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)
-**come to next class prepared** with an image you want to describe
-**come to next class prepared** to use either switch control, a screen reader, or magnification on your phone.
**Optional**
-[Rescribe: Authoring and Automatically Editing Audio Descriptions](https://amypavel.com/papers/rescribe.pdf)([talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmyPmT5T0PY))
-[Google Video on Practical Web Accessibility](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x18vEEfpK3g) — this video provides a great overview of the Web and how to make web content accessible. Highly recommended as a supplement to what we will cover in class.
-[Semantics to screen readers](https://alistapart.com/article/semantics-to-screen-readers/)
-[Rethinking web accessibility on Windows](https://www.marcozehe.de/rethinking-web-accessibility-on-windows/)
-[Access Lab - the Switch](https://axesslab.com/switches/)
-[Improving User Experience of Eye Tracking-Based Interfaces](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3338844)
- Switch Control overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKEE9nI1lk)
-[One thumb to rule them all](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BhHwk9qSvI)
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# Week 2 (1/10): Assessing Accessibility
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- Homework Description
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{% details 6:00-6:20 Practice using Automated Assessment %}
- WebAIM [Wave](https://wave.webaim.org/)
- Apply it to **[TBD]**
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: Break / Food
{% details 6:40-7:00 Revisit same Site using Accessibility Technologies %}
: **Slides**[Overview of Screen Readers](https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1465814/files/folder/screen%20reader%20slides?preview=75865945)
Break into small groups. Each pick one of the following and try out the website
- Screen reader
- Switch input
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-[How To Do Something Good In The Disability Community If You’re Not Disabled](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2020/12/16/how-to-do-something-good-in-the-disability-community-if-youre-not-disabled/?sh=4befcb377d7f)
-[Living Disability Theory: Reflections on Research, Access and Design](https://make4all.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/hoffmann-living-disability-theory.pdf)
- maybe biometrics & visualization RFI responses
**Optional**
-[Disability Studies as a source of critical inquiry...](https://make4all.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MankoffAssets2010.pdf)
-[Vital coronavirus is failing the blind and visually impaired](https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ag9wb/vital-coronavirus-information-is-failing-the-blind-and-visually-impaired)
- maybe biometrics paper?
{: .holiday} # Module 2: Second Wave Accessibility
# Week 7 (2/14): Intersectionality with Race, Gender & Other Identities
**Learning Goals** TBD
{: .lecture} Final project check-in
: **Process** Please be prepared to present your project idea for five minutes. The class will discuss and provide feedback on this.
{% details Class Plan: STILL TBD %}
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{: .lecture} Accessibility's overlooked spaces
: **Slides** coming soon
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{: .homework} Post-class Reflection [Canvas]
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{: .homework} Readings for next week
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# Week 9 (2/28): Accessibility checking!
# Week 8 (2/21): Sustainability, Urban Access and Housing
**Learning Goals** TBD
{: .lecture} Accessibility testing
: **Readings** (optional)
-[Google Video on Practical Web Accessibility](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x18vEEfpK3g) — this video provides a great overview of the Web and how to make web content accessible. Highly recommended as a supplement to what we will cover in class.
-[People with Disabilities say this AI is making the web worse for them](https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7az74/people-with-disabilities-say-this-ai-tool-is-making-the-web-worse-for-them)
-[Screen Recognition: Creating Accessibility Metadata for Mobile Applications from Pixels](https://docs-assets.developer.apple.com/ml-research/papers/screen-recognition-chi-2021.pdf)
{% details Class Plan: STILL TBD %}
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{: .lecture} Final project check-in
: **Discussion post due** Understanding testing and repair for accessibility
-[Latte: Use-Case and Assistive-Service Driven Automated Accessibility Testing Framework for Android](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84jeO0UZFE)
-[ Lies, Damned Lies, Overlays, and Widgets](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-damned-overlays-widgets-timothy-springer/)
: **Process** Teams present project status for in-class discussion (Class will extend until 9pm on this day).
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# Week 10 (3/7): Final project Check-in
{: .homework} Post-class Reflection [Canvas]
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{: .holiday} No Class -- Memorial Day
: **Project** Email Check-in
{: .homework} Readings for next week
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{: .lecture} Open office hours
: Will be held during regular lecture timing.
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# Finals week: Final presentations betwen 3/11 and 3/17 (still TBD)
: **Reading**: Please pick two readings from this [Walking While Blind in Manhattan During the Pandemic](https://www.nextavenue.org/walking-while-blind-in-manhattan-during-the-pandemic/); [Q&A with Jamison Hill](https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/01/24/qa-with-jamison-hill/); [The AmazonBasics Microwave With Alexa Shows How Gimmicks Are Gold](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2021/01/14/the-amazonbasics-microwave-with-alexa-shows-how-gimmicks-are-gold/?sh=7abb74d95ce4); [How blind people use iPhones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjb-EbBvikw); [Talking intersections with race, disability, and police violence](http://meloukhia.net/2016/06/talking_intersections_with_race_disability_and_police_violence/); [Deaf people face unique challenges as pandemic drags on](https://www.theverge.com/22254591/deaf-communication-tech-access-coronavirus-isolation); and respond to the thread on the [Canvas discussion](https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1465814/discussion_topics/6249052)
{: .lecture} Final project check-in
: **Process** Teams present project status for in-class discussion.
**Readings and other Preparation** This is a first introduction to disability and an important starting place through providing a disability studies perspective up front in the class.
: **Reading**
- Optional: [Disability Studies as a source of critical inquiry...](https://make4all.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MankoffAssets2010.pdf)
- Optional: [Semantics to screen readers](https://alistapart.com/article/semantics-to-screen-readers/)
- Optional: [Rethinking web accessibility on Windows](https://www.marcozehe.de/rethinking-web-accessibility-on-windows/)
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{: .lecture} Introduction to screen readers and begin forming teams for homework 1.
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: **Learning Goals** Understand a disability-centered perspective and its impact on designing accessibility technologies, get introduced to screen readers.
: **Slides**[Linked slides on canvas](https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1465814/files/folder/screen%20reader%20slides?preview=75865945)
{: .lecture} Activity 1 presentations
: **Learning Goals** Understand how people with disabilities currently use accessibility technologies; Exposure to a variety of AT
{: .homework} Post-class Reflection [Canvas]
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**Prep for [Activity 1](assignments/act1-finding-accessibility.html)**
{: .homework} Readings for next week
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# Week 3 (1/17): Screen Readers/Bandwidth and Access
**Readings and other Preparation**
-[Living Disability Theory: Reflections on Research, Access and Design](https://make4all.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/hoffmann-living-disability-theory.pdf)
-[Access Lab - the Switch](https://axesslab.com/switches/)
-[Improving User Experience of Eye Tracking-Based Interfaces](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3338844)
- Optional viewing: [Switch Control overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKEE9nI1lk)
- Optional viewing: [One thumb to rule them all](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BhHwk9qSvI)
# Week 10 (3/7): Final project Check-in
**Learning Goals** TBD
{% details Class Plan: STILL TBD %}
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{: .lecture} Introduction to Switch Access
: **Learning Goals** Introduction to switch controls and building interfaces for use by people with limited mobility
**Slides TBD**
{: .homework} Post-class Reflection [Canvas]
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{: .homework} Readings for next week
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# Finals week: Final presentations betwen 3/11 and 3/17 (still TBD)
{: .lecture} Final project presentations
**Activity2 and HW1 work time.**
{: .lecture} Guest lecture
: Lecture by Brett Humphrey, Microsoft on screen readers
: **Learning Goals** Practical stories on screen reader implementation and use
