Introducing ARRM: A Framework To Fight Accessibility Apathy
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The document presents the ARR framework aimed at combating accessibility apathy within organizations by defining roles and responsibilities across teams. It discusses challenges faced when meeting accessibility standards and encourages the use of an interactive session to engage participants in ownership assignment for accessibility tasks. Additionally, it provides various resources for understanding and implementing the framework effectively.
Introducing ARRM: A Framework To Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 1. AccessU 2020 β Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing ARRM A framework to fight accessibility apathy AccessU 2020 (Virtual) May 19th, 2020
- 2. βAccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Who own accessibility on your teams? If youβre that person, howβs that working out for you so far? Do you wish things were different?
- 3. β Getting us started Using the chat feature Locate the Chat feature at the bottom of your screen. Turn on the Chat window and share who owns accessibility on your team, or more globally, in your organization. If youβre that person, howβs that working out for you so far? Do you wish things were different? AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 4. AccessU 2020 β Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Our team / your speakers EAUDENIS BOUDR Deque Systems db@deque.com BILL TYLER Optum Technology btyler@optum.com JENNIFER CHADWICK Siteimprove jcha@siteimprove.com LEWIS PHILLIPS AT&T lewis_phillips@labs.att.com SEAN KELLY Optum Technology sean_kelly@optum.com MICHAEL MISTAK Diamond michael.mistak@dws.la
- 5. β Getting us started Annotation toolbar Throughout this training, you will be required to make use of Zoomβs Annotation toolbar. It can be found under the View Options menu. NOTE: This menu item will only be available when the instructorβs screen is being shared. AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 6. β Getting us started AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Using the annotation toolbar β’ X Close: Dismiss the annotation toolbar. β’ Mouse: Returns your cursor to the regular mouse. β’ Text: Type text on the shared screen. β’ Draw: Draw with a pen or another tool. β’ Stamp: Insert predefined icons like a check mark or star. β’ Arrow: Add an arrow with your name on the shared screen. β’ Eraser: Erase any annotations you have done. β’ Format: Open formatting options for text such as colors. β’ Undo: Remove your last changes. β’ Redo: Add the annotations you removed by clicking Undo. β’ Clear: Remove your own annotations. β’ Save: Grab a capture of the screen.
- 7. β Getting us started Where are you from? Using the annotations stamps, use the to indicate where you are located on the map. AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 8. β ACCESSIBILITY TOP 10 LIST OF CHALLENGES What are some of the challenges your team faces, when it comes to meeting accessibility standards? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 9. βAccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Genesis of this project You can only witness so many projects crash and burn due to lack of proper planning before you do something about it.
- 10. β Genesis of this project Breaking down accessibility by rolesβ¦ 2010 - AccessibilitΓ©Web comes to CSUN with a wild, novel ideaβ¦ 2011 - The ARB resource is made available as part of WAI-Engage (see link below) 2013 - The Canadian govt. adopts ARB as part of its Web Experience Toolkit framework Resource https://www.w3.org/community/wai-engage/wiki/Accessibility_Responsibility_Breakdown AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 11. β Genesis of this project And thus, ARRM picks up steam 2014 - Independent research on role-based accessibility at Optum Technology (Bill) 2018 - ARRM is launched at the EOWG, with full team coming together over the next year 2020 β And here we are today virtually at AccessU 2020! AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 12. βAccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project How can we truly help organizations distribute accessibility responsibilities across an entire cross-functional team?
- 13. β Introducing the ARRM project ARRMβs framework introduction Resource landing page, explaining how to use the ARRM framework and providing some context such as whom should own accessibility and how to refer to the different parts of this resource. Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-resource AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 14. β Introducing the ARRM project ARRMβs role definition document A list of all the different roles that can exist within a cross-functional product team: business, design, implementation and QA Testing roles. Meant to support the decision making process. Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-definition AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 15. β Introducing the ARRM project ARRMβs role-based decision tree Inspired by the concept of a RACI matrix, and built as a framework to define ownership for accessibility in a cross-functional product team with various levels of ownership (primary, secondary, contributor). Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-decision AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 16. βAccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Putting the ARRM framework to the test Break down into groups of 4-5 people and test drive the framework. Can you easily assign ownership levels to typical accessibility tasks?
- 17. β Putting ARRM to the test Decision tree flow As a reminder of the framework logicβ¦ 1. Is this checkpoint driven by Business/Non-Functional requirements? 2. Is this checkpoint about Visual Design? 3. Is this checkpoint about Content Authoring? 4. Is this checkpoint about UX Design? 5. Is this checkpoint about Implementation? 6. Is this checkpoint about Testing? 7. IF NONE OF THE ABOVE, then itβs a Management concern. AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 18. β Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity As a group, assign roles and responsibilities for the following tasks Example checkpoints Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Keyboard focus advances across the page in a meaningful way Keyboard focus is not applied to non-active or static elements Headings follow a hierarchical sequence without skipping levels Elements that visually look like headings are marked up as such The main heading of the page describes the content of the page AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 19. βAccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy What does your teamβs matrix look like? Letβs take a moment to compare our results from one team to the next. How different are those results, on this small sample?
- 20. β Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity(checkpoint no. 1) AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Keyboard focus advances across the page in a meaningful way Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
- 21. β Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity(checkpoint no. 2) AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Keyboard focus is not applied to non-active or static elements Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
- 22. β Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity(checkpoint no. 3) AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Headings follow a hierarchical sequence without skipping levels Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
- 23. β Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity(checkpoint no. 4) AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Elements that visually look like headings are marked up as such Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
- 24. β Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity(checkpoint no. 5) AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy The main heading of the page describes the content of the page Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
- 25. β Introducing the ARRM project ARRMβs role-specific templates Accessibility is a team effort, and everyone has a role to play! The first iteration of these templates helps UX/UI designers, copywriters and developers get started with accessibility. Resources http://bit.ly/wai-arm-ux http://bit.ly/wai-arm-visual http://bit.ly/wai-arm-content http://bit.ly/wai-arm-front-end AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 26. βAccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy What do you think? Can you see how this framework could help your team get clarity on how to break down accessibility through your own lifecycle?
- 27. β Discover the EOWG Want to get involved? The EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) has many projects going on and are always looking for more volunteers! Wanna help out? Weβd love to welcome you as part of the team. Resource https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/eowg/ AccessU 2020 Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 28. Thank you for your attention! Want to know more about this project or get a hold of us? Donβt hesitate to reach out! AccessU 2020 β Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy