Exploratory Design: Using Exploratory Testing Principles to Create Accessible Designs
taught by: Josh Hetrick
Session Summary
Use the principles of exploratory testing to evaluate designs as you create them. By focusing on outcomes rather than success criteria, you can quickly arrive at accessible solutions as you design.
Description
While a design is still in progress, you may not be able to use actual assistive technology to test it. Exploratory testing is a way to focus on outcomes rather than specific success criteria. Using structured questions to focus on the desired outcomes gets you to an accessible design more quickly.
Practical Skills
- Exploratory testing principles and how to apply them to a design in progress.
- Five specific questions to use while designing or testing.
- Using WCAG Guidelines in addition to specific success criteria.