hw7c: Final Project Final Presentations

Last revised: November 17, 2023

Assigned

• November 22, 2023

 

Due

: November 22, 2023

Overview

See the Proposal and Checkin for more information on project goals.

In this phase of the final project, you will present a complete final report on yoru project

Learning Goals / Competencies

This homework may contribute to any competency (you tell us which ones you want assessed, individually)

• Disability Awareness and Justice (including Disability Justice Framing; Finding First Person Accounts)
• Accessibility Compliance (including Accessibility Problem Fixes; Automated Checking (if you turn in relevant UARS); AT based Checking (if you turn in relevant UARS))
• Accessible Media and Documents (including Accessible Document Creation; Accessible Presentation Deck; Accessible Presenting; Image Description).
• Your participation grade, as a percentage of completeness (all required parts are present)

Details

0. Work on your final project

You should work to meet the goals you set out in your Project Checkpoint. Make sure to leave sufficient time for validation and creating a webpage for your project.

Along the way, you will participate in checkpoints throughout the weeks of the final project. All team members are expected to attend such meetings.

In addition, please drop by office hours if you need guidance on any aspect of your project. The course staff can work with you on a case-by-case basis if you are unable to attend office hours and would like to meet at a different time.

1. Create a Poster by Thursday 12/7 (HARD DEADLINE)

You will submit a poster to us by 12/7 bedtime (hard deadline). This is required so we can print it before the poster session. Here is a UW page with poster templates. Please follow DO-IT’s guide to creating an accessible poster when you do this.

You should start with these templates and add the following things:

1. Key basic information a. A CREATE logo b. a QR code that links to your website
2. The following headers: a. What did you do b. Why is it needed (including first person evidence & disability justice analysis) c. Technical details of what you did including how you achieved goal and what software / platforms you used d. How you validated the idea e. What you learned & suggested questions (“Ask me about…”)

2. Be prepared to talk about your poster at a poster session (REQUIRED)

You should bring a demo with you to the poster session and be prepared to show what you did in addition to talking about your poster.

Presenting a poster accessibly is similar to giving an accessible talk – you need to describe images visuals you are talking about on the poster. In addition, keep in mind the following points (quoted from Rua Williams’ Guide to Making Accessible Research Posters

• “conversation during poster presentation times can be difficult for people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, have auditory processing issues, affected speech or expressive language, or use AAC to communicate.”
• “As a presenter, keeping a notepad on hand to pass notes back and forth with interested attendees can help.”
• “Also, remain patient and allow people with communication disabilities equal access to your time.”
• Finally, “don’t assume someone is uninterested in talking to you based solely on their equipment or behavior. Any person who seems to linger around your poster deserves to be asked directly if they have questions or would like you explain the poster for them.”

Rua also recommends:

“While your poster should be informational enough to be of interest even when you aren’t present, don’t expect people to read the poster while you are standing there. Present it! When you are not there, consider leaving a way for people to ask questions, such as post-it notes, a Sli.do event, or even a twitter tag.”

3. Create a web page

You will make a (minimum W3C Level A) accessible, public-facing web page. There are several simple options for you to host a public-facing page, we recommend wordpress. github is also an option, again here you’ll need to make sure you use an accessible theme.

You should also follow the writing guidelines put out by SIGACCESS for writing about disability

Your page should contain the following:

• Text describing:
  • Introduction– 1-3 paragraphs: Present the promise/ obstacle/ solution for your project— What is the problem you are solving and why is it important to solve it?
  • Related Work– 1-3 paragraphs: Talk about relevant work that closely connects with your project.
  • Methodology– about 3 paragraphs: What did you do in your project- what did you design or implement? What role did people with disabilities play in this, if any
  • Disability Justice Perspective– 1 paragraph: How did a disability studies perspective inform your project?
  • Learnings and future work – 1-2 paragraphs: Describe what you learned and how this can be extended/ built on in the future.
  • How you made your app accessible – 1-2 paragraphs and (optionally) UARS you found in an appendix

To demonstrate that your website is accessible, please include an accessibility check summary at a minimum using an automated tool to generate it.

OPTIONAL 3. Create a video

You may optionally create a video. Typically, this would contain a live demo, and should be included in your web page. In your video, you should present accessibly, verbally describing important visual elements and events. Your video should also include captions.

Turnin

Your final set of deliverables are individual as competencies are assessed and submitted individually.

• Your poster presenting your work
• Your public-facing web page
• Your public web page accessibility assessment
• The competencies you wish to be assessed on
• A description of part of your hand-in should be used to assess this (slide content or presentation), and what your role was in producing that.
• Anything you want us to know about how the groupwork component of your project went.

Note that for each competency, you will need to meet the requirements of the rubric for that competency