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Beyond compliance: Empathetic hyper-accessible UX

Being minimally accessible is a given for today’s websites. But meeting all WCAG criteria simply ensures users are not blocked from accessing content. As UX designers, we aim for a much higher standard — to delight all users and ease their journey through an experience toward a goal. We don’t just want an avoidance of […]

Designing, developing and testing accessible web carousels

Web carousels are widely used to showcase content on higher education websites, but oftentimes they are not developed with all users in mind. Ensuring accessibility in web carousels is crucial to making them usable for everyone, including people with disabilities. This presentation will delve into the essential aspects of designing and developing accessible web carousels. […]

Process problems: How workflows keep you stuck in a PDF cycle

A website isn’t a filing cabinet, but somehow yours has become a PDF repository. No one sets out to build a digital monument to the PDF. How did this happen? We all know that HTML text is best for website content. But PDFs are easy to create and upload, and many internal workflows are reliant […]