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Accessibility in e-learning (self.Blind)
submitted by AlehCemy
Hello there!
I hope this is a good place to ask.
I work in a e-learning startup, and they have recently started to study the possibility of including accessibility resources in their e-learning courses.
I was tasked with writing up a document talking about different accessibility resources in videos and e-learning.
I'm deaf, so I have already covered the hearing accessibility portion, but I'm a bit unsure on other resources that might be useful for other disability groups, such as vision accessibility. Learning disabilities is also another area that I'm unsure what are the best practices when it comes to accessibility.
I'll also be covering the web accessibility portion of our platform, so the UX design team can work on it as well.
What are some of the accessibility resources you need or think it's important to have in videos and e-learning platforms? It could be something simple as the colors of clothes to audio description to being able to do the entire course using keyboards.
I hope this is a good place to ask.
I work in a e-learning startup, and they have recently started to study the possibility of including accessibility resources in their e-learning courses.
I was tasked with writing up a document talking about different accessibility resources in videos and e-learning.
I'm deaf, so I have already covered the hearing accessibility portion, but I'm a bit unsure on other resources that might be useful for other disability groups, such as vision accessibility. Learning disabilities is also another area that I'm unsure what are the best practices when it comes to accessibility.
I'll also be covering the web accessibility portion of our platform, so the UX design team can work on it as well.
What are some of the accessibility resources you need or think it's important to have in videos and e-learning platforms? It could be something simple as the colors of clothes to audio description to being able to do the entire course using keyboards.
Rethunker 5 points 1y ago
What have you found so far?
I think you'll get more responses if you show that you've dug into the problem of accessibility for BVI folks and come up with some answers on your own. Then you can ask how those should be prioritized, whether you've missed any, and so on.
As currently written, your post suggests your first step in finding out about accessibility for BVI people has been to ask here. Better to study first, form some opinions, develop some **very specific questions**, and then come back and create a new post.
Also, it appears you've posted the same post with the same language in several subreddits. **Please differentiate more according to each subreddit!** If you want people to take time to provide useful information that will help your company make money, consider that you should be putting **more** time into crafting your post.
The Other Resources panel at the right has links to informational posts. In many of those you'll find links to more resources.
What I would strongly encourage is finding someone who is blind or visually impaired, who works professionally in accessibility, and who is willing to contract with your startup for a few hours. I fully understand that startups run on shoestring budgets--I have my own startup--but getting input from one-on-one discussions with an expert will be well worth the money spent.
You'll get a lot of good advice here, too! But also please realize that this subreddit gets a lots of posts from people asking for (free) information, and many of those posts show a lack of initiative on the part of the original poster. If you come back with some pointed questions to check out what you've learned, that should go over well, especially because you already have experience with accessibility and inaccessibility yourself.
I think you'll get more responses if you show that you've dug into the problem of accessibility for BVI folks and come up with some answers on your own. Then you can ask how those should be prioritized, whether you've missed any, and so on.
As currently written, your post suggests your first step in finding out about accessibility for BVI people has been to ask here. Better to study first, form some opinions, develop some **very specific questions**, and then come back and create a new post.
Also, it appears you've posted the same post with the same language in several subreddits. **Please differentiate more according to each subreddit!** If you want people to take time to provide useful information that will help your company make money, consider that you should be putting **more** time into crafting your post.
The Other Resources panel at the right has links to informational posts. In many of those you'll find links to more resources.
What I would strongly encourage is finding someone who is blind or visually impaired, who works professionally in accessibility, and who is willing to contract with your startup for a few hours. I fully understand that startups run on shoestring budgets--I have my own startup--but getting input from one-on-one discussions with an expert will be well worth the money spent.
You'll get a lot of good advice here, too! But also please realize that this subreddit gets a lots of posts from people asking for (free) information, and many of those posts show a lack of initiative on the part of the original poster. If you come back with some pointed questions to check out what you've learned, that should go over well, especially because you already have experience with accessibility and inaccessibility yourself.
Nighthawk321 2 points 1y ago
GOAT right here from saving everyone else from having to explain :).
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