Why Conceptual Modeling? Lightning Talk: Library Research Showcase 2016 Why Conceptual Modeling? A Case Study of A11y First Text Editor This presentation reports how conceptual modeling can be used in building a text editor in order to ensure accessibility in the practice of content authors. The conceptual modeling process supports development of systems users easily understand, and it establishes terms naming objects, actions and attributes designers agree upon. JaEun Ku, PhD

Project: A11y First Text Editor Lightning Talk: Library Research Showcase 2016 Project: A11y First Text Editor “Provide desired writing practices for authors while the practices ensure accessibility and usability” Project Website https://publish.illinois.edu/a11yfirst/

Conceptual Model A Model for Users’ Mental Models Lightning Talk: Library Research Showcase 2016 Conceptual Model A Model for Users’ Mental Models Focused on the task domains Operative design mantra is “Less is More” Conceptual model should map closely to user’s task domain – Task domain is what authors want to do and think about doing it -add paragrah, delete link, copy paragraph, add labels What is the naturally ways user thinks about what they want or need to do. What applicaiotn is for. Objects Actions Attributes Heading Paragraph List/Image Cut/Copy/Paste Undo/Redo Bold/Italic/Underlined/Font color

Conceptual Models in Authoring Tools Lightning Talk: Library Research Showcase 2016 Conceptual Models in Authoring Tools OneNet Text Editor A11y First Editor University of Illinois Library MS word Online HTML Editor Online HTML Editor + Author’s Conceptual Model + Web Accessibility

User Interface(UI) Modification CKEditor UI A11y First Text Editor UI (v.2.1.3)

Why Conceptual Modeling? Lightning Talk: Library Research Showcase 2016 Why Conceptual Modeling? Syncs authors’ mental model to text editor’s design, which helps to make a consistent and coherent authoring tool Win-Win situation: The author comes to have a clear model of content creation and the text editor ensures web accessibility Reduce need to correct problems and save development resources