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Workshop 5 Disabilities & Assistive Technology for the Web

Join our workshop to learn about web accessibility for individuals with disabilities and assistive technologies that can enhance their online experience. Gain knowledge on how to create inclusive online courses and websites.

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Workshop 5 Disabilities & Assistive Technology for the Web

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  1. Workshop 5Disabilities & Assistive Technology for the Web Web Content Accessibility Project Funded by BCcampus Natasha Boskic, Kirsten Bole, Nathan Hapke University of British Columbia

  2. Workshop schedule • Monday August 21Basics of Web Accessibility • Tuesday August 22Coding an Accessible Website • Wednesday August 23Accessible Multimedia • Thursday August 24Creating Usable Content • Friday August 25Disabilities & Assistive Technology

  3. The Plan • Overview • Types of disabilities • Technologies that address them

  4. What you’ll get out of this • Understanding of disabilities and how they affect computer use • Learn what technologies can be used to get around these obstacles • Can take this knowledge into consideration when planning an online course or website… • …and when accommodating a disabled student in a classroom course.

  5. Types of disabilities • Learning/Cognitive • Visual • Physical/Motor • Hearing

  6. Learning/Cognitive • Learning & emotional disorders most common disability at UBC • Learning disorders: dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD • Cognitive disorders: brain injury, autism, dementia • Most difficult to adapt for since there is so much variation

  7. Difficulties experienced • Attention & concentration • Resolving written words • Comprehension of written text • Planning and time management • Problem-solving

  8. Everyday items • Not all AT has to be high-tech • Day planners • Calculators • Sticky notes & highlighters • Spelling & grammar checkers

  9. Assistive technology • Similar to low-vision AT • Screen reader reads text aloud • Literacy software aids with pronunciation, highlights current line being read • Predictive typing helps choose right word • Time management software, palmtops • Academic advice & consultation

  10. Vision • Most profoundly affected by Web • Web is extremely visual • Web developers need to accommodate needs more than for any other group

  11. Vision • Screen reader(JAWS) • Screen magnifier(Zoomtext) • Braille displays

  12. Physical/motor • Little or no control of hands • Injury or condition • Adaptive keyboards & pointing devices • Built-in accessibility features for Windows and Mac • Additional software

  13. Adaptive keyboards • Keyguards allow hands to rest on keys • Mini-keyboards minimize hand motion • Datahand uses finger movement only… • orbitTouch needsno fine movementat all.

  14. Adaptive pointing devices • Many alternatives to the standard mouse • Also can help prevent RSI • Trackball • Trackpad • Graphics tablet

  15. Hands-free computing • Voice recognition software • On-screen keyboard • Head-tracking mouse • Foot mouse

  16. Accessibility features in OS • Windows & Mac • Sticky keys / filter keys • Screen magnifiers • Mouse & cursor control • Keyboard navigation • Visual alert • Windows • On-screen keyboard • Mac • Speech recognition for specific commands

  17. Hearing • Web most beneficial to hearing-impaired • Obstacles include videos, mp3s, podcasts • Often not essential to course material • Closed-captioning, transcripts • Hearing aids

  18. Try it yourself… • Change the accessibility options in your OS. • Can you navigate a web site by keyboard alone? • Download & try a trial version of a screenreader. Can you understand a site read aloud without looking at the screen?

  19. Thank you for coming! • Natasha Boskic (natasha.boskic@ubc.ca) • Kirsten Bole (kirsten.bole@ubc.ca) • Nathan Hapke (nhapke@interchange.ubc.ca) • Thanks to the Neil Squire Foundation for introducing us to different types of assistive technology.

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