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UNIVERSAL DESIGN & WEB ACCESSIBILITY

CAPSTONE FALL 2010 Masters of Instructional Science and Technology School of Information Technology and Communication Design, California State University Monterey Bay. UNIVERSAL DESIGN & WEB ACCESSIBILITY. Web-based Instruction for College Students Designer: Teresa Sundholm

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UNIVERSAL DESIGN & WEB ACCESSIBILITY

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  1. CAPSTONE FALL 2010 Masters of Instructional Science and Technology School of Information Technology and Communication Design, California State University Monterey Bay UNIVERSAL DESIGN &WEB ACCESSIBILITY Web-based Instruction for College Students Designer: Teresa Sundholm Advisor: Bude Su

  2. ABOUT ME • Graduate of ITCD – Website Design • Teaching assistant ITCD at CSUMB (2008-10) • Passionate interest in accessible/universal design • My project – website and tutorials

  3. ProblemStatement • Importance of creating websites that are accessible: • ethical reasons • legal reasons • Current instruction: resource driven, too advanced

  4. Importance of the problem • The American Disabilities Act (ADA) applied to websites • Future designers cannot ignore need to create: • websites accessed by users of all abilities • universally designed websites

  5. My Solution

  6. What This Project Accomplishes • Instructional media engages and informs • Primer for further study • Confidence checks and feedback • Cognitive and Affective learning strategies • ADA compliant

  7. Main Materials Used • Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS • Adobe Captivate • Adobe Photoshop • Mac iMovie • Internet Browsers

  8. Project Demonstration http://myspace.csumb.edu/~teresa_sundholm/Mist_capstone_site/

  9. Evaluation of the Project - Testing • Sample size: 17 students (target audience) • Post-test paired sample one-tail p-value: 0.000335979 • Pre-set alpha: 0.05 • Well below 0.05 - testing shows significant improvement

  10. Quiz Results

  11. Evaluation of the Project - Usability • Positive student response including: • ease of use of the project • engagement from graphics and media

  12. “Very clean and pleasing. Actually explained the mechanics – a visually impaired person can’t read the text…Good module!” Student Comment

  13. Future of the project • Project to be completed • Use in curriculum • Use in portfolio • Saleable

  14. Conclusion • New skills learned: • technical, coding, testing, instructional design • Advice for future students: • Scale project or have partner • Aware of skillset • Positive experience

  15. Thanks • Faculty and staff of ITCD and MIST • Mentors in design and web accessibility : • Kevin Cahill, Design Faculty • Chip Lenno, CIO • Cindy Compean, Assistive Technology • Friends

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