Senior Project Advisor

Yasmine Elglaly

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Keywords

Accessibility, Accessibility Feedback, Accessibility Education, Accessible Software Development, Accessible Software Design

Abstract

Accessibility, the practice of making a website or application easily usable and understandable by people with disabilities, is essential to ensuring that all users are able to participate equally in using the Web. However, currently many websites have accessibility issues. This study interviews 11 software developers and designers to learn about the methods that they use to collect accessibility feedback during the development and maintenance of websites and mobile applications. The research revealed a lack of standardized accessibility education at the post-secondary level, as well as a myriad of methods used to obtain accessibility feedback from automatic accessibility checkers to user testing. This work attempts to bring awareness of different current methods used, as well as current gaps in accessibility feedback methods where new methods and tools could be introduced.

Department

Computer Science

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Computer software--Development; Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities; Human-computer interaction

Genre/Form

interviews

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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