UIE Virtual Seminar Presentation (How does this work?)
Accessibility as a Design Tool
Derek Featherstone
Founder, Simply Accessible
Length: 90 minutesYou get Lifetime Access to this seminar for your entire organization!
You know that accessibility is important, but somewhere along the way it got an undeserved reputation for being ugly, costly, and driven only by technical-compliance requirements.
But proactively incorporating accessibility in his design process is what Derek Featherstone does everyday. And he's going to show you how beautiful, inexpensive, and user-experience-driven accessibility truly is when it's addressed early.
See why accessibility amplifies design problems that currently affect the users' ability to complete objectives. Learn practical usability tests to get the data you'll need to champion accessibility as a design tool within your organization.
Look to the extremes for your design
You'll illuminate design problems you didn't know existed.
- See example sites and usability-test data that demonstrate accessibility issues
- Examine specific demographics and technologies as a starting point
Identify design problems earlier
You'll create better designs while saving money (Especially on those head-ache-producing late-project rushes).
- Identify needs of people with disabilities in the concept phase
- Consider how age, sight, hearing, or touch impact designs of everyday objects
Integrate accessibility into your process
You'll embrace it as a design tool that improves UX for everyone.
- Learn where accessibility works from the project-definition phase through launch
- Implement simple testing techniques to reveal UX issues iteratively
Encourage a frictionless flow
Your accessibility focus will only delight more users.
- Add auto-suggest and keyboard links so users can navigate more quickly
- Use low-vision and plain-text error messaging so users can make corrections easily
If the word "accessibility" makes you cringe, then it's time to dispel your fears. And with Derek at the helm, you’ll be learning from the best.
Why Derek?
There’s a reason we keep inviting Derek Featherstone to lead seminars here at UIE: He’s amazing. Ok, that and his authority in the accessibility space is matched by his teaching expertise. (But you’ll learn that for yourself soon enough, won’t you?)
Derek has been consulting, speaking, and writing about accessibility for more than a decade. As founder of Simply Accessible, he and his team help companies improve their designs and integrate accessibility into their creative processes. He travels the world giving (sold-out) workshops and talks on the topic, too.
As the group lead for the Web Standards Project, Derek has been pivotal in making the web more accessible for everyone. And he’s done all this while training for—and competing in—Ironman triathlons. Whew! Follow him on Twitter @feather.
You get Lifetime Access to this seminar for your entire organization!
The fact that we could access the archived seminar after the live class was great. My team finds a great deal of value from these seminars. All in all, a great offering.
Elana G.
Upcoming Seminars
- Thursday, May 30, Controlling the Pace of UX with Content Strategy with Margot Bloomstein
- Thursday, June 20, Design Studio: Building Design Consensus Early in Your Process with Adam Connor
