I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the 2018 Canadian Elearning Conference and these are my slides from my presentation on accessibility and inclusive design for elearning.

1. Greetings
humans!
Design for all
starts here!

2. Why
I’m
Here

3. Why
Are
You
Here?
Photo by davide ragusa on Unsplash

4. How
I Got
Here

5. Photo by davide ragusa on Unsplash

6. Accessibility refers to the design
of products, devices, services, or
environments for people who
experience disabilities.

7. 15-20%

8. 110-190 Billion Humans

9. Caring

10. Caring

11. “Edge Case”

12. The Spectrum

13. We Are All
“Disabled”
Photo by davide ragusa on Unsplash

14. The In-Betweens
Major Disability Some Disability Perfect Human
We Don’t Spend
Enough Time Here!

15. Change Our Vocabulary
We are all “normal.”

16. What Can We Do?
•Care
•Research
•Show Our Work
•Share Results

17. How Do We Do It?
• Start small and simple.
• Talk about it. Ask questions.
• Create standards.
• Don’t ignore it.
• Get support.

18. Empathy

19. Stereotypes
and
Prejudices
“We don’t have
anyone like that in
our organization.”

20. Start Asking
• Who?
• Where?
• What?
• When?

21. Use the
Lenses

22. Lens of Animation and Effects

23. Lens of Audio and Video

24. Lens of Color

25. Lens of Controls

26. Lens of Font

27. Lens of Images and Icons

28. Lens of Keyboard

29. Lens of Layout

30. Lens of Material Honesty

31. Lens of Readability

32. Lens of Structure

33. Lens of Time

34. Low
Hanging
Fruit
What’s your quick win?

35. Color-Blindness
Simulator
www.color-blindness.com/
coblis-color-blindness-simulator/
App: Chromatic Vision Simulator

36. Stoplight
Test

37. Red/
Green

38. Monochromacy

39. Alt Text

40. From This
Day Forward

41. GiveAVoice
GiveAn Opportunity

42. Brian’s rules for design:
1. Is it necessary?
2. Is it inclusive?
3. Are we giving control to the learner?
4. Are we providing a safe space for feedback?
5. Are we sharing what we learned?

43. Everyone Deserves
a Chance to Learn

44. What kind
of designer
will you be?

45. Resources
http://learningninjas.com/accessibility
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
brian@learningninjas.com