Hypothesis: Web accessibility improves user experiences, and is important for everyone.

 

Introduction

 

• What is accessibility? (Andrade et al., 2018).

 

• How does it impact user experience? (Vermeeren et al., 2016)

 

• Research Hypothesis

 

 

• Accessibility impacts usability for everyone
  • (Andrade et al., 2018).
  • (Meers et al., 2020).
  • (Punchoojit et al., 2017)
  • (Slatin & Rush, 2003)

 

 

• It’s important for all developers to put accessibility first
  • (Bai et al., 2019)
  • (Godinho et al., 2015)
  • (Alim, 2021)
  • (Sloan et al., 2006)
  • (Taylor et al., 2021)

 

• How accessibility impacts web use
  • Discuss SEO improvements
  • Explain information acquisition
  • Give examples of UI design benefits (visuals if possible)

 

 

 

Methods/Methodology

 

• Take 20 frequent web users and interview them on their typical web experiences, what they appreciate about websites they like, and what they dislike.

 

• Split the 20 participants into 2 groups

 

• Give a group of 10 participants access to a website that includes accessibility features such as labels for screen readers, resizable text, and meets minimum contrast ratio.

 

• Give the other group of 10 participants access to the same website that doesn’t include these features.

 

• Observe their usage with a usability test

 

• Give both groups Post-Interviews about their likes and dislikes of the website’s user experience.

 

• Record their answers and code for themes that emerge

 

 

 

Discussion

 

• What does the information tell us?
• Potentials for continued studies
• Inclusion of if the same themes emerge from participants who have disabilities that would be helped with screen readers, resizable texts, and minimum contrast requirements
• Weakness of the study and how it may be improved in the future

 

Resources

 

Shneiderman, B. (2021). Human- Centered AI: Computer scientists should build devices to enhance and empower–not replace–humans. Issues in Science and Technology, 37(2), 56+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A653456513/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=f5def377

 

 

Meers, K., Dejonckheere, E., Kalokerinos, E. K., Rummens, K., & Kuppens, P. (2020). mobileQ: A free user-friendly application for collecting experience sampling data. Behavior Research Methods, 52(4), 1510–1515. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.3758/s13428-019-01330-1

 

 

Punchoojit, L., & Hongwarittorrn, N. (2017). Usability Studies on Mobile User Interface Design     Patterns: A Systematic Literature Review. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2017. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A535816989/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=45a83af8

 

Bai, A., Stray, V., & Mork, H. (2019). What Methods Software Teams Prefer When Testing Web Accessibility. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A610418617/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=272c378d

 

Andrade, W. T., de Branco, R. G., Cagnin, M. I., & Paiva, D. M. B. (2018). Incorporating Accessibility Elements to the Software Engineering Process. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2018. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A574558260/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=6f3fe2e3

 

 

Godinho, R., Condado, P. A., Zacarias, M., & Lobo, F. G. (2015). Improving accessibility of mobile devices with EasyWrite. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(2), 135–150. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1080/0144929X.2014.981584

 

 

Vermeeren, A. P. O. S., Roto, V., & Väänänen, K. (2016). Design-inclusive UX research: design as a part of doing user experience research. Behaviour & Information Technology, 35(1), 21–37. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1080/0144929X.2015.1081292

 

 

SloanD., StratfordJ., & GregorP. (2006). Using multimedia to enhance the accessibility of the learning environment for disabled students: reflections from the Skills for Access project. Research in Learning Technology, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v14i1.10947

 

Slatin, J. M., Rush, S. (2003). Maximum accessibility: Making your web site more usable for everyone. Addison-Wesley Professional, and cross referenced it, since I felt that this information would be helpful to my subject. I found that it had been cited by at least 59 times. One of these articles was

 

Alim, S. (2021). Web Accessibility of the Top Research-Intensive Universities in the UK. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211056614

 

Taylor, Z. W., & Burnett, C. A. (2021). Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Web Accessibility: Digital Equity for Hispanic Students With Disabilities in the 21st Century. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 20(4), 402–421. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192719883966