Dataverse and Universal Design

[Philipp at UiT]

At the European Dataverse Workshop 2020 I was asked about Universal Design (inclusive design, design for universal accessibility) and Dataverse. Is this an issue that has been discussed earlier? if so, can anyone point me to the discussion(s) or any other relevant link(s)?

Best, Philipp

[Philip Durbin]

Hi Philipp,

I don't see anything in Dataverse emails or GitHub about Universal Design so I think it's a new topic for the Dataverse community.

While searching my email I did come across this talk from 2015 that I don't believe I attended: https://www.slideshare.net/harvardwww/universal-design-for-learning-a-framework-for-addressing-learner-diversity

The same group that gave that talk apparently runs a website called "UDL on Campus" and I found Harvard content (including a post from 2019) at https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-tags/universal-design-learning via a long list of (mostly or all US-based) colleges and universities at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/udl_institutions

I wasn't able to find anything about Universal Design on Harvard's accessibility website: https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu

So please tell us more. :)

Thanks,

Phil

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 3:46 AM Philipp at UiT <uit.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

At the European Dataverse Workshop 2020 I was asked about Universal Design (inclusive design, design for universal accessibility) and Dataverse. Is this an issue that has been discussed earlier? if so, can anyone point me to the discussion(s) or any other relevant link(s)?

Best, Philipp

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[Philipp at UiT]

Thanks, Phil. The question from the workshop participant was whether there are any plans for Universal Design support in Dataverse. This hasn't been mentioned by any of our partners as a priority issue, but I just wanted to hear in case this issue had been raised earlier.

Best, Philipp

mandag 27. januar 2020 12.43.10 UTC+1 skrev Philip Durbin følgende:

Hi Philipp,

I don't see anything in Dataverse emails or GitHub about Universal Design so I think it's a new topic for the Dataverse community.

While searching my email I did come across this talk from 2015 that I don't believe I attended: https://www.slideshare.net/harvardwww/universal-design-for-learning-a-framework-for-addressing-learner-diversity

The same group that gave that talk apparently runs a website called "UDL on Campus" and I found Harvard content (including a post from 2019) at https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-tags/universal-design-learning via a long list of (mostly or all US-based) colleges and universities at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/udl_institutions

I wasn't able to find anything about Universal Design on Harvard's accessibility website: https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu

So please tell us more. :)

Thanks,

Phil

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 3:46 AM Philipp at UiT <uit.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

At the European Dataverse Workshop 2020 I was asked about Universal Design (inclusive design, design for universal accessibility) and Dataverse. Is this an issue that has been discussed earlier? if so, can anyone point me to the discussion(s) or any other relevant link(s)?

Best, Philipp

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[Tania Schlatter]

Hi Philipp,

I assume by Universal Design you mean efforts to bring Dataverse into compliance with standards that help ensure equal access to content and functionality for all. If so, we are in the early stages of a process to identify barriers to accessibility, and resolve them. We are working toward WCAG 2 standards identified by the Harvard University Accessibility initiative. You can browse closed issues. Issue #6072 is the master issue with which we began the effort. We started with the Dataset page, and have been making changes working out from there. As we continue to make changes to the UI, we are addressing accessibility if/as possible in design and front end code changes. In this way, we are chipping away at a long to do list. 

- Tania

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[Philipp at UiT]

Hi Tania,

I think that's what the workshop participant had in mind. Thanks for sharing this information. I'll pass it on.

Best, Philipp

onsdag 29. januar 2020 16.10.30 UTC+1 skrev Tania Schlatter følgende:

Hi Philipp,

I assume by Universal Design you mean efforts to bring Dataverse into compliance with standards that help ensure equal access to content and functionality for all. If so, we are in the early stages of a process to identify barriers to accessibility, and resolve them. We are working toward WCAG 2 standards identified by the Harvard University Accessibility initiative. You can browse closed issues. Issue #6072 is the master issue with which we began the effort. We started with the Dataset page, and have been making changes working out from there. As we continue to make changes to the UI, we are addressing accessibility if/as possible in design and front end code changes. In this way, we are chipping away at a long to do list. 

- Tania

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 6:43 AM Philip Durbin <philip...@harvard.edu> wrote:

Hi Philipp,

I don't see anything in Dataverse emails or GitHub about Universal Design so I think it's a new topic for the Dataverse community.

While searching my email I did come across this talk from 2015 that I don't believe I attended: https://www.slideshare.net/harvardwww/universal-design-for-learning-a-framework-for-addressing-learner-diversity

The same group that gave that talk apparently runs a website called "UDL on Campus" and I found Harvard content (including a post from 2019) at https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-tags/universal-design-learning via a long list of (mostly or all US-based) colleges and universities at http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/udl_institutions

I wasn't able to find anything about Universal Design on Harvard's accessibility website: https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu

So please tell us more. :)

Thanks,

Phil

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 3:46 AM Philipp at UiT <uit.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

At the European Dataverse Workshop 2020 I was asked about Universal Design (inclusive design, design for universal accessibility) and Dataverse. Is this an issue that has been discussed earlier? if so, can anyone point me to the discussion(s) or any other relevant link(s)?

Best, Philipp

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[Philipp Conzett]

In light of new national requirements regarding the accessibility of websites in Norway, I would like to revive the conversation in GitHub issue #7523, where I also have linked to an Accessibility assessment report for DataverseNO.

I hope some of this work can contribute to the further alignment of the Dataverse software with Web Accessibility requirements and recommendations.

Best, Philipp