Workshop outline
Opening activity (as people arrive)
- Who will you share the stuff from the workshop with? (tie this in to SMART goal at end)
- Share your answer with 3 people.
Equation and barriers (10m)
- Talk through the Disability Equation.
- Talk through barriers to access on the wall. Put a ✔ on Physical, Visual, Cognitive if you know someone who falls into this category.
Personas Tour (15m)
- Walk around and read the posters of personas on walls.
- Write down the most interesting thing from the posters.
- Table shout outs. At least one from each table.
Do GAAD activities (50m)
- Read the (CTFEDs “fork” of the) Global Accessibility Awareness Day activities.
- Work your way through them.
Review (10m)
- Write down the most important thing you learned.
- Share your answer with your table.
- Table shout outs. At least one from each table.
Make accessibility mainstream (10m)
- Responsive is new mainstream
- Why did you make that change?
- What’s stopping you from doing the same with a11y?
Break (10m)
Short break.
Teach Access Tutorial (50m)
- Have a look at the Writing Code section of the Teach Access Tutorial.
- Work your way through the exercises.
Review (10m)
- Write down which was your favourite exercise.
- Share your answer with your table.
- Table shout outs. At least one from each table.
Resources Review (5m)
- Chat about resources page: ctfeds.org/gaadr2017
Accessibility at your office (20m)
- Who will you share the stuff from the workshop with?
- How will you help them?
- Discuss with your table. Will you save time? Save money?
- Table shout outs.
- Set a SMART goal.
Facilitator Feedback (5m)
- On an index card, write down one thing we could do differently next time.