For my Thesis project, I am creating a series of short video\ntutorials explaining \u201cweb accessibility\u201d \u2013 that is, how to make websites easier\nto use for people with disabilities. \nThis idea was inspired by my own interest in web design, as well as my\nexperiences using the internet with a visual impairment. I often use browser zoom to make the text on\nweb pages larger so that I can read them without eye strain, and sometimes this\ncauses web pages to become unreadable because of faulty web design choices. So if I were to enter the field of web\ndesign, I would want to know what guidelines I should follow so that my web\npages can be easily used by people with disabilities. In addition to web design, I am also\ninterested in video editing, and doing these tutorials in video form would\nallow me to build a portfolio piece that I could show to employers in search of\na video editor. I would also be able to\nuse the visual medium of video to highlight aspects of the visual design of\nwebsites that might not be as easy to describe in the form of a text article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe that other people could benefit from simple,\nshort, easy-to-understand tutorials about this subject. A lot of the resources available right now\nthat teach people about this aspect of web design are lengthy text articles\nfull of professional jargon. While these\narticles are certainly useful in certain contexts, they can seem intimidating\nfor a beginner. Plus, what few video\ntutorials exist for this topic tend to be hidden inside online courses offered\nby sites like Udacity, which might not be easy to find using a simple Google\nsearch. By contrast, a\nseveral-minute-long video that explains concepts in simple language is a lot\neasier to find and digest for someone who is just starting to learn about this\ntopic. I hope that my videos can be a\nuseful resource for web designers and developers who want to learn more about\nhow to make websites accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to complete this project, I will need to read\nthrough the World Wide Web Consortium\u2019s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines,\nwhich are the current standard set of rules for making websites accessible for\npeople with disabilities. While creating\nthese videos, I will use multiple programs from the Adobe Creative Suite,\nincluding Audition (to edit narration), Premiere (for video footage) and After\nEffects (for on-screen text and graphics). \nI will also have to design mock-up web pages to use during these videos,\nwhich I will do using Adobe Illustrator and XD. \nI already have experience using these programs thanks to both IMM\ncourses and internships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope that through completing this project, I will be able to both use the skills I have already honed and learn more about an aspect of web design that I am not as familiar with as I believe I should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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