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Introducing Media Managers to Usability and Accessibility

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2006)

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The degree program for M.Sc. Multimedia Management includes teaching on basic aspects of usability and accessibility. Our approach is to introduce accessibility issues as an application of a more general learning objective. Learners experience accessibility issues indirectly when working on a project involving multiple students. Two case studies are presented: a) developing an accessible Flash-based web interface and b) the heuristic evaluation of the usability of a novel software package. 17 students participated in a questionnaire allowing to assess the effectiveness of our approach.

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  1. Human-Centered Interfaces Research Group, Multimedia Campus Kiel, Westring 431-451, 24118, Kiel, Germany

    Christoph Haffner & Gerhard Weber

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  1. Christoph Haffner
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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang L. Zagler

  4. The Universal Math Access Lab, University of San Francisco, 281 Masonic San Francisco, 94117, CA, USA

    Arthur I. Karshmer

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Haffner, C., Weber, G. (2006). Introducing Media Managers to Usability and Accessibility. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W.L., Karshmer, A.I. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_52

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_52

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-36020-9

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