[Accessibleweb] FW: Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meet-up

[Nick Rohde]

NICK ROHDE | Web and Content Developer, UW-IT | Service Manager, IT Connect<http://itconnect.uw.edu/>
206.543.3656 | ncrohde at uw.edu<mailto:ncrohde at uw.edu> | 4545 15th Ave NE, flr 4, #437, Seattle, WA 98105

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From: ITAccessLiaisons <itaccessliaisons-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Hadi Rangin
Sent: Friday, July 8, 2022 10:52 AM
To: 'A discussion list for IT Accessibility Liaisons.' <itaccessliaisons at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [ITAccessLiaisons] Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meet-up, [Thu 7/14/22 at 10 AM PT]

Hi everyone,

It is almost time for our monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meet-up!
Please join us for another casual and friendly virtual meeting to discuss some accessibility challenges.

Topic 1: Review website/applications
Reviewing your site/application for accessibility is the main component of this meet-up and we all learn from such reviews.
As always, let me know if you would like to review your site/application for accessibility.

Topic 2: New APG website
This year on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the new APG website was launched<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/*ARIA-apg__;Iw!!DZ3fjg!89Gkdus5QGp-2TRpTs4LfmBQsnLROdaYJ14k0Gr2YvTrjK3DHpPtSVIyrHTJspedmD6qgrnjWSJUWUFT74Okv1X4mwxbONeAJA$>! For those of you that are unfamiliar, the APG provides guidance, samples, and documentation of how various bits of ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) markup is used in conjunction with HTML to make your favorite web widgets like comboboxes, date pickers, alerts, etc. accessible to folks using various forms of assistive technology. This website is designed to be much more user friendly, simpler to use, easier to read, the list goes on! If you haven't seen the old one, it was basically one single long page with tons of information and links, which made it a) very overwhelming for most people who are trying to learn and b) really difficult to parse and find what you need.

Meeting info

  *   What: Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meetup
  *   When: [July 14, 2022 10-11 AM PT]
  *   Where: https://washington.zoom.us/my/hadirangin
  *   Meeting ID: 206 221 1532



About Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meet-up

Our meetings usually consist of two 30 minute segments. The first 30 minutes of our meetings are dedicated to casually reviewing your projects. This generally includes lots of hands on testing and code review. If you are working on a project and would like to get accessibility feedback from your peers, please let us know and we will add it to the agenda. We always encourage you to bring your own sites and topics, as it is a great learning experience for everyone.

Then for the last half of the meeting we have some topics we would like to bring to you to discuss, although we may not have time to cover all of them in depth.



How to Join the Mailing List
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Thanks and looking forward to talking to you,



Hadi Rangin

IT Accessibility Specialist

Access Technology Center/ATS/UW-IT

(206) 685-4144

hadir at uw.edu<mailto:hadir at uw.edu>

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