Accessibility Student Assistant
The University of Washington Access Technology Center
July 2016 - December 2016.
Managed accessibility collaborations with the University of Washington
Evaluated of the accessibility of websites and applications
Collaborations and conferences with vendors to discuss accessibility and provide solutions for development
Accessibility Student Assistant
June 2016 - December 2016.
My job at the Access Technology Center as a student assistant consisted of many vendor collaborations and helping manage the accessibility of products purchased by the University.
Web Accessibility is incredibly important. Most companies should implement it in their development.
The companies working with the University of Washington must comply to the federal ADA guidelines, and that is where I as an accessibility assistant was able to help the company developers. I learned a lot about not just web accessibility, but universal design and web development as well.
List of Responsibilities
Organized meetings between my manager, the Accessibility specialist at the University of Washington, and developers from vendor companies
Provided testing and evaluation on the accessibility of the products
Ticketed bugs and improper implementation of accessibility
Provided detailed solutions that meet and go beyond federal guidelines WCAG Guidelines
Created documents and guidelines on how to implement accessibility on specific products, such as Android phones and PDFs and Microsoft Word documents
Companies we worked with: Canvas, Zoom, Microsoft, and others