Accessibility Challenge: How would you explain digital accessibility and why it matters to someone new?

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Title: What does digital accessibility mean to you?

Time: 15-20 minutes

Purpose: To develop a clear definition and understanding of what Accessibility Testing is and how it is relevant to you and your product.

Activity:

  1. Interpret the definitions below/mentioned in your context with your product in mind, for example, you could consider how easy it is to access and use your product for different users and the sorts of ideas this generates.
  2. Create your own definition of Digital Accessibility that makes sense to you, describe how this relates to your product and the potential benefits of having this clear definition may have on the quality of your product.
  3. Be brave and share your thoughts and definitions below!

Other resources:

Lesson definitions:

  • The quality of being able to be reached or entered.
  • The quality of being easy to obtain or use.
  • The quality of being easily understood or appreciated.
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Digital accessibility is the ease with which any user can navigate an application to find the information or page they are looking for, and use the all the different functionalities of the application.

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