[Athen] Seeking Drupal Accessibility Testers

[Howard Kramer]

Hi Terry,

I might be interested in helping. I'll also be attending the DrupalCamp
here in Boulder this Friday/Saturday. Do you know if there's anyone I
should contact at the Boulder event who's involved with accessibility?
Maybe I can help with some testing there.

Thanks,
Howard



On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Terrill Thompson <tft at uw.edu> wrote:


> Hi All,

>

> If your institution is like mine, you're probably seeing more and more of

> your web developers building their sites using Drupal. Therefore it

> behooves us to ensure Drupal is accessible, and that it produces fully

> accessible content.

>

> The Drupal community has expressed a sincere commitment to accessibility,

> but they need help getting there. They're currently working on development

> of the next version (Drupal 8) and I offered to recruit people to help test

> accessibility of Drupal Core (the default Drupal installation, before

> extending its functionality with new themes or modules).

>

> Here's the plan:

>

> 1. The Drupal Accessibility community will provide scripts with

> tasks/scenarios for testers to walk through. These will all be focused on

> authoring, editing, and administrative functions for creating or managing a

> Drupal site, but we'll also be interested in reviewing accessibility of the

> output.

>

> 2. Between July 1 and July 12, testers will walk step through the scripts

> using a variety of modalities (e.g., keyboard only, or with various

> assistive technologies)

>

> 3. I'll summarize any problems we identify in a report that I'll share

> with Drupal developers.

>

> 4. July 18-20, there will be an accessibility code sprint at Twin Cities

> DrupalCamp, where volunteers will work on coding solutions to the problems

> we identify. They'll also be conducting their own face-to-face

> usability/accessibility tests at the camp.

> http://2013.tcdrupal.org/

>

> If you're interested in helping out with this effort, please let me know.

> We need people to participate as testers from July 1-12. Also if you're

> planning to attend the Twin Cities DrupalCamp we'd love to have your help

> there too.

>

> Please spread the word among anyone else you think would be interested,

> especially assistive technology users.

>

> Standing by for volunteers...

>

> Thanks!

> Terrill

>

> --

> Terrill Thompson

> Technology Accessibility Specialist

> DO-IT, Accessible Technology

> UW Information Technology

> University of Washington

> tft at uw.edu

> 206-221-4168

>

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Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
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