Assignments

Major Semester Assignments

DUE 9/15/20 Assignment #1 (due before 4pm Eastern)

Listen: 99% invisible Podcast
Watch: Crip Camp (Netflix or YouTube)
Submit Assignment #1 Discussion Question

Due 9/22/20 Assignment #2 (due before 4pm Eastern)

Activity: Everyday Technology Use (Submit via NYU Classes)
Read: Predictors of Assistive Technology Abandonment (requires NYU VPN – see resources for details)
Submit Assignment #2 Discussion Question

Due 9/29/20 Assignment #3 (due before 4pm Eastern)

DIY AT: Masks
Read: Design for User Empowerment
Project Commitments (spreadsheet and form sent via email)
Submit Assignment #3 Discussion Question

Due 10/6/20 Assignment #4 (Due Before 4pm Eastern)

DIY AT: Cardboard Construction
Read: The Promise of Empathy: Design, Disability, and Knowing the “Other”
Submit Assignment #4 Discussion Question
Schedule first meeting with client
Schedule meeting with Amy / Anita to pitch plan (after initial meeting). 

Due 10/13/20 Assignment #5 (Due Before 4pm Eastern)

Watch: Juan Gilbert 2015 TEDxUF talk on Prime III Voting Machine 
Read: Current status of Prime III
Read: US Election Voting Accessibility Webpage
Submit Assignment #5 Voting Discussion
Complete first meeting with client
Met with Amy/ Anita to pitch plan 

Due 10/20/20 Assignment #6 (Due Before 4pm Eastern)

DIY AT: Add a Handle
Read: W3C Designing for Accessibility 
Optional Digital Accessibility Guides: (NYU) (WCAG) (MOPD) 
Submit Assignment #6 Digital Accessibility 
Blog update: Project Description

Due 10/27/20 Assignment #7 (Due Before 4pm Eastern)

Read: Accessible Presentation Guide
Blog update: Literature Review / Competitive Analysis 
Midterm presentation 

Due 11/3/20 Assignment #8 (Due Before 4pm EAstern)

Finish giving midterm project feedback
Sign up for AT Presentations
Complete Self-Assessment #1
Work on project and update group website

Due 11/10/20 ASSIGNMENT #9 (Due Before 4pm Eastern)

Watch DIY-Ability Talk 
Submit Assignment #7 (DIY-Ability Talk and Questions for Guest Speaker Questions)
Work on project and update group website

Due 11/17/20 Assignment #10 (Due Before 4pm) 

Work on project and update group website
Submit Assignment #8 (Guest Speaker Questions)
Recommendations from Guest Speaker
* Listen to the 13 letters podcast
* Read What Can a Body Do? By Sara Hendren
* Watch Maysoon Zayid’s TEDTalk
* Review Microsoft’s Accessibility 101 Introduction

DUE 11/24/20 

Work on project and update group website

DUE 12/1/20 

Work on project and update group website

DUE 12/8/20 ASSIGNMENT #11 (Due Before 4pm)

Prepare video or update for class (optional)
Work on project and update group website

DUE 12/15/20 FINAL Deliverables

Finalize project website
Upload final video to project website
Complete Self Assessment #2