RE: Strategy and planning task sorting exercise

Thanks Kevin,

 

Think there's a case for adding to the Deck:

 

"Understanding of Assistive Technologies likely to be used by developers with additional needs".

 

"Understanding of Assistive Technologies likely to be adopted by end-user groups with additional needs".

 

"Consideration of how accessibility policies and practices applied to websites might also apply to documents held on those sites and to software more generally".

 

 

Item 1 is probably the main addition.

 

The WAI page below is relevant.

 

Look for "Level of Assistive Technology Support Needed for "Accessibility Support".)" on

 

 

http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/conformance.html#uc-support-level-head

 

It does mention need for international discussion. But, in 2009 (pre WCAG2) the message was clearer and stronger.

 

Also worth considering the below Blind Technologists LinkedIn group page.

 

Note the thread on trouble with tools...as a developer', started by Chanandeep.

 

It's making my point that developers/professionals with special needs should be considered too.

 

(And it's difficult using the Deck-sorter tool with a screen-reader, though not impossible if the SR is properly programmed).

 

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Blind-Technologists-2796139

 

Big thanks,

Howard

 

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From: Kevin White [mailto:kevin@w3.org] 
Sent: 31 January 2015 08:15
To: EOWG (E-mail)
Subject: Strategy and planning task sorting exercise

 

Hi All,

 

I have attached text for an email to send out to potential participants for the task sorting exercise. Please feel free to tweak the salutation and signature to be from yourself.

 

If you could aim to have participants undertake the activity within the next week, that would be fantastic.

 

Thanks

 

Kevin

 

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Hi,

 

W3C’s Education and Outreach Working Group are exploring the planning and managing resources available on the WAI website. To better understand how prospective users think about and use this information we are conducting a task sorting exercise.

 

The tasks are the sort of things that those with strategy or planning responsibility might need to do in order to bring about more a more accessible organization or project deliverables. The activity is to group those tasks that you feel are related, and name the group. For example, there may be tasks that you feel are all associated with Market Research, so simply group them together, and name the group appropriately.

 

This activity is available in an online tool at:

 

http://tinyurl.com/o8923h7

 

When completing the activity there are a few things to bear in mind:

 

• Each group should contain more than one item

• Remember to give each group a name

• You don’t have to sort all the items - if something doesn’t fit, it doesn’t fit

• If you think of additional tasks that would be relevant in any of your groups, suggest them via email

• If you think a task could appear in more than one group, suggest this in email as well

 

The activity should take between 30-40 minutes and we really appreciate your time in doing this.

 

Thank you,

 

Kevin

 

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W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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