Who Teaches About Accessibility in Their Computing Courses?

AccessComputing

Activities promote

Webinar topics

We look at ability on a continuum

Typical approach to access: Accommodations

Design

Universal design =

Proactive design terminology

"The Daily" UW

UD on a continuum

Universally designed technology

But where is accessibility covered in computing/IT curriculum/textbooks?

Motivation

Engineering Design Definition

Question

Survey

Research Questions

Survey sample

Survey sample: Crowdsourcing contact information

Survey instrument

Survey launch & response rate

RQ1: How many are teaching accessibility?

RQ1: What institutions teach accessibility?

RQ1: Who is teaching accessibility?

RQ1: Areas of expertise

RQ1: Learning objectives

RQ2: Challenges to incorporating accessibility

RQ2: What are barriers to teaching accessibility?

RQ2: What do faculty need? 1/2

RQ2: What do faculty need? 2/2

RQ3: What predicts teaching accessibility? 1/2

RQ3: What predicts teaching accessibility? 2/2

Recommendations to the CS education community

University of Washington examples of teaching accessibility

INFO 343

Accessibility Basics

Critical parts and standards

Testing?

Check in

Check in again

Review

280 web developers per year now know accessibility basics.

Strategies for introducing accessibility topics into engineering courses

Create a part of a lecture

CSE 490 GZ Introduction to Data Compression Winter 2002

Braille

Braille example

Create a lecture

Automating Tactile Graphics Translation Computer Vision CSE 455 2014

Textbook translation problem

Tactile graphic

Visual to tactile image

Outline

Create a course

Integration of UD content throughout free high school web curriculum uw.edu/accesscomputing/webd2/

Simple ways to insert accessibility content in an existing Web design course

AccessComputing resources www.uw.edu/accesscomputing

Q&As Richard Ladner Andrew Ko Sheryl Burgstahler accesscomp@uw.edu