Summary
Well done! You’ve made it to the end of our two-week introductory course on UX and accessible design. You’ve explored the contexts within which people have to think about and …
Course: Introduction to UX and Accessible Design
Understanding accessibility guidelines: W3Schools
Marcus Ophir is a digital media developer and UX designer, who has worked extensively with web accessibility guidelines. He also suffers from Usher Syndrome, a rare, progressive genetic condition that …
The experts reflect on their career
How can you carve out a career in accessible interface design? We invited our selection of experts to reflect on what made them want to work in this area, and …
Ask the expert: Nalini Edwards
Nalini Edwards is a user experience consultant and interface designer, currently based at the Heart n Soul project at the Hub at the Wellcome Collection. Nalini is working on creating …
Ask the expert: Robyn Steward
Robyn Steward is an educator, researcher, author and musician. She has been diagnosed with multiple disabilities and is autistic. A large part of her work is teaching non-autistic people about …
What makes an interface accessible?
Now that we know what an interface is and we have found out some of the key principles behind accessibility, it is a good time to look at how these …
What am I learning?
This course is about how user interface design is at the centre of creative technology development. From your laptop to your smartphone, your table, even your car, user interfaces are …
Key roles and how to get there
Over the course of the last two weeks you have been introduced to the field of UX, UI and accessibility for digital interfaces. In the previous step you also heard …
How can we identify what needs to be improved?
Designing interfaces for accessibility is deeply rooted in user-centred design (UCD) methodologies. UCD is a design process that places the intended user at the centre of every decision that is …
Understanding responsive design
As devices have multiplied exponentially over the last decade, the toolkit for the web developer has had to adapt to meet changing requirements. As a result, responsive web design has …
What will I learn this week?
User interface design is at the centre of the development of creative technology. It is central to everything from your laptop to your smartphone, your tablet and even your car. …
Summary
This week you were introduced to the world of UX and UI design for accessible interfaces. You explored the differences and similarities between these two terms, and also learned about …
Accessibility in practice: Apple and Android
We have discussed the concept of accessibility and what it means in the context of digital interface design. But how are accessibility principles implemented? Apple and Android are two of …
The importance of accessibility in UX design
When we talk about accessibility in relation to design, we are really talking about how to make our design open to everyone in our society. Accessible design arose out of …
What do we mean by good or bad interfaces?
As we’ve seen in the previous steps, user interfaces connect people to technologies, by finding ways to allow users to control often complex processes. Computer systems can do a very …