Coordinators
- Marco Winckler, I3S
- Pierre Thérouanne, LAPCOS
SEMESTER
Spring 2021
FORMAT/LOCATION
- Campus SophiaTech, Sophia Antipolis
- Campus Saint-Jean d'Angély, Nice
- Synchronous online classes
Prerequisites
No
- Lecturers
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- Shadi Abou-Zahra (W3V, Vienna)
- Jérôme Dupire (CNAM, Paris)
- Mai-Anh Ngo (Université Côte d'Azur, GREDEG)
- Pierre Thérouanne (Université Côte d'Azur, LAPCOS)
- Marco Winckler (Université Côte d'Azur, I3S)
- Summary
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According to the ISO 9241 norm (2008), accessibility is defined as the ease of use of a product, a service, an environment or a facility, regardless of individuals' capabilities. Many forms of legislation have been ratified, stating the duty to ensure access to information and communication technologies (ICT). Drawing on contributions from Computer science, Human-Computer interaction, Ergonomics, and Law, this minor aims to provide theoretical and practical bases to ensure accessibility of ICT. Specific situations will be further examined: Accessibility for people with blindness or visual impairment, Web accessibility, and video game accessibility.
The course presents:- Definition of accessibility and universal design; Current views on impairment, disability, and handicap;
- Social issues and simulations of handicap situations (physical limitations, use of a screen reader);
- Visual, auditory, motor and cognitive impairments and the resulting disabilities;
- Assistive technologies for visual interfaces: responsive design; video games accessibility;
- Guidelines for designing computer interfaces ensuring access for all;
- Legal regulatory issues; overview of different cases (e.g., American Section 508); Deep examination of recent European directives;
- Recommendations from the World Wide Web Consortium about tools and web content to make the Web accessible to all; Methods for checking web accessibility;
- Models of accessibility and universal design.
- Capacity
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- 18 students
- Bibliography
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- Directive (eu) 2016/2102 of the European parliament and of the council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016L2102
- Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2019.151.01.0070.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2019:151:TOC
- Giraud, S., Thérouanne, P., & Steiner, D. D. (2018). Web accessibility: Filtering redundant and irrelevant information improves website usability for blind users. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 111, 23-35. http://dx.doi.org//10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.10.011
- Hans Persson, H., Åhman, H., Arvei, Yngling, A., & Gulliksen, J. (2015). Universal design, inclusive design, accessible design, design for all: different concepts—one goal? On the concept of accessibility—historical, methodological and philosophical aspects. Universal Access in the Information Society, 14, 505–526. http://dx.doi.org//10.1007/s10209-014-0358-z
- Jonathan Lazar, J. Bern Jordan, Gregg C. Vanderheiden. Toward unified guidelines for kiosk accessibility. Interactions 26(4): 74-77 (2019). http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2019/toward-unified-guidelines-for-kiosk-accessibility
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (2018). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/
- Jacob O. Wobbrock, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Shaun K. Kane, Gregg C. Vanderheiden: Ability-based design. Commun. ACM 61(6): 62-71 (2018)
- Schedule
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Date
Time slot
Room
Lecturers
Course' title 18 Feb
09:00 - 12:00
SophiaTech
Marco Winckler
Introduction to accessibility and situationally induced impairments and disabilities 25 Feb
09:00 - 12:00
Saint Jean-d’Angély and/or online
Mai-Anh Ngo and Pierre Thérouanne
Social issues and simulations of handicap situations 11 Mar
09:00 - 12:00
SophiaTech
Pierre Thérouanne
Visual, auditory, motor and cognitive impairments and the resulting disabilities 18 Mar
09:00 - 12:00
SophiaTech
Marco Winckler
Overview of assistive technogy and Universal Design 25 Mar
09:00 - 12:00
Saint Jean-d’Angély
Shadi Abou-Zahra
Accessibility standards and guidelines 1 Apr
09:00 - 12:00
Online
Mai-Anh Ngo
Legal and regulatory issues related to Accessibilty 8 Apr
09:00 - 12:00
SophiaTech or online
Jérôme Dupire
Games accessibility 22 Apr
09:00 - 12:00
Saint Jean-d’Angély
Pierre Thérouanne and Marco Winckler
Final assessment - Evaluation
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- 1 written exam: April, 22nd
- 1 oral: April, 22nd