Today’s goals:
- Finish up our Accessibility activities
- Receive your second quarter grades and take a survey about the second quarter (click here for survey )
- Review the new Medford Public Schools website
Today’s featured sites:
- https://unpigeon.me/ – This site is simple and elegant yet is still visually engaging (thanks for the site, Peter!). Also see https://codepen.io/jkantner/pen/eLMgWa (something silly to make you smile!)
Class Discussion: Accessibility
Each group will present their topic area
- Period 5 only– autism activity
- What did you learn? Did anything surprise you?
- What can you do as a web designer to make your site more user friendly to all?
- Also see: Chrome Accessibility audit in Developer tools; Color Blindness Color Check; and Web Disability Simulator (Chrome extension)
Tools and Resources for Website Accessibility
- http://contrast-finder.tanaguru.com/result.html– Helps you find contrasting colors for improved text readability
- https://coolors.co/ff5e5b-d8d8d8-ffffea-00cecb-ffed66– Color blindness color check
- http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/web/– Great for tips and approaches
- https://www.24a11y.com/2017/accessibility-testing-tools-desktop-mobile-websites/– Comprehensive list of tools and resources
- https://a11y-style-guide.com/style-guide/section-general.html– Style guide for accessibility
- https://moritzgiessmann.de/accessibility-cheatsheet/– Accessibility cheatsheet
Review New School Website!
- URL: http://www.mps02155.org/
- Live user test: I need a volunteer!
- Find out what’s for lunch tomorrow
- See when your next day off from school is
- Find out when the next boys hockey game is
- Use the accessibility tool to change the background contrast
- Find the student login for School Brains
- Find the MHS/MVTHS Handbook
- Find the MHS/MVTHS calendar of important dates
- Find the Guidance webpage