Author: jku@illinois.edu

Project Check-in Meeting

Participants

  • Nick Hoyt
  • Dena Strong
  • JaEun Jemma Ku
  • Jon Gunderson

Agenda

  1. Review/Updates on plugins
  2. Updating public version of a11yfirst editor
    • Merging feature branches or not
  3. Usability testing results
    • Review results of current testing
    • Planned usability testing sessions
  4. Design changes based on user testing
  5. Budget: Conferences
  6. Final project report submission
  7. Team members’ summer vacation schedule

Resolution

  • Keep feature branches separate from master branch
  • JaEun Ku will write up the final project report and share it with the group for the review (Report deadline is Aug 20, 2017)

Action Items

  1. Schedule the separate usability testing result review session by Nick, Dena and JaEun
  2. Schedule the discussion session with the library regarding block format feedback

Development Updates and Usability Testing Dates

Plugin Updates

  • Form validation for link plugin is in progress
  • All the git repo updates regarding heading plugin is done
  • JaEun needs to update a11yfirst server with most up to date a11yfirst editor version

Usability Testing

Dena Strong, Technology Services will administer the usability testing for mileston 1.0 (heading, blockformat, inline style) on July. Six usability testing sessions are being planned.

Usability Testing Dates

  • July 5, 2017
  • July 12, 2017
  • July 19, 2017
  • July 26, 2017
  • August 2, 2017
  • August 9, 2017

 

 

A11yfirst Editor Milestone 1.0

  1. Block Format plugin discussion
    • block format toggle issue
    • “remove format” menu consistency
    • “help” contents for a11yfirst block format plugin – plugin “feature” documentation – Jon was assigned
  2. Milestone 1.0 release schedule: July 15
    • More features were integrated in a11yfirst heading plugin 
    • final code update for a11yfirst block format plugin
    • Offer to test the a11yfirst plugin to University library
  3. Project schedule coordination
    • Team member’s vacation schedule
  4. Student worker hire – 40 hours for 8 weeks

Milestone Discussion

Strategic direction for first milestone

  • using CKeditor checker functionality from CKsource
  • Submit heading plugin as add-on to CKeditor – minimum viable product
  • links – you have headings as anchor link target
  • use existing CKeditor checker for now(categories of checking (filter by object such as heading or images) vs CK editor checker is like laundry list)
  • enhance existing CKeditor UI

Milestone definition

A11yfirst editor 1.0

  • heading + code management
  • inline style
  • block format(include block quotation)
  • toolbar configuration (documentation re a11y)

    Project Milestone 1.0

A11yfirst editor 1.1

  • dialog: empty link text with summary/detail help
  • dialog: non-descriptive link text with summary/detail help
  • help tab in link dialog
  • a11yfirst editor links include warning (see the picture)

A11yfirst editor 1.2

  • a11yfirst image plugin specification:
    • revision of CKeditor image plugin to create a11yfirst image plugin
    • integration of a11yfirst image plugin to WordPress

      Project milestone 1.1 and 1.2

    A11yfirst editor 1.3

    • a11yfirst tables plugin specification

    A11yfirst editor 2.0

    • Enhance heading toc, list of headings, revisiting the link dialog process, adding context for links (ie. adding title)

    A11yfirst editor 2.X

    • “paste from word”: how this works with accessible authoring (paste from pdf, google doc) – Jemma

    Action Item

    Development spec needs to be updated – prototypes and guidance

Milestone / Heading Plugin

Meeting Agenda

  1. Role assignment for project
  2. Proposal for A11yFirst presentation at Accessing Higher ground Conference
  3. Logo update – https://github.com/a11yfirst/ckeditor-plugins/wiki (Project branding should be written as “a11yfirst” everywhere. )
  4. Project milestone by end of May
    • heading
    • block format
    • inline style
  5. Heading checker functionality discussion
    • Is Checker functionality part of a11yfirst heading plugin or A11yfirst checker plugin?
    • Just in time checking – Ckeditor balloon panel (hightlight the block and check/edit heading) – http://ckeditor.com/addon/balloonpanel

Attendants:

Mike, Nick, Jon , JaEun and Tim

Review of Plugin Updates

Project Updates

  • Completed: Inline Style
  • Some or most work has been done: Heading
  • Work in progress, still need some requirements decisions: Block Format
  • Not yet started, need requirements, designs: Link, Image, Table, A11y Checker

Discussion Topic

  • Logistics, details re. how to clone and checkout a tagged version, such as the one mentioned above, so that it could be placed on the Library server.
  • Where we stand with our plugins and what is needed for moving forward:

Action Items

  • A11yfirst plugin license info and where to add copyright issues/ language(ex: JS file)
  • Meeting agenda next week – A11yfirst server setup, requirement documentation/workflow for links, Image and Allycheker

Next Three Major Steps

  1. Integrate what we’ve learned from the Heading plugin into, and move forward with, the Block Format and Inline Style plugins.
  2. Information design of Heading Help dialog: simple text explanation of main a11y issues — brevity is important.
  3. Work on the design of our a11y checker: what are the programming APIs available, e.g. Show Blocks plugin and Balloon Panel; and the design of the individual checking functions, starting with Check Headings.