Planning and Delivering a Diverse User Test

Date/Time: Thursday, July 28, 2016 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Eastern (UTC – 4 hours)

Location: Webinar

Description: Enabling people to access digital information in an accessible way is why we do what do we do as accessibility professionals. As such, it is essential to involve actual users in the process of accessibility evaluation, in order to get the best results. In this session, we will run through the process of a planning, and running, a diverse user test for digital content. This webinar will outline the core components of running a user based accessibility test on your app or website, covering topics from selecting users, and drawing up tasks, to moderating the test, and presenting the findings. Also covered will be available technology for both desktop and mobile testing, videos of a mock user test, and general good practise when working with users.

Objectives

• Describe the pros and cons of the different types of user test

• Demonstrate welcoming users into testing session

• Describe the benefits of a user test in addition to more standard accessibility evaluation

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