Upcoming
Topic | Meeting format | Facilitator/Presenter | Date | Time | Links / Notes | Coordinator |
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| IDRC Website visual design | Design Crit | Uttara, Cheryl | TBD | 2 - 3pm ET |
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| UIO Redesign | Design Crit | Uttara | TBD | 2 - 3pm ET |
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Past
Workshops from previous years can be seen on the Previous Community Workshop and Design Crit Topics page. Video recordings may not have captions. If you would like to contribute to captioning any of the videos, please reach out to us through the fluid-work mailing list.
Topic | Meeting format | Facilitator | Date | Time | Links / Notes | Coordinator |
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| CTA Image inspection | Design Crit | Caren | July 5, 2022 | 2 - 3pm ET | Video Recording The Canadian Typography Archives website requires an image inspection function that allows a user to magnify an artifact and pan over all parts of the artifact. Here is a link to an example of image inspection we are seeing as an exemplar experience using mouse functionality The CTA team has had some discussion and noted the following: - WCAG 2.1 (note AODA references WCAG 2.0)
- What to do:
- Provide controls that perform same behaviour as the mouse
- When image opens buttons appear and are in the focus order
- Mobile: pinching, alternative is zoom in zoom out and button controls as well.
- concern: Buttons for keyboard manoeuvre may not be a smooth experience
We look forward to the discussion! | |
IDRC Website visual design | Design Crit | Uttara, Cheryl | TBD | 2 - 3pm ET | | UIO Redesign | Design Crit | Uttara | TBD | 2 - 3pm ET | | Past
Workshops from previous years can be seen on the Previous Community Workshop and Design Crit Topics page. Video recordings may not have captions. If you would like to contribute to captioning any of the videos, please reach out to us through the fluid-work mailing list.
Topic | Meeting format | Facilitator | Date | Time | Links / Notes | Coordinator |
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| Meet-and-Greet | Community Meeting | Jack Tyrrell and IDRC | May 24. 2022 | 2 - 3pm ET |
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| Dobble Debate - Bake Your Own | Design Crit | Lynne Heller | Feb 8, 2022 | 2 - 3pm ET | Video Recording Dobble Debate dev site | |
| An artifact to aid the design of 3D printed audio-tactile graphics for blind students: a Ph.D. research | Community Workshop | Emilia Christie Picelli Sanches | Jan 25, 2022 | 2 - 3pm ET | Video Recording Presentation Recommendations - 3D printed audio-tactile graphics, Online Whiteboard for Visual Collaboration (Miro) Description: Emilia Sanches is a Ph.D. candidate who's coming to IDRC to develop part of her research. This community workshop intends to contextualize her research and her preliminary results. She'll briefly introduce what are 3D printed audio-tactile graphics and proceed to talk about what she is doing and what her next steps are. People are encouraged to ask questions and discuss the topic. | |
| Dobble Debate | Design Crit | Lynne Heller | Jan 18, 2022 | 2 - 3pm ET | Video Recording Dobble Debate Description: Dobble Debate: debating with a difference, is a game that facilitates discussions and learning about human difference. The game employs the powers of play and humor to catalyze open discussion and compassionate thinking around topics that are often considered taboo. Players are challenged to rethink assumptions they may have around what it means to be disabled or have lived different experiences from their own.
Dobble Debate recognizes that every individual’s lived experience is different, and changes significantly based on their current environment. Therefore, we explicitly acknowledge D/deafness, disability, differing abilities , autism, and neurodiversity plus (DDDAND+). This acronym does not cover all the diverse identities usually lumped under ‘disability’; we are using it to draw attention to the variety of human experience. The label of ‘disability’ runs the risk of minimizing the diversity of lived differences. | |
Suggested Future topics
Topic | Facilitator |
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Agile development: planning | Michelle |
| Teacher to talk about education plans (EP) | Guest? |
| Students with learning disabilities to talk about their experiences | Guest? |
| People working with students on mindfulness and mental health | Guest? |
| Talk to people who teach children to program | Lighthouse Labs? |
| Someone from able gamers to talk about how people with various disabilities interact with games | Guest? |
| People working with young adults with autism | Guest? |
| Rose? How people engage in social connections and relationships | Guest? |
| Empathy Toy |
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| Engage with OCAD students to talk about their projects and/or areas of study. ( MDes and others) | Guest? |
| Music Therapy | Theresa |
| Someone who has developed software for older adults | Guest? |
| Someone who works with brain sensing tech | Muse? |
Someone to talk about entrepreneurship and marketing ( how to reach people to use our software and services e.g. P4A, Outside-in, hack-a-thons, etc.) | Guest? |
| Latest A11y models and principles to follow, and language to use ( e.g. things that the MDes students are taught ) | Jutta? |
| Accessibility in the Toronto Public Library | Guest? |
Case Studies of User Creativity in Computing (Monthly) - Minecraft (led by: Michelle and other)
- Sound Shapes ( Shaw Han??? )
- IFTT (Jon)
- etc
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Skills Development workshops (Monthly?) Below are some examples of topics that could be covered. - Refreshers (e.g. using ARIA)
- best practices
- using new features (e.g. new CSS, HTML, JS)
- new frameworks
- new tools
- design techniques
- etc.
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A critique (or more informally a "crit") is an opportunity for us to come together as a small group and examine and discuss a creative artifact - a design wireframe, a persona, a newly-implemented UI or software component, etc.
These design crits are informal, constructive, specific, and respectful. It's a forum where anyone from the community can bring their designs and receive feedback.
The idea is to focus on tangibles, not on abstract plans:
- What have we designed or built?
- why is it like this, what are its strengths, and how can we make it better?
Since these meetings are participant driven, there will be occasions when the crit will not meet. Meetings will be announced in the schedule above, and to the relevant mailing lists (i.e. inclusive design community list, and fluid-work).
Why do Critiques?
Techniques like UX Walkthroughs, Inclusive Design Mapping Tool ("Petals & Flowers"), or User States and Contexts will help us concretely assess and discuss an artifact from different perspectives. It's based on the idea that creative work gets stronger when it is discussed amongst peers and diverse ideas are considered.
Crits help us to:
- amplify the strengths of a design
- suggest alternative trajectories
- reflect on our work through the lenses of different users
- identify areas of confusion
- focus on tangible artifacts, not just abstract ideas or goals
We try to keep design crits very informal and casual on purpose. This makes it easier for participants to share designs (requiring less time preparing formal presentations), and opens up more time for organic conversations. A formal presentation of your project or design is not required, and we encourage a more conversational approach.
Presenting at Design Crits
Design crits are a great opportunity to discuss designs, refine ideas, ask questions, and get feedback. To get the most out of a design crit:
- Come prepared with specific design issues to share - this will help focus the discussion on the topics that will help you.
- Try not cover too much or expect to have every question addressed.
- Design crits are intended to be 1 hour in length to help keep the discussion productive and specific.
- If needed, another design crit can be scheduled to continue the discussion, or you can take advantage of the Inclusive Design Community mailing list to reach a broader audience.
