CSEP 590 B, Accessibility, Autumn 2008

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Accessibility Class Project Specifications

Goal

Deliverables

• 1 page proposal due October 20th. The proposal should list the papers that will be read. Follow the instructions below for submitting your proposal:
  1. Create a new conversation in the Project Proposal discussion area on the class discussion forum and set the subject line to be of the form "[your name] - [project title]".
  2. In the body of the message, type in your project proposal idea.
• An outline of your report due November 3rd. The outline should be detailed enough to convey what specific technologies/issues you will be covering, the rough ideas/observations for each, and your analyses. Follow the instructions below for submitting your outline:
  1. Create a new conversation in the Project Outline discussion area on the class discussion forum and set the subject line to be of the form "[your name] - [project title]".
  2. In the body of the message, type in your project outline, or attach a Word document or PDF document to the message containing your outline.
• 8 page paper in the ACM SIG Conference format due November 24th. Follow the instructions below for submitting your paper:
  1. Create a new conversation in the Final Project Report discussion area on the class discussion forum and set the subject line to be of the form "[your name] - [project title]".
  2. Attach your final report as a PDF document to the conversation.
• 10 minute talk with PowerPoint slides on November 24th.
• Comments on at least four other papers by December 10th. Follow the instructions below for submitting comments to others' papers:
  1. Go to the Final Project Report discussion area on the class discussion forum and click on a conversation corresponding to a submission you would like to comment on.
  2. Click on the file attached to the original message in the conversation to read the report.
  3. Create a reply to the conversation, posting your comment in the message body.

Project topic suggestions

A. Accessibility technology comparison

Pick a specific type of accessibility technology (e.g., technology for helping the blind access websites), and pick out a minimum of four specific solutions that exist or have been proposed. Analyze the key features of each solution, how they differ, what the benefits and shortcomings of each solution are, what evaluation have been done to asess their effectiveness, what the issues are with those evaluations, and how you think the solution or the evaluation can be improved.
Some examples of topics include:

• Screen reader technology
• Captioning technology
• Technology for learning disabilities
• Technology for color blindness

B. Policy analysis

Select at least two policies related to accessibility technology from different countries or addressing different disabilities, and analyze their extent, their implications, how they have been applied in practice, and what you think are the strengths and weaknesses of each, and how you think they may be improved.
Some examples of topics include:

• Web accessibility standards
• Legal issues in web accessibility

C. Implementation

This is only recommended for those who have significant technical experience in rapidly developing a working prototype. If you have an idea of extending or creating an accessibility technology solution, you may create a prototype of the system and demonstrate its use.

D. Other

If you have a concrete idea for what you might want to do for the project which does not fit into any of the above categories, please propose it in the Project Ideas discussion area on the class discussion forum, and we will review them on an individual basis.

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