Basic class website set up

Added a title, description, etc. Some details missing since I don't
have a course number (for example). Now it's ready to work on a schedule :)

README.md

@@ -15,8 +15,18 @@ To use this website, the following steps are necessary:
     * Create a directory in /courses/[your class] for this quarter
     * ask CSE support to enable your repo for the courseweb runner
     * Make sure to tell them which class this is for so they can set it up properly.
-
-
+4. change the colors if you want to update the style. You can find them at the top of /assets/css/style.scss
+5. update the favico in /assets/img
+6. update the variables in _config.yml including
+   * title
+   * description
+   * baseurl
+   * twitter_username
+   * git_username
+   * git_branch
+   * quarter
+   * author
+   and anything else that seems relevant
 
 # Basic use:
 

_config.yml

@@ -4,27 +4,27 @@
 # You can create any custom variable you would like, and they will be accessible
 # in the templates via {{ site.myvariable }}.
 
-title: Name and number of your class
-description: Description of your class
+title: The Future of Access Technology
+description: Explore Accessibility and the exciting potential for IOT, Reactive Web, Physical computing  to enable it
 
-baseurl: "/courses/csexxx/xxqq"
+baseurl: "/courses/csexxx/21sp"
 url: https://courses.cs.washington.edu # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
-twitter_username: username
-git_username:  username
-git_url: https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/jmankoff/class-website-core
-git_branch: CSExxx-xxQQ
+twitter_username: jcmankoff
+git_username:  jmankoff
+git_url: https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/pmp-accessibility/website
+git_branch: CSExxx-21SP
 piazza: https://us.edstem.org/courses/xxx/discussion/
 canvas: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/xxxxx
 gitlab: https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/students-group-for-assignments
 gitgrade: https://gitgrade.cs.washington.edu/student/summary/xxxx
 paginate:            5
-quarter: "Quarter YYYY"
+quarter: "Spring Quarter 2021"
 copydate: "3/30/20"
 status: draft
 
 author:
-    name: Name
-    url: "https://website"
+    name: Jennifer Mankoff
+    url: "https://make4all.org"
 
 email: "email@university.edu"            # Your contact email
   # probably want to update this to be the class teaching staff mailing list

assets/css/style.scss

 ---
 # This is where the style colors for the website are set
 ---
-$navbar-color: #3a1c6f;
-$dark-color: #3a1c6f;
-$gradient-dark: #3a1c6f;
-$gradient-light:  #006666;
+$navbar-color: #003459;
+$dark-color: #003459;
+$gradient-dark:  #004d85;
+$gradient-light:   #004d85;
 $lecture-background: #164756 ;
 $lab-background:#d8e6c9;
 $background: #d8e6c9;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dl dt.lab {
 }
 
 .navbar {
-    background-color:  $gradient-dark;
+    background-color:  $navbar-color;
 }
 
 table.schedule {

index.md

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ warning: draft
 ---
 
 <h1> Welcome to Class! </h1>
-Description of class
+How can computing enable new solutions to accessibility, including both access to the world and access to computers? Similarly, how can a disability studies perspective guide us in developing empowering and relevant solutions to accessibility problems? This course explores both of those questions through a combination of discussions, reading, and building.
+
+Access technology (AT) has the potential to increase autonomy, and improve millions of people’s ability to live independently. This potential is currently under-realized because the expertise needed to create the right AT is in short supply and the custom nature of AT makes it difficult to deliver inexpensively. Yet computers’ flexibility and exponentially increasing power have revolutionized and democratized access technologies. In addition, by studying access technology, we can gain valuable insights into the future of all user interface technology.
+
+In this course we will focus on two primary domains for access technologies: Access to the world (first half of the class) and Access to computers (second half of class). The largest project in the class will be an open ended opportunity to explore access technology in more depth. 
 
 For quick links to key things, check out the navigation bar above and the table of contents here: