- From: Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:40:31 +0300
- To: Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com>
- Cc: Rachael Bradley Montgomery <rachael@accessiblecommunity.org>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAKExBMJWzQ0y6LzstKwQZHd2+Mf7ZEE6GgP6dEAg1Gy7Jcd73Q@mail.gmail.com>
+1 to Rains edit On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 6:17 PM Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com> wrote: > +1 to Lisa's rewrite: > > - It still puts the most important point first (this is achievable) > > - It also brings up front an acknowledgement of complexity and that > this guide is written more with the teams with systems in place, but others > can benefit > > Not trying to complicate the conversation, but I would like to suggest one > addition to the first sentence: > > - *Current (from Lisa's draft):* Finding people to include in > usability testing who have different cognitive and learning disabilities > can be achievable, even for small groups on a low budget. > > - *Proposed edit: *Finding people to include in usability testing who > have different cognitive and learning disabilities *is strongly > encouraged and* can be achievable, even for small groups on a low > budget. > > Rain > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 8:34 AM Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Alternative draft: >> >> >> Finding people to include in usability testing who have different >> cognitive and learning disabilities can be achievable, even for small >> groups on a low budget. If your organization already involves users, >> this section aims to expand that activity to include people with cognitive >> and learning disabilities. For developers without formal user involvement, >> even a small amount of user input and testing can make a large difference >> to usability and accessibility. Further links about user testing and >> useability can be on our developer resource page >> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/Developer_resources>. >> >> People sometimes recruit users from an organization or self-help group >> for people with learning difficulties. Social media groups can be a >> convenient resource. Small development groups can achieve a large >> improvement by asking people who they know, such as friends, colleagues, >> relatives or neighbors. Try to build a group of users who: >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:33 PM Rachael Bradley Montgomery < >> rachael@accessiblecommunity.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> We decided to move the conversation around expanding a bit on the first >>> paragraph of Finding people to include >>> <https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/consistency_checks/content-usable/index.html#finding-people-to-include>to >>> the list. Detlev had suggested providing a bit more framing of the first >>> sentence. The current paragraph states: >>> >>> Finding people to include in usability testing who have different >>> cognitive and learning disabilities can be achievable, even for small >>> groups on a low budget. People sometimes recruit users from an organization >>> or self-help group for people with learning difficulties. Social media >>> groups can be an easy and convenient resource. Small development groups can >>> achieve a large improvement by asking people who they know, such as >>> friends, colleagues, relatives or neighbors. Try to build a group of users >>> who: >>> >>> >>> Discussion today suggested statements such as: >>> >>> - "If your organization already tests websites with users, this >>> section aims to expand that activity to include people with cognitive and >>> learning disabilities." >>> - "For each objective, many organizations can add user testing >>> including individuals with a range of cognitive and learning disabilities >>> into their user testing plan." >>> - Clarifying formal and informal testing >>> >>> >>> I suggest the following as a starting point though we can begin with the >>> current text if preferred: >>> >>> If your organization already tests with users, this section aims to >>> expand that activity to include people with cognitive and learning >>> disabilities. If your organization does not yet test with users, you can >>> find information to get started including users with disabilities at Involving >>> Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility >>> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/involving-users/> and on our developer >>> resource page >>> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/Developer_resources>. >>> Finding people to include in usability testing who have different cognitive >>> and learning disabilities can be achievable, even for small groups on a low >>> budget. People sometimes recruit users from an organization or self-help >>> group for people with learning difficulties. Social media groups can be an >>> easy and convenient resource. Small development groups can conduct informal >>> testing leading to a large improvement by asking people who they know, such >>> as friends, colleagues, relatives or neighbors. >>> >>> Try to build a group of users who: >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Rachael >>> -- >>> Rachael Montgomery, PhD >>> Director, Accessible Community >>> rachael@accessiblecommunity.org >>> >>> "I will paint this day with laughter; >>> I will frame this night in song." >>> - Og Mandino >>> >>>
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