Re: COGA TF action requested: help recruit for the study regarding restructing Making Content Usable!

Oh good. Thank you for confirming! And making sure we are doing the right
thing!

On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM David Fazio <dfazio@helixopp.com> wrote:

> Ok. That resolves my issue then.
> This message was Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any typographic
> errors.
>
> On Aug 5, 2024, at 11:41 AM, Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com> wrote:
>
> 
> My apologies for my lack of clarity.
>
> The exact words "you will not be compensated for participating" are one of
> the list items under "participation is voluntary," this item has lots of
> space around it, and it is in bold.
>
> Screenshot attached that shows what this looks like visually:
> <image.png>
>
>
> It is also stated verbally in my read-aloud (which is linked from the
> intro).
>
> I hope this is sufficient. It has already been considered sufficient by
> multiple members of COGA and by the W3C staff.
>
> Rain
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 12:39 PM David Fazio <dfazio@helixopp.com> wrote:
>
>> Voluntary doesn’t mean compensated or not. It just means not required. I
>> saw the “voluntary” part.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am a TF member, and a user researcher. I don’t think adding a sentence
>> stating that no compensation will be provided is substantial. It’s a minor,
>> yet important, editorial change. Especially important when dealing with the
>> COGA community. Don’t ewe espouse “clear language”? voluntary has no
>> association with compensation, and any person familiar with user research,
>> especially persons with disabilities, is likely expecting to be compensated.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com>
>> *Date: *Monday, August 5, 2024 at 9:32 AM
>> *To: *David Fazio <dfazio@helixopp.com>
>> *Cc: *public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: COGA TF action requested: help recruit for the study
>> regarding restructing Making Content Usable!
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> There is a line item for this under the section that participation is
>> voluntary. I have made it bold to address your concern. It is also
>> emphasized in the audio recording.
>>
>> This text has gone through multiple iterations, been reviewed and edited
>> by the TF, and been approved by the W3C staff, so I'm hesitant to make any
>> larger changes than formatting at this point.
>>
>> Rain
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 12:29 PM David Fazio <dfazio@helixopp.com> wrote:
>>
>> Suggestion: please, make it prominently clear that no compensation will
>> be provided for participation in this study. I did not see any statement
>> about whether or not participants will be compensated for their time. My
>> assumption is that they will not. If there’s mention of this, it is not
>> prominently placed, therefore I missed it, and suggest it more prominent.
>> If compensation will be provided then thst needs to be prominently stated.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2024, at 9:09 AM, Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Hello COGA Task Force,
>>
>>
>>
>> As shared on our Task Force meeting today
>> <https://www.w3.org/2024/07/22-coga-minutes.html>, we are ready to start
>> recruiting for the study for COGA Making Content Usable v2!
>>
>>
>>
>> All of the recruiting information is included in this document:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rm7VOuCmj2i0deLIqNEyHoTlMYV5A08YQqzvGrKZODs/edit#heading=h.kvyvu1pow906
>>
>>
>>
>> We are recruiting from *today (August 5) through August 13*. Resources
>> to help support recruiting:
>>
>>
>>
>> o    We have social media / outreach snippets ready for review by W3C
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rm7VOuCmj2i0deLIqNEyHoTlMYV5A08YQqzvGrKZODs/edit#heading=h.4z4rfgk7p30k>
>>
>> o    We will ask for follow up outreach on August 12, one day before
>> closing the form, *only if needed.*
>>
>> o    *Friendly short link (bitly): https://bit.ly/content-usable-study
>> <https://bit.ly/content-usable-study>*
>>
>> o    *Google forms short  link: https://forms.gle/zi4nn4e4cbdSLPdM9
>> <https://forms.gle/zi4nn4e4cbdSLPdM9> *
>>
>> o
>> *QR code: download as a png
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wvdm2CzkhzRvVM_3p2xlewMCwguOO3AQ/view?usp=drive_link>[image:
>> Image removed by sender.]*
>>
>> o    *Audio recording of Rain reading the intro text:
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i1IKRD8d1lEc4ZsyGMMv0JJA4yjppIw_/view?usp=sharing
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i1IKRD8d1lEc4ZsyGMMv0JJA4yjppIw_/view?usp=sharing> *
>>
>>
>>
>> Please share this with your networks. We want as broad of a recruiting
>> outreach as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm already sending this to the Community Group and to w3c-wai-ig@w3c.org
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>> Rain
>>
>> [image: Image removed by sender. Google logo written with braille dots
>> and ASL hands]
>>
>> *Rain Breaw Michaels*
>>
>> Design Lead, Accessibility UX
>>
>> rainb@google.com
>>
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