Re: Regrets: usability testing in Austin

It's really OK, I am not a necessary component of this.  It is our annual
board strategy session so I can't get out of it. They changed the date a
couple of weeks ago.  Sorry

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> wrote:

> Noooo!!!!!!!
>
> Do we want to reconsider dates? Charlotte, is it too late for that? I
> guess we couldn't move it to the next week because of your vacation. Right?
>
> ~Shawn
>
> On 8/23/2017 1:09 PM, Sharron Rush wrote:
>
>> As it turns out, Brent was right and I will *not* be in Austin for the
>> usability sessions.  Regrets
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org <mailto:
>> shawn@w3.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Charlotte, Demographic notes are at the end... :-)
>>
>>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>     Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:43:50 -0500
>>
>>
>>     I took a first pass at some research questions and tasks (tweaked
>> from earlier list) and participant demographics for the usability testing.
>> All open for discussion, of course.
>>
>>     Research questions:
>>     •       How do people interact with the home page, and the sub-pages?
>> Where does their focus go and pause? What do they click on?
>>     •       Think-out-loud reactions to the visual design, content areas,
>> nav, etc.
>>     •       Is the all the navigation throughout clear, including what's
>> available, where they are, where they've already been, where they can go
>> next. Is the non-primary navigation clear, e.g., in-page navigation,
>> related pages, etc.
>>
>>
>>     Tasks:
>>     1.      Help! We have to make our website accessible and I don't even
>> know where to start!
>>     2.      I need to check if my website meets accessibility standards.
>>     3.      I'm looking for mobile accessibility guidelines.
>>     4.      Should I use ARIA or WCAG?
>>     5.      What is a screen reader and how do they work?
>>     6.      I'm giving a presentation on accessibility and want some
>> basic info about WAI and WCAG to include in the presentation.
>>     7.      I'm trying to convince my boss to make accessibility a
>> priority for our website.
>>     8.      What laws require me to make my website accessible?
>>     9.      I'm a visual designer. What do I need to do for accessibility?
>>     10.     We need to develop an accessibility policy for our website.
>>     11.     I'm a W3C Advisory Committee Representative and I want to see
>> what W3C is doing on accessibility in Working Groups, Interest Groups, and
>> Community Groups.
>>     12.     How do I contact someone at WAI to present at my conference?
>>
>>
>>     Issue/Question for Charlotte: Ask people not to use Search box so we
>> see what they do with the nav? Or let them use it, then redirect to nav?
>>
>>
>>     Demographics notes:
>>     * Most or all involved in web development, management, marketing,
>> procurement, or such.
>>     * Most with low-medium accessibility knowledge.
>>     * Ideally some project management level; some developers; some *not*
>> developers or designers, e.g., procurement or marketing.
>>     * ...
>>
>>     ###
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility
>> /Equal access to technology for people with disabilities/
>>
>


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Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility
*Equal access to technology for people with disabilities*