Help and advice on user testing for accessibility?
I work at a small web development agency and I’m preparing to run a usability test on a web application we’ve built with a participant using a screenreader. Our development team just made a bunch of updates to the site to move it closer to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance, so we’re trying to find out if our first pass actually improved the site’s accessibility and what work still needs to be done.
The problem is: I’ve never run a usability test with a participant using a screenreader. I have basic experience running usability tests, so I have an ok handle on how to moderate a test session, but I want to learn the basics of testing the user-friendliness of web accessibility features so I at least sort of know what I’m doing here 🙂
Specifically, I’m wondering:
-
Does anyone you have any advice on how to test the usability of a site’s accessibility features?
-
What adaptations, if any, should I think to make to my typical usability test setup?
- The participant and I will be connecting remotely, I’m hoping over video call, with him sharing his screen. I have no idea if this’ll work or if asking him to navigate through a video conferencing app (Google Hangouts) could complicate the test unnecessarily.
- Should I provide the participant instructions for using the site or can I leave them in the dark, let them figure out the site on their own?
- For a typical usability test, I’d want the participant to know as little as possible about the site under test, but I don’t know if omitting usage instructions — included dev team’s accessibility work — would prevent the user from even interacting with the site.
Sorry if my questions show my ignorance of web accessibility i.e. anything sounds goofy or dumb. I’m totally new to the topic.
Thanks!
Changing a page’s title in a Bootstrap theme
I’m a beginner in HTML/CSS and was using this Bootstrap theme for making my personal website. As you can see, the nav bar has Top, Work, Portfolio and Contact. I want to rename Top as About. For that, I replaced Top by About …
People don’t read. Is dropdown/hover better for this design?
Our website has a home page that has a “about us” section. This section has around 20 staffs (client insist on having this)
Can’t find the best example, but this section would look something like this but with 20 more staff…
effect of using a Shortened URL upon website branding
We have a website with 2 URLs the name of website is like betteroffers but because it is very long we bought 2 urls like betteroffers.com and betterO.com, which redirects to the first. (The addresses are just examples and our…
Coupon code on checkout process
I’m creating a shopping cart with the option to use a Coupon for discounts, but some doubts came to my mind. I was reading a study case where the web site had problems with users leaving the page on the checkout process to lo…
Should search display results by default or should users land on an empty page?
We are currently redesigning employee search for a web app and we are debating whether the search page should display some employee records by default or not.
In my opinion displaying a portion of the results provides more …
How can I communicate that a list item is expandable?
I have a grid list made of cards. Each one of this cards contains 4 list item. If the user tap on the list item, the card is expanded in order to become a hero and to show the contents related to that list item. The icon must…
Consolidating multiple websites into one: any case studies and UX/IA issues to be aware of? [on hold]
Been given the task to look into consolidation three local news websites into one site, and potentially three specialist magazine websites into one.
This is not something I’ve done before, so would like a few pointers if I m…
Recommendations for organizing Solutions & Products
I’m trying to find the best way to re-organize solutions and products information for users. This is a very common organization focused classification system but as such can be confusing to many users unfamiliar with a compan…
What is the Career path i should take? [on hold]
I am working in a growing organisation. I work in HTML,CSS,JavaScript,jquery,CMS Theming integration and a bit of Photoshop for creating images and banner for websites. So what should be my designation UI developer or UX De…