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A Primer on The CASE Act
In a nutshell, The CASE Act will establish a small copyright claims tribunal, or copyright claims board (CCB).
How to identify a Toxic Accessibility Culture, and what you can do about it
Sheri Byrne-HaberJul 1 · 9 min readA broken organizational culture makes everything disability-related harder, from implementing accessibility projects to getting critical support to move the disability / accessibility needle forwardUrban dictionary defines “Dumpster Fire” as:
2 Questions we ask UX designers in job interviews (and why)
We won’t ask you how many golf balls fit in a bus or how many times a day a clock’s hands overlap – nothing like what Google became famous for. While there’s some value in seeing how candidates react to curve-ball questions, they don’t really add much to a 45-minute interview.
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/10/25/two-questions-we-ask-ux-designers-in-job-interviews/
Emojis and Accessibility: The Dos and Don’ts of Including Emojis in Texts and Emails
A friend sent me a text the other day that said this: “Wishing you a prosperous new year excited face with money symbols for eyes and stuck-out tongue excited face with money symbols for eyes and stuck-out tongue excited face with money symbols for eyes and stuck-out tongue excited face with money
Technical Writing
This courseware includes resources copyrighted and openly licensed by multiple individuals and organizations. Click the words “Licenses and Attributions” at the bottom of each page for copyright and licensing information specific to the material on that page.
Memos: Writing Commons
Short for “memorandum,” a memo is a type of document used to communicate with others in the same organization. Memos (or memoranda) are typically used for fairly short messages of one page or less, but informal reports of several pages may also employ memo format.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/technicalwriting/chapter/memos/
FF Meta Variable Font Demo
An explanation of Variable Fonts, what they do, why they matter, and in general an attempt to show off a beautiful, classic typeface design by Erik Spiekermann now in variable form from Monotype.
Welcome to Creating, Licensing, and Publishing OER
While no one wants to reinvent the wheel, sometimes there is no available or acceptable OER for a given topic. In this case, you may need to create your own open educational materials. In this course, you will learn what you need to know and consider before creating a new OER from scratch.
https://innovate.suny.edu/sunyoercommunitycourse/creating-licensing-publishing-oer/
Content Analysis
Content analysis is distinguished from other kinds of social science research in that it does not require the collection of data from people. Like documentary research, content analysis is the study of recorded information, or information which has been recorded in texts, media, or physical items.
Faculty Census 2018: Data on Design Professionals in Academia
Census data from a survey on the professional experiences of design faculty in U.S. colleges and universities. The Faculty Census gathers information about trends affecting design faculty. Participants included full and part-time faculty at U.S. colleges and universities.
Inclusive and Open Pedagogies
Understanding how inclusive pedagogy and open pedagogy overlap and diverge provides insight into developing learning environments that welcome and encourage all learners.
https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/11/inclusive-and-open-pedagogies
Now is the Time to Think About Accessibility
Looking for more advice on teaching? Browse the Pedagogy Unbound archives. As a new semester approaches, the academic’s to-do list can fill up pretty fast. All of that course planning you’ve been putting off all summer now seems pretty urgent.
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1875-now-is-the-time-to-think-about-accessibility
A-ROSA River Cruises with children
If you travel with children, you can almost watch them grow. So many things they’ve never seen, tasted or tried before. You can only be amazed as an adult. It’s nice when everyone is present on such a holiday – from toddlers to grandparents. Because then you can remember it together forever.
https://www.arosa-cruises.com/river-cruises/offers/kids.html
USPS Hold Mail Service
Select your Start Date and End Date. We can hold your mail from 3 to 30 days in a row. You can select how you would like to receive your mail on your selected end date. For hold times greater than 30 days, please sign up for USPS Forward Mail Service.
Annual Conference
The CAA Annual Conference is the largest professional convening of art historians, artists, designers, curators, and others in the visual arts. Each year we offer sessions submitted by our members, committees, and affiliated societies offering a wide range of program content.
Best Apps For Stress-Free Group Travel
Bachelor parties. College reunions. Multi-generational family getaways. Hunting trips. Girls’ weekends. Even buddy mooning. Call it what you will (though please don’t let buddy mooning happen), there’s been a boom in group vacations recently.
http://www.cntraveler.com/story/best-apps-for-stress-free-group-travel
Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It’s time to switch.
You open your browser to look at the Web. Do you know who is looking back at you? Over a recent week of Web surfing, I peered under the hood of Google Chrome and found it brought along a few thousand friends.
Adobe Summer Faculty Creative Jams
FINE PRINT Registration is limited to faculty currently employed at a North American campus. Registrants must register with their official campus email address in order to win. Read the official rules. If you have any questions about registration, please contact the team at jams@adobe.com.
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How to Be Creative (Ep.
Meetings vs Making
As manager of multiple design teams at IBM, designers often ask for my advice on how to spend less time in meetings so that they can have more time to design.
https://medium.com/design-ibm/meetings-vs-making-36ab8fa2403
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Test Sample Questions
1. Why is it important to make all web functionality fully accessible from a keyboard? 2. When creating an accessible website, to address the needs of those with hearing loss, it is a good strategy to include which of the following?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GcOcEBsmX3PHe6gn2naQi73fujgibqA3YaJBGCghmdM/mobilebasic
Sample Case Studies from the RGD Certification Process
If you’re considering becoming a Certified RGD and need to write your project case studies, it can be a daunting proposition.
Colorblinding
This extension simulates the website as a color vision impaired person would see. This extension simulates the website as a color vision impaired person would see.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorblinding/dgbgleaofjainknadoffbjkclicbbgaa
Accessible Graphic Design
Do you want to create posters, brochures and other materials that are accessible to as many people as possible? This webinar provides an overview of visual considerations and document settings for accessible communications in both print and digital formats.
A guide to color accessibility in product design
There’s a lot of talk about accessible design, but have you ever thought about color accessibility? Recently, a client brought in a project with very specific, complex implementations of an accessible color system.
https://invisionapp.com/inside-designcolor-accessibility-product-design
11th Annual Accessibility Conference
The Annual University of Guelph Accessibility Conference welcomes both accessibility novices and experts, and encourages attendees to build communities and exchange ideas.
https://colloq.io/events/accessibility-conference/2019/guelph/1
A Digital Accessibility Ecosystem
eSSENTIAL ACCESSIBILITY integrates assistive technology with web accessibility evaluation and remediation services to enhance the customer experience for people with disabilities.
https://www.essentialaccessibility.com/web-accessibility-solution/
Flags Flagged for Plagiarism
The Current City Flag When people ask me “What types of work do you see plagiarism in?” my usual response is “In any type of work that requires creativity.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2019/05/28/flags-flagged-for-plagiarism/
Why One University Went All Out on Teaching Reading
You’re reading the latest issue of Teaching, a weekly newsletter from a team of Chronicle journalists. Sign up here to get it in your inbox on Thursdays. Welcome to Teaching, a free weekly newsletter from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-One-University-Went-All/246399/
Daily Ethical Design
Design ethics concerns moral behavior and responsible choices in the practice of design.
Is The Lion King a Plagiarism?
The lion doesn’t sleep tonight… On July 19, Disney is set to release its remake of its 1994 hit movie The Lion King. Made with photorealistic animation techniques and featuring all-star cast, it looks to be another Disney remake in the same vein as The Jungle Book, Dumbo and others.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2019/06/04/is-the-lion-king-a-plagiarism/
“Unpaid internships” sound so sexy, but what about the legal issues?
Benjamin Sutton’s Artsy article regarding “unpaid internships” makes this type of labor use in the art industry seem so sexy. Unfortunately, Sutton does a poor job of mentioning the wide and complex legal issues surrounding so-called “internships” and employment law.
http://clancco.com/wp/2019/06/unpaid-internships-sound-so-sexy-but-what-about-the-legal-issues/
The Dangers of Getting Copyright Registration Wrong
Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down ruling (PDF) that highlights not just the dangers of messing up a copyright registration, but the perils of the registration requirement more broadly. The case centers around a company known as Fiesta Fabric.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2019/06/06/the-dangers-of-getting-copyright-registration-wrong/
Web Accessibility In Context
14 min read Accessibility, Usability, User Experience Share on Twitter or LinkedIn From Sketch To Code Quick Self-Service Setup.
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/06/web-accessibility-context/
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Sans Forgetica is a downloadable font that is scientifically designed to help you remember your study notes. Sans Forgetica is a font designed using the principles of cognitive psychology to help you to better remember your study notes.
Decals
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Do Templates Make Good Design Accessible to All or Diminish the Role of the Designer?
In a perfect world there would be good design for everyone. This was the Modernist dream—the ultimate Bauhaus goal. Street signs, homes, magazines, posters, and identity systems—everything would look right, feel right, and work correctly, too.
What We’re Leaving Out of the Discussion Around Inclusive Design
As you may have noticed, there’s a growing focus on inclusion in the tech industry. Specifically, there’s a rise in the use of the word “inclusion.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/what-were-leaving-out-of-the-discussion-around-inclusive-design/
In Defense of Poster-a-Day Projects
There’s no shortage of designers taking on the personal challenge of designing a poster a day.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/in-defense-of-poster-a-day-projects/
Recognizing the Women Designers Lost to History Will Take Work—We Should Do It Collectively
This op-ed is one of a three-part series of opinion pieces in which educators address the way design history has traditionally been taught, and how we can push for more representation in the canon. Two more pieces will follow in the coming days.
What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design?
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize that while the terms are linked, they shouldn’t be confused. Diversity is about bringing more people to the table.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/what-does-it-mean-to-decolonize-design/
Let’s Teach a History of Ideas, Not the History of Individuals
This op-ed is one of a three-part series of opinion pieces in which educators address the way design history has traditionally been taught, and how we can push for more representation in the canon. Previously we published and one by YuJune Park and Caspar Lam of Parsons School of Design.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/lets-teach-a-history-of-ideas-not-the-history-of-individuals/
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SUNY CIT Conference, Purchase College, May 30, 2019 Here is a link to the presentation. https://1drv.ms/p/s!AvVCJu2aNcLrgd8jTJX3XIVwlup9ig Here is a link to the “bad” document we will make accessible. https://1drv.ms/w/s!AvVCJu2aNcLrgdk9uJB1AL2DGFRjKQ Please download. It will open up in Office 365 (online). Save a “local” copy of it, then open it in Microsoft Word. WordCamp Buffalo, April 27, …