How to do a UX accessibility evaluation Which of the four principles (perceivable, operable, understandable, robust) should the designer focus most effort on? This kind of depends on the context the designer finds themselves in. Do they also build the digital product or do they work with a developer? If the latter, how do the…
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A Cool Thing: Online Teaching and Medieval Studies
My work on 23 Things for Digital Knowledge and my growing interest in how to be an effective and engaging teacher in online spaces led me to attend the Medieval Academy of America webinar, Online Teaching and Medieval Studies yesterday. This post aims to record a few brief notes and reflections from that event. The… Read more A Cool Thing: Online Teaching and Medieval Studies
Thing 6 – Accessibility
Accessibility is so important and is a major focus of my day to day job as a Creative Learning Assistant as I support staff on their journey of making their learning materials accessible. I remember learning about the accessibility features…
Accessibility Online
In Ontario we have to follow AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) as we are a public institution. As a result I have had training in relation to this issue but not from a creator’s point of view. When I am on 1 desk we have customers who come to use our accessible computerContinue reading “Accessibility Online”
Accessibility toggles in WordPress
Reading Time: 5 minutes Thing 6 – my continuing adventure with 23things Today’s thoughts have been a long time coming, mostly because it has taken me a long time to test and evaluate my experience of accessibility as a WordPress user. I am…
Thing 6 -Accessibility
Do you have trouble accessing information on the web? Thing 6 discusses how the internet can make information inclusive and accessible, and conversely, the factors and barriers which decrease accessibility. There is some amazing technology available to assist users to access internet content (text to speech translators is one example), but these can only assist …
Variety, apparently it’s the spice of life
Reading Time: 6 minutes For all the folk out there in the blogosphere who also work in higher education, let me just say, we made it! It’s Friday of week 1 and all that work over the summer months and the craziness of welcome week / freshers wee…
Having a blast at Playful Learning 2019
Each year I’m blown away by the thoughtful creative playfulness and engagement of organisers, presenters, and attendees at the Playful Learning conference. And oh my gosh I learn so much! I’ve taken a ridiculous amount of notes and scribbled ideas home with me and look forward to bringing as much of it into my own … Continue reading Having a blast at Playful Learning 2019
Thing 6 – Accessibility
Years ago my husband and I started a little import business and built our website from scratch. We spent hours planning the content and working on our site. The topic of accessibility was an eye opener for me. I learned many things but mainly I learned how uninformed and ignorant I was about the range […]
Thing 6: Accessibility
How to make online content accessible is not something I know a lot about but increasingly comes up in my interactions with library users. Services to support our students and staff with disabilities are split across a few different areas of the university, so knowing more about web accessibility can help me anticipate and avoid… Read more Thing 6: Accessibility
How accessible is my website? (23 Things – Thing 6)
Thing 6 of the 23 Things course covers accessibility. While I thought I had a fairly good grip on ways in which to make my website and presentations accessible, I was overlooking quite a few things. I ran the Website Accessibility eValuation Tool (WAVE) on my website. The results were eye opening. Read more…
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Accessibility
I never really thought about accessibility on the Internet. The articles I read thanks to the 5th thing of 23 Things made me realize how low the inclusion is in some areas on the internet. People easily face disadvantages because of the low awareness for handicaps. I checked two websites that I use regularly and … Continue reading Accessibility →