Universal Design: Making Websites More Usable for All Learners

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Universal Design: Making Websites More Usable for All Learners Allison Kidd, ATRC November 12, 2013

Assistive Technology Resource Center Allison Kidd Assistive Technology IT Coordinator UDL / Accessibility Specialist ATRC – Our Services Provide Assistive Technology for students with disabilities http://atrc.colostate.edu Provide support for faculty and staff at CSU on accessibility http://accessibility.colostate.edu

What is Assistive Technology? Any technology that increases access to computers or electronic information. Text-to-speech Voice recognition Literacy Support Screen Reader Software A bridge between digital materials and students. Provides alternate ways of accessing materials.

What is Accessibility? Can Assistive Technology interact with the electronic content? Not Automatically! Content must be designed to interact well with technology.

Universal Design Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. –Ron Mace, UD Institute

Universal Design for Learning Build-in “Ramps” to make documents work with technology from the start.

Types of Disabilities Mobility Impairments Visual Impairments / Blindness Hearing Impairments / Deafness Apparent Learning Disabilities Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorder Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Mental Illness Non-apparent People often equate web accessibility with readability by screen readers (used by people with visual impairments) but 2/3rds of the students seeking accommodations follow under non-apparent disabilities.

Disabilities and Types of AT Disability Type Cognitive Visual Hearing Motor Mental health Examples Dyslexia; TBI; Autism Spectrum Low Vision; Blindness; Color Blind Hearing loss Arthritis; SCI; MS; other PTSD; anxiety; depression AT Used Text to speech Visual display Screen Magnification, Screen reading software, Keyboard Only FM systems, Captions Voice Recognition, Keyboard Only, Headpointers, Eye gaze, Switches Visual adjustments, Text to speech Access Issues: Crowded, dense content Timed participation Non-intuitive navigation Images, graphs Long links Videos Mouse requirement Color-dependent content Audio or Video lacks caption and/ or transcript Small buttons Timed tasks Cumbersome navigation Retaining information Cluttered or dense content Processing information quickly Each type of disability as its own access issues – A few examples – web users with cognitive considerations need content that is succinct and clean in appearance, with intuitive navigation; consider a user that does navigation with head movement and how that impacts the ability to click on small buttons, links, etc.

Universal Design with HTML5 Includes accessibility standards Developing towards a set of standards makes a website more universally usable by multiple users Across Browsers Across Platforms Mobile Devices Assistive Technology Compatibility Considerations for Mobile Devices and Accessibility Overlap by 75% ARIA – An Accessible Alternative to Flash W3C Summary of ARIA (http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria)

The Standards Section 508 Guidelines WCAG 2.0 Required Compliance for Institutions with Federal Contracts Being updated to reflect WCAG 2.0 WCAG 2.0 3 Levels of Priority A: The Absolute Minimum, But Not Enough AA: Recommended Industry Standard AAA: Nitpicky Level for the Ambitious WCAG 2.0 Overview (w3.org/wai/intro/wcag)

Features of a Universally Designed Website Intuitive Navigation White Space Color Schemes Documents for Download – Word, PDF, etc. Keyboard Access Screen Reader Accessibility Video & Audio Captions

Use of Headings Logical, Not Just Visually Pleasing Hierarchical – Table of Contents Don’t Skip Levels H1 – Should be Page Title H2 –Most Important Information on Page H3 – Less Important Sections Any Lower Levels May Not Be Reached

Links – Descriptive Text Descriptive Text Should Be Unique When Taken Out of Context, Links List Should Still Make Sense. Avoid Generic Terms Like “Learn More” or “Click Here” E.g. “Learn More About WCAG 2.0”

Images – Descriptive Alt Text Avoid Redundant Descriptions Be Concise Consider Context If the Image Were Removed, How Would You Convey the Information Using Text? Null Tag May Be Used If: The Image is described in surrounding text. The Image is purely decorative.

Context is Key Alternative text for images should describe the meaning of the image in its context Ice Cream Manufacturer Girl Scouts of America My Niece's Blog Diversity Website Source: Jesse Hausler, ATRC & The ACCESS Project

Basic Process for Testing Use an Automated Checker WAVE Tool: in Browser or Firefox Plugin IE Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT) Manually Check Results of Automated Tools Automation only goes so far (only catches 25% of errors) Computers Can’t Think – Alt Text may not be useful Navigate Using Keyboard and Screen Reader Compliant is not always usable

Testing With Screen Readers Short Lists of Commands for Testing Websites: JAWS (Windows) Basic JAWS Commands (http://webaim.org/articles/jaws/) NVDA (Windows Open Source) Basic NVDA Commands (http://webaim.org/articles/nvda/) VoiceOver (Mac Built-in) Testing With VoiceOver (http://webaim.org/articles/voiceover/)

Recommended Tools WAVE Tool in Browser WAVE Firefox Plugin http://wave.webaim.org WAVE Firefox Plugin http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar/ IE Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT) http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat NVDA http://www.nvaccess.org/download/ JAWS Trial Version http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.asp

WCAG 2.0 Resources W3C Quick Reference (w3.org/wai/wcag20/quickref) Provides a Quick Reference for WCAG 2.0 Standards Broken Down By Type (html, css, etc.) WebAIM WCAG 2.0 Checklist (http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist) Provides a Checklist Based on WCAG 2.0

CSU Accessibility Resource http://accessibility.colostate.edu Work in Progress Emphasis on User Experience Breaks Down the Most Important Points Springboards to Other Sources for More Can Be a Community Effort Open to Adding Tools / Insights You Find Helpful