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From: Tomlins Diane
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 7:58AM
Subject: accessibility skills quiz?
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of an available (hopefully free) accessibility skills quiz? I would use it for our developers, front and back-end, and anyone who works on our 1,000+ websites. I've been the sole advocate for accessibility in our digital space for a long time, and it's finally taking hold and getting more management visibility, but, I'm still seeing far too many basic accessibility coding errors/exclusions/violations - call them what you will- I keep flagging these things to get them to make the needed adjustments.
I thought I would set up a quiz, Accessibility 101 sort of thing, that all of our web folks need to know when they are working on our sites. I can use the quiz for a group training opportunity. If there's something already out there that I could use, that would save me a lot of time.
Thanks!
Diane R Tomlins
HCA IT&S | Digital Media
Accessibility Advocate
From: Marc Solomon
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 8:37AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Diane,
I think these two training resources might be good additions to your toolkit:
https://webaccessibility.withgoogle.com/course - Introduction to Web Accessibility by Google
http://accessibility.parseapp.com/ - HIKE from Facebook
Both are geared towards developers. They are fully interactive with coding exercises and AT testing tasks.
But, they don't include assessments.
HTH,
Marc
From: Gillen, Lori
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 8:39AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Hi Diane-
If you do set up a quiz, would you be able to share it with us?
Lori
From: Tomlins Diane
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 10:01AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Thanks Marc!
These will definitely help. I've seen the HIKE before, even have it in my many bookmarks.
Diane R Tomlins
HCA IT&S | Digital Media
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] accessibility skills quiz?
>Diane,
>I think these two training resources might be good additions to your toolkit:
>https://webaccessibility.withgoogle.com/course - Introduction to Web Accessibility by Google
>http://accessibility.parseapp.com/ - HIKE from Facebook
>Both are geared towards developers. They are fully interactive with coding exercises and AT testing tasks.
>But, they don't include assessments.
>HTH,
>Marc
From: Tomlins Diane
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 10:09AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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I don't see why not :)
I think I'd even put it up for input from the far more experienced folks here before I run with it.
Diane R Tomlins
HCA IT&S | Digital Media
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From: Wershing, Alice D.
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 10:30AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Sounds great, and yes, please share!
Alice Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P.
Technology Specialist
Disability Services
Pellissippi State Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Road
Knoxville TN 37933-0990
(865) 694-6751
East TN Region Accessibility Specialist
Tennessee Board of Regents-RODP TN eCampus
PSCC Access for All Blog
PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services)
PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC)
From: Scott Williams
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 10:59AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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You could use the inaccessible example page from Accessible University 3.0
as a group quiz.
https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/AU/
Scott
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Wershing, Alice D. < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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> Sounds great, and yes, please share!
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> Alice Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P.
> Technology Specialist
> Disability Services
> Pellissippi State Community College
> 10915 Hardin Valley Road
> Knoxville TN 37933-0990
> (865) 694-6751
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> East TN Region Accessibility Specialist
> Tennessee Board of Regents-RODP TN eCampus
>
> PSCC Access for All Blog
> PSCC Accessible Format Facebook Page (PSCC-Disability Services)
> PSCC Access4All Twitter Feed (@Access4allPSCC)
>
>
From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 11:18AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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You could also use WAI's Before and After Demonstration:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/
From: L Snider
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 1:54PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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I really like the WAI example, thanks. My only question is, why did they
use red and green at the top to show inaccessible and accessible? I see
they have little icons that show you which one you are on, but colour blind
people won't see the difference. Sorry to be a bit off topic, I was just
surprised to see this...
Cheers
Lisa
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Jennifer Sutton < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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> You could also use WAI's Before and After Demonstration:
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From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 1:59PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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They also use text (accessible/inaccessible) to describe each option so the use of color is an enhancement for people who can perceive the color but is not used to be the only sourced of identification.
Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)
From: Teresa Haven
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 2:00PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Hi, Lisa. I think their point was to use multiple means of representation: they don't only use color, they use color as one of several means of getting the point across, since for some people color is very fast and intuitive. For folks who can't perceive the color differences, they still have other indicators (such as the words "accessible" and "inaccessible") so nobody is being denied access, they're just trying to make it better for a broad array of users.
Hope this helps,
Teresa
Teresa Haven, Ph.D.
Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University
From: L Snider
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 2:28PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Hi Mike,
Yep, I saw that and the icons I mentioned too. I just came from analyzing a
vendor product that used red and green without anything else, so I was a
bit more sensitive to it than normal! I guess for me red and green haven't
worked for 'good' and 'bad', even though others may think they are fine.
Cheers
Lisa
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC) <
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> They also use text (accessible/inaccessible) to describe each option so
> the use of color is an enhancement for people who can perceive the color
> but is not used to be the only sourced of identification.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
> Civil Rights Office
> (512) 438-3431 (Office)
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From: L Snider
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 2:31PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Hi Teresa,
Yes, they did use multiple things there for sure. I guess I never liked
green/red for do/don't or good/bad. It is a personal preference thing. I
know why they used those colours, but I stay away from that combination in
general.
Cheers
Lisa
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Teresa Haven < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi, Lisa. I think their point was to use multiple means of
> representation: they don't only use color, they use color as one of several
> means of getting the point across, since for some people color is very fast
> and intuitive. For folks who can't perceive the color differences, they
> still have other indicators (such as the words "accessible" and
> "inaccessible") so nobody is being denied access, they're just trying to
> make it better for a broad array of users.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Teresa
>
> Teresa Haven, Ph.D.
> Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University
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From: Thompson, Rachel
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 2:35PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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I guess I associate green with Ågo¹ and red with Åstop¹. I use those
colors for that purpose in some cases, but not as the sole indicator.
Happy Friday!
Rachel
Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
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From: Thompson, Rachel
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 2:37PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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And please excuse the punctuation weirdness in the previous message! Sorry!
Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
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From: L Snider
Date: Fri, May 27 2016 2:56PM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Hi Rachel,
Most people do. I grew up with my dad being (severely) red/green colour
blind, so maybe that is why I never liked those colours as much. Plus I
always think Christmas!
Thanks everyone and happy weekend!
Cheers
Lisa
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Thompson, Rachel < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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> I guess I associate green with Ågo¹ and red with Åstop¹. I use those
> colors for that purpose in some cases, but not as the sole indicator.
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> Happy Friday!
> Rachel
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> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
> Center for Instructional Technology
> The University of Alabama
> 123 Russell Hall
> Box 870248
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
> Phone 205-348-0216
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = | http://accessibility.ua.edu
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From: Gillen, Lori
Date: Tue, May 31 2016 7:03AM
Subject: Re: accessibility skills quiz?
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Thanks! I look forward to seeing it.