Digital accessibility and inclusive design
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain how inclusive design reduces barriers to digital accessibility.
Key learning points
- Digital accessibility means designing technology so it can be used by people with a variety of different needs.
- Inclusive design aims to remove barriers from the start, rather than adapting later.
- Accessibility features include screen readers, captions, alt text and colour contrast tools.
- Accessible design benefits everyone, not just people with disabilities.
Keywords
Accessibility - consideration of design so that what is created is usable by everyone
Screen reader - a software application that helps people who have difficulties seeing to access and interact with digital content
Alt text - a short description added to images, charts and graphics that is designed to help people understand images that they cannot see
Common misconception
The only people who benefit from inclusive design are people with disabilities or additional needs.
Inclusive design improves the overall user experience for all users; it is not just important for people with disabilities.
Teacher tip
For Task A, a written answer is modelled. If more appropriate, you could ask students to create a mindmap or diagram to illustrate their answer for this task.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a data set?
Q2.Match each term to its correct definition.
a structured collection of related data
a relationship between two variables
a framework for investigating problems using data
something that repeats or changes predictably
Q3.A positive correlation means two variables that move in the direction.
Q4.The PPDAC cycle stands for Problem, Plan, Data, , Conclusion cycle.
Q5.Which of the following is true?
Q6.What is the term for when two variables increase together?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does digital accessibility mean?
Q2.What is the difference between equality and equity?
Q3.Which tool helps people with a visual impairment access digital content?
Q4. is a short description added to images to help people who cannot see them.
Q5.Inclusive design aims to remove barriers from the , rather than adapting things later.
Q6.Match each accessibility feature to the correct description.
makes text stand out clearly from the background
reads digital content aloud
describes images for people who cannot see them
shows spoken words as text in videos
To help you plan your 9 digital literacy lesson on: Digital accessibility and inclusive design, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 9 digital literacy lesson on: Digital accessibility and inclusive design, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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