All posts by Abigail Martinez

About Abigail Martinez

Hi there! I'm Abigail. I'm on an Informatics track with a focus in web and mobile application development. I'm currently living in Colorado for my husband's work. We love it here and hope to stay for awhile. Let's have a great semester!

Efficacy of Task-Based Learning to Gain Awareness for Accessibility in Web Design

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The Lack of Awareness for Accessibility                Our society is expeditiously progressing farther into a digital age of rapid growth and expansion of technological advancements. Now more than ever, people have continuous access to information, entertainment, and instructional content online. One unintentional impact, however, is that the very technology that opens the door of access … Continue reading Efficacy of Task-Based Learning to Gain Awareness for Accessibility in Web Design →

Web Accessibility Understanding at a University Level: Proposal Outline

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My research question(s): How can accessibility be emphasized to development students in a way that facilitates interest and understanding? What common misconceptions do students have going into introduction level classes about accessibility? Hypothesis Common accessibility myths keep students of web development from understanding the importance of accessibility and overcoming these myths at an educational level … Continue reading Web Accessibility Understanding at a University Level: Proposal Outline →

Steeping My Research: Achieving Full Saturation

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Accessibility in web design is very important. It allows for users with visual impairments and other disabilities to effectively maneuver through sites without hinderances. My research project centers around the issue of accessibility and how a lot of users who are visually impaired are getting overlooked by developers and designers. Rounding out my searches in … Continue reading Steeping My Research: Achieving Full Saturation →

Accessibility Testing Research…Pushing Forward

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As a reminder, my research topic involves accessibility in regard to web design. My focus is on how accessibility is prioritized and why it is important. I started out with questions that were too specific and have had to generalize a bit. I have been struggling with finding enough relevant information, so I decided to … Continue reading Accessibility Testing Research…Pushing Forward →

Filtering My Research Exploration

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Search 1; Computer Source Website design AND accessibility This search led to 82 results. I ran into an issue with finding full-text articles that were from more recent years. When I limited my search to full-text, peer-reviewed I was left with only 11 results. Michalska, You, Nicolini, Ippolito, & Fink (2014) appears to be a … Continue reading Filtering My Research Exploration →

It’s Getting Real Now: Simple Searches

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Databases being utilized: Computer Source – Database: Computer Source Database Exact searches: “web accessibility”, “accessibility”, “web accessibility needs” “web accessibility”: 284 results returned. This search seems like it will be useful. Based on initial sifting, most results seemed related to my subject. This search will be a good source of base information from what I … Continue reading It’s Getting Real Now: Simple Searches →