Designing an Accessible User Experience | Web Accessibility Training
Designing an Accessible User Experience
Technical level: Easy
Duration: 135 minutes (estimate)
IAAP CAECs: 2.25 (This class counts toward renewal of IAAP certification)
Course Synopsis:
The purpose of this course is somewhat different from the other Deque University courses. Rather than present a list of accessibility rules, we push the boundaries a little and engage in a few thought experiments. The goal isn't just to comply with guidelines or laws, but to try to create a compelling, enjoyable, and useful experience for people with disabilities.
Course Topics: Designing an Accessible User Experience | Web Accessibility Training
- Accessibility and Inclusive Design
- Defining Accessibility as the Minimum Goal
- 7 Principles of Universal Design
- Quiz
- Avoid Exclusive Design Patterns
- Examine Assumptions
- Designs that Cause Exclusion
- Learning from Accessibility Design Failures
- Failure to Design
- Ineffective Designs
- Incomplete Designs
- Bad Retrofitting
- Inconvenient or Stigmatizing Designs
- "Accessibility Rot" Over Time
- Quiz
- Embrace Diversity
- Examining the Edge Cases
- User Research with People with Disabilities
- Quiz
- Create Inclusive Designs
- The Ability Persona Spectrum
- An "Accessibility First" Mindset
- Collateral Benefits
- One Interface Fits All?
- Quiz
- Rethinking "Affordances"
- Defining Affordances
- Blind: An Audio-Structural UX
- Overall Page UX
- Interaction UX
- Deafblind: A Tactile-Structural Text-only UX
- Deaf: A Silent Visual UX
- The Challenge of Cognitive Disabilities
- What it means to have a cognitive disability
- Key Design Concepts
- WCAG Guidelines Benefitting Cognitive Disabilities
- Quiz
- The Challenge of User-Generated Content
- Leveraging the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
- Automated Solutions
- Quiz
- Web Design Considerations, By Disability Type
- Basic Web Accessibility Checklist for Designers