We’ll provide your team with the best practices for designing inclusive mobile apps that work for all users.
Your team will learn how people with disabilities interact with mobile devices and they’ll walk away with a basic understanding of the pillars of inclusive design.
Learning Objectives
Inclusive Design
Learn the design considerations that impact the inclusion of all users.
Mobile assistive technology
Learn the types of assistive technology used by people with disabilities across mobile platforms.
User interaction & inputs
Learn how users with disabilities interact with apps and input information into them.
Design considerations
Learn the top considerations for color, layout, typography, labeling, UI controls, sound, motion and more.
Audience:
This training is primarily intended for digital app designers and user experience practitioners.
Time estimate:
This training typically takes two hours.
Topics covered:
During this training, we typically cover the following topics:
Disabilities & Digital Accessibility
Types of disabilities
Mobile platform assistive technologies
What is Inclusive Design
Inclusive design examples
Inclusive design process
Pillars of Inclusive Design
Be inclusive from the start
Consider users’ circumstances
Keep it simple
Offer equivalent alternatives
Put the user in control
Maintain consistency
Seek diverse feedback
User Interaction
Interacting with a mobile screen reader
Considerations for motor impairments
Touch targets
Gestures
Voice control
User Input
Accessible forms
Error handling
Color & Contrast
Accessibility & color
Text contrast
Non-text contrast
Color settings in iOS and Android
Layout & Typography
Text size
Layout & text formatting
Headings
Considerations for zoom & magnification
Labeling & UI Controls
Accessibility text
Images and alternative text
Sound & Motion
Hearing impairments
Transcripts & captions
Haptic feedback
Motion & animation
Frequently Asked Questions
We’re here to help you achieve better digital accessibility. If you can’t find an answer you need, please contact us.
Our team makes training recommendations based on your unique needs and project timeline. We incorporate training strategically, weaving sessions into your project, so that your teams have the skills they need when they need them, making an immediate impact. Building skills in-house throughout our engagement sets you up for continued success.
As many as you’d like! We don’t limit participants, because as educators, our goal is to build your organization’s skills. We open up our training to your entire team, so you have the help you need to sustain accessibility across your organization.
Of course you can! As you train with us, you can develop your own internal training library, which can serve as a resource for your current and future employees.
Yes, we can work with your vendor! We recommend training be provided in the most accessible format possible and will work directly with your caption provider to implement. If you don’t have a caption provider, we can make recommendations.
Talk to an expert about your accessibility needs.
We’re excited to partner with you to help your organization reach, engage and serve more people, more fully.