities), but equally important not to come in with a ‘hero complex’ and simply believe you know what people need.
- You will be assessed on this in your project proposal and final project handin
- This will contribute to updating your <q>Finding First Person Accounts</q> competency
3. Your project should include an implementation component. If it does not, please check with the course staff for approval. For this component
- You will be assessed on the accessibility of your implementation, as well as your own assessment of that. This will contribute to your competencies on <q>accessibility checking</q> and <q>accessibliity problem fixes</q>
4. You will hand in a writeup about your project, and give a presentation about it. This should be accessible, and will be assessed on that basis.
- You will be assessed on <q>accessible document creation</q> and <q>image description</q>
- You will be assessed on <q>accessible presentation creation</q> and <q>presenting accessibly</q>
Your final project will have four phases:
# Idea pitch and team formation
By May 10, 2021, you will make a discussion post with an idea of your choosing, or express interest on one of the ideas posted by the staff or by other students on [Canvas](https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1465814/discussion_topics/6329593) before class. *Every student needs to make a discussion post*. We will form breakout groups in class on May 10 and help you form teams. You are encouraged to continue conversations on Canvas or in a platform of your choosing, but final team formation must be completed by May 12, 2021 (see below).
# Idea pitch and (optional) team formation
By Feb 14, 2023, you will make a discussion post with an idea of your choosing, or express interest on one of the ideas posted by the staff or by other students on [Canvas]({{site.canvas}}) before class. *Every student needs to make a discussion post*. .red[WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THIS?]
## Finalizing team formation
By May 12, 2021, please email the course staff following up on any conversation and with a *final list of team members*. Please also join and name a team/group in Canvas. This will give you access to a discussion board and turn in resources for group components of the project. In addition, pleaseemail the course staff when your team is finalized. We do not anticipate any changes in teams at this point, but we can work with you on a case-by-case basis if there is a need to change teams. Please indicate this in your email to us.
By Feb 18, 2023, respond to at least two other students' discussion posts with feedback. If this process leads to any teams forming, please email the course staff with a *finalized list of team members*.
# Proposal
By May 17, 2021, Please preopare a slide deck to present in class. Here is an outline of things we expect in the slides:
By Feb 21, 2023, Please preopare a slide deck to present in class. Here is an outline of things we expect in the slides:
0. Who are your team members (if any)
1. Describe your project.
- What first person data informed it
- What will you do? How does it support agency and control for people with disabilities
- What do you think the importance is of this problem to the disability community.
3. Report on the status of your team formation. Who are your team members? If you are working by yourself on the project, please indicate this in your proposal. You should have reached out to us and received approval to work solo by this point.
- What will it add to the world?
- Why is it necessary (what is missing now, based on first person data?)
- How does it advance disability justice?
# Milestone one presentation
On May 23, 2021, you will submit a slide deck with six slides that describe your progress with the project. The slides should contain:
On Feb 28, 2023, you will submit a slide deck with six slides that describe your progress with the project. The slides should contain:
- Promise: How the world will be better based on your project?
- Obstacle: Why we don’t have this already?
- Solution: How you will achieve the promise? This will most likely be primarily technical.
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*Development*: Please drop by office hours if you need guidance on any aspect of your project. The course staff can work with you on a case-by-case basis if you are unable to attend office hours and would like to meet at a different time.
# Final project deliverables
On June 9, 2021, you will turn-in the final set of deliverables. These are:
On March 14, 2021, you will turn-in the final set of deliverables. These are:
- a public-facing web page containing a write-up of your project.
- a 2-3 minute video about your project.
- a slide deck presenting your work.
- a presentation of this slide deck in the scheduled final exam time for your class (9 June, 2021 6:30-8:20PM).
- a presentation of this slide deck in the scheduled final exam time
## Slides
You will submit, and present slides in-class. You will follow a similar format as your milestone 1 presentations, but will focus more on your solutions. Presentation time will be decided based on group formation and number of projects. Please ensure that your submitted slides are accessible and that you are making best-effort to present accessibly while staying on-time.
