Digital Accessibility as a Mindset

Digital accessibility as a mindset

“Congratulations on finishing this course. I hope you have found it interesting and learned a lot. You've learned to make a hypothetical web landing page selling products or services of your choosing which could be used by everyone, everywhere! Let me show you an example of how I would like to see your course project process: First Steps Understand and educate yourself about digital accessibility, learn all the different ways it can affect a user journey, and replicate some situations with yourself. The Elements Gather all the elements to start creating the basic building blocks of your design: colors, typography, tone-of-voice.

Designing While designing, consider aspects of design that might be less ‘visual’, like microcopy, error states, keyboard focus states, and alt-text. The Prototype Prototype with states and test it yourself! Once your project is ready, share it on the forum by clicking the "Create your project" button. I will look at your publications as soon as possible and answer any doubts that need clarification. In the meantime, I encourage you to see what your fellow students have been up to and comment on their posts. Don't forget that as a writer, having a community it's quite important; let's use the Domestika forum to start creating ours! See you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Well done, you actually reached the end of this course. Thank you so much for following it. I truly hope I inspire you to include web accessibility practices into your design thinking. Continue practicing what we observe in this course and don't hesitate to tell your friend, classmates, colleagues about the topic. Now, let me share with you a few tips so you can make a beautiful final project. You can better understand the wide topic that is web accessibility by, for example, navigating your favorite website with your non-dominant hand or with very low luminosity on your phone or by observi...”

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Course summary for: Digital Accessibility as a Mindset

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (19)
• 1534 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (2h 4m)

• Category

  Web & App Design

• Software

  Figma

• Areas

  Digital Design, Digital Product Design, UX / UI, Web Design