DEI and Accessibility in Digital Spaces

Session Category Community User Interface & Design User Experience & Accessibility Front End Room Hopin Sessions Audience N/A Time Slot Fri 4:00pm to 4:45pm (7/9/21)

With an increased awareness of DEI and accessibility in the world, are you keeping up online? From Zoom to Twitter to websites, this talk will highlight the importance of creating accessible, diverse, equitable and inclusive digital spaces. We will look at the accessibility of design, layout, and content; writing inclusive alternative text for media; how to think beyond color in design; creating diverse, respectful and accessible online meeting spaces; and why accessibility and DEI matter in a digital world.

Target Audience

This session is perfect for EVERYONE and most especially digital content editors, UI/UX and virtual platform users.

Learning Objectives

You will take away a better understanding of how to create accessible, respectful, and diverse digital content and spaces.

Prior Technical Knowledge

This talk is geared toward everyone who engages in the digital world and does not require any technical knowledge.

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