Accessibility Challenge - Could learning about accessibility improve your testing?

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Title: Reflect on whether learning about accessibility could enhance your testing.

Time: 15-20 minutes

Purpose:

This activity helps you pause and reflect on your current awareness of accessibility and its relevance to your role as a tester. Itā€™s also a moment to consider how this Accessibility Testing course could support your growth.

You donā€™t need to know anything about accessibility testing to take partā€”this is about your current perspective and experience.

Activity:

  • Take a few quiet minutes to think about the questions below. You can write down and share your thoughts below.

Questions to Consider:

  • Have you ever been asked to do accessibility testing? How did you feel about it?
  • Have you received user feedback related to accessibility or usability that surprised you?
  • Do you, or someone close to you, live with a disability that affects how they interact with digital products?
  • Can you think of a time when accessibility (or a lack of it) had a real impactā€”positive or negative?
  • Do you think learning more about accessibility could help you become a more effective or empathetic tester?
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  • I have never been asked to do accessibility testing. I think a big reason is because there is a very limited amount of users for the applications I work on. I do still believe it to be important, no matter how many people use the application.
  • So far I have not received any such feedback
  • Yes, for example when choosing a phone for my grandmother we choose one that has big buttons so she can clearly see what button she is pressing. Also when selecting a device that could serve as a picture frame and video call device, we were carefull to choose one that wouldnā€™t have too many buttons and worked on voice control as well. So she wouldnā€™t need to do too many of the more difficult actions.
  • I think itā€™s in the everyday life. Like getting a new micro wave and trying to figure out what all the different settings do, or filling in your taxes and understanding what you need to put where, or ā€¦
  • I do think it can have a positive impact. Essentially I would at it as another standard use case to always consider when testing user scenarios. For example instead of just ā€˜as a user who wants to buy a bookā€¦ā€™ I would add to my standard scenarios ā€˜as a user with a sight impairment who would like to buy a bookā€¦ā€™
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