Schedule > 6. Design with accessibility in mind

Overview

Today we will be discussing visual design, usability, and accessibility principles:

• Selecting colors
• Communicating values through visual design
• Examples of style guides

Readings

Required Readings

• Williams, Robin (2015). The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Chapter 1.
• Williams, Robin (2015). The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Chapter 2.
• Laura Geley (2018). UX and the Importance of Web Accessibility.
• Groves, Karl (Sept., 2013). The 6 Simplest Web Accessibility Tests Anyone Can Do.

Additional Accessibility Resources

• Designing accessible services.
• Dodson, Rob (2018). Watch: How I do an accessibility check – A11ycasts #11.
• (Oct., 2019). Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if their websites are not accessible. LA Times
• Stokel-Walker, Chris (Oct., 2019). Researchers are making memes accessible to the blind. Medium
• Ladner, Richard (Mar-Apr, 2015). Design for User Empowerment. Interactions (ACM)

Slides

• Lecture 8: Visual Design & Composition (Wed, 02/14)
• Lecture 9: Design with Accessibility in Mind (Fri, 02/16)

Videos

Videos will be published after class on Google Drive