This week, I shared a rough cut of the first video in my tutorial series. I edited the entirety of the audio, and had a few basic animations and motion graphics sprinkled throughout, to help give people a sense of what the video would be like to watch. I then asked people a few questions… Continue reading Kiernan’s Prototype 3
This week, I showed some mockups of what visuals in the videos might look like. I came up with two color palates, the title screen, the set of fonts that I would use, and a special overlay to make the footage look like it was on a physical computer screen. Feedback was a lot more… Continue reading Kiernan’s Prototype Sprint #2
This week, I shared the first draft of the script to the first video in my tutorial series, called “What Is Web Accessibility”. The goal of the video is to introduce the concept of web accessibility, how the concept is currently being applied in the industry, and why it is an important thing to learn.… Continue reading Prototype Sprint #1
In making a series of video tutorials, I am going to need to make sure that each video is both well-written and pleasing to look at. Because of this, I’ve decided to make my first two prototypes each relate to one of those aspects. My first prototype will be a draft of the script to… Continue reading Kiernan’s Prototype Plan
One of the reasons sometimes cited for why Web Accessibility is a necessary and useful thing is that it makes websites more usable for everyone. This week, I finally found two studies that support this argument. A 2016 study by Sven Schmutz et al. (link) had 61 participants without disabilities use three different versions of… Continue reading Kiernan’s Research Update 3
This week, I tried to organize the information that I would present in the first video of my tutorial series, tentatively titled “What Is Web Accessibility (And Why Should You Care)”. The video would introduce the concept of web accessibility, and use research to back up why it is important. This information would also be… Continue reading Kiernan Dempsey Research Update #2
This week, I tried to find statistics showing the state of web accessibility in the world – how accessible are websites right now, and if they aren’t, why not? I initially had trouble finding good data on this subject, and when I did finally find a sufficiently recent article, it acknowledged that “There still… Continue reading Kiernan’s Research Update 1
For my research, the first step would be to read through W3’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in their entirety, taking notes along the way. These are considered the go-to guidelines to use when making websites accessible for people with disabilities. I would then take a close look at other resources explaining these guidelines, such… Continue reading Kiernan’s Research Plan
For my Thesis project, I am creating a series of short video tutorials explaining “web accessibility” – that is, how to make websites easier to use for people with disabilities. This idea was inspired by my own interest in web design, as well as my experiences using the internet with a visual impairment. I… Continue reading Kiernan’s Revised Concept
Concept 1 – The Project I’m Planning My project would be a series of video tutorials explaining how to make websites accessible to people with disabilities. The videos would be aimed at web designers and web developers, and would explain things like color contrast, keyboard navigation and text alternatives in a way that’s easy… Continue reading Initial Concepts – Kiernan Dempsey