{"id":1261,"date":"2019-08-16T10:35:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2019-08-16T10:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:36:28","slug":"accessibility-workshop-for-the-marketing-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/posts\/1261","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility workshop for the marketing team"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was invited\u00a0 to give an overview of digital accessibility good practice to UCEM marketing team.\u00a0 This was my first ‘workshop’ on accessibility and\u00a0 I really wanted to create an engaging experience.<\/p>\n

While giving an overview of accessibility, regulations, guidelines and international standards, I used a set of purposely selected videos to\u00a0 try and make accessibility from being an abstract concept to a reality. We had lot of interactivity and my workshop participants were very engaging. One activity was to use the computer\/web using\u00a0Windows Narrator<\/a> or ChromeVox <\/a>screen reading software.<\/p>\n

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Participant using\u00a0 ChromeVox\u00a0 screenreader to navigate UCEM website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After introducing accessibility good practice there was another activity to identify accessibility issues with a document and make the document more accessible. This was an application of what guidelines say into practice. I purposely prepared the document with various issues that could be discussed at the session and it was great to see that the participants were able to pick on these easily.<\/p>\n

We also looked at various tools we could use to check accessibility such as Microsoft builtin accessibility checker, WAVE\u00a0<\/a>, WAVE Browser Extensions for Chrome and Firefox<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0 WebAIM Colour Contrast Checker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Post it notes with feedback<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanted to get feedback from the participants because I wanted to run a similar workshop with the Online Education team and anything I could learn from running this smaller session could improve the following session. I asked participants :<\/p>\n

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  • One thing you learned (if any)<\/li>\n
  • One thing you liked (if any)<\/li>\n
  • One thing to improve (if any)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It was lovely to see so many positive comments. Time was definitely tight as a one hour slot. So I am hoping to have bit longer with the next group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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