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6 merge requests!12Accessibility website jen summer work,!9Q access 24 sp,!8Q access 24 sp,!5Latest update from Spring 2023,!4Latest update after pmp class,!3Updated content for week 3 and week 4 (week 4 still needs work)
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assigned: May 5, 2021
due:
- <strong>Discussion post on canvas with ideas</strong> before class on May 10, 2021
- <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 one page abstract on canvas</strong> May 17, 2021
- <strong>Submit slides on canvas and present your idea and approach in class for critique</strong> May 24, 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
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objective: Make the world slightly more accessible
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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.
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.
- *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.
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 and form teams.
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).
## 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 fill these details in this spreadsheet. *Every team must email* the class staff. 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 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.
# Proposal
By May 17, 2021, Please submit a one page abstract in an accessible document. Here is an outline of things we expect in the document:
By May 17, 2021, Please preopare a slide deck to present in class. Here is an outline of things we expect in the slides:
1. Describe your project.
2. What is the accessibility problem you are trying to solve? Please also briefly state the importance of this problem to the disability community.
- 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.
# Milestone one presentation
On May 23, 2021, you will submit a slide deck with six slides that describe your progress with the project. You will present these slides in class. The slides should contain:
- What access gap are you trying to address?
On May 23, 2021, 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, such as a novel device.
- Related work: It should also include a related work section with at least 5 references showing some evidence for the importance of this problem. This evidence should be informed by perspectives or your end users, people with disabilities.
- Solution: How you will achieve the promise? This will most likely be primarily technical.
- Related work: It should also include a related work section with at least 3 references showing some evidence for the importance of this problem, and any first person evidence you found. Related work should as much as possible be informed by perspectives or your end users, people with disabilities.
- Timeline: Finally, it should include a timeline showing that this is feasible.
*Development*: We will check in on projects in part of class and/or office hours on a weekly basis to help provide guidance about progress on the milestones laid out in your timeline. 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.
*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 June 9, 2021, you will turn-in the final set of deliverables. These are:
- a public-facing website containing a write-up of 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).
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You will make an accessible, public-facing webpage. [Here is an example tool from Microsoft](https://accessibilityinsights.io/docs/en/web/overview/) that will help you check for accessibility of your page. [Here is an article](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/08/accessibility-chrome-devtools/) talking about ways to do this using Chrome's DevTools. We recognise that it may not be possible to produce a website with zero accessibility bugs if you are using built-in frameworks; while that should be your goals when designing websites, we expect you to make your best effort and minimize accessibility bugs on your page for this submission. Your webpage should contain the following:
- A brief, three-five minute captioned video motivating your project and describing your solution.
- text content with relevant links. This should contain:
- Text describing:
- Introduction– 1-3 paragraphs: Present the promise/ obstacle/ solution for your project— What is the problem you are solving and why is it important to solve it?
- Related Work– 3-4 paragraphs: Talk about relevant work that closely connects with your project.
- Methodology– about 4 paragraphs: What did you do in your project– if you worked with participants: How many people? What did they do? If you implemented a system, or designed something, what did you design?
- Related Work– 1-3 paragraphs: Talk about relevant work that closely connects with your project.
- Methodology– about 3 paragraphs: What did you do in your project- what did you design or implement? What role did people with disabilities play in this, if any
- Disability Studies Perspective– 1 paragraph: How did a disability studies perspective inform your project?
- learnings and future work -- 1-2 paragraphs: Describe what you learnt and how this can be extended/ built on in the future.
- Learnings and future work -- 1-2 paragraphs: Describe what you learned and how this can be extended/ built on in the future.
You should follow the writing guidelines put out by [SIGACCESS for writing about disability](https://www.sigaccess.org/welcome-to-sigaccess/resources/accessible-writing-guide/)
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## Slides and presentation
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.
## Important notes and considerations
Language: You will be expected to use best practices in language and presentation. Here is the SIGACCESS guide on this.
The things we have emphasized in this class, namely a disability studies perspective should be featured in your project as much as possible.
- With respect to disability studies, 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.
Your project can include designing and piloting a study, but only if you have significant experience already in this domain since we haven’t really taught that aspect of accessibility in this class. Better to spend time on skills you learned here! In addition, given the number of weeks available, be careful not to overcommit (e.g. creating a significant novel device and a lengthy study!)
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