Co-Op: RIT GCCIS Professor Catherine Beaton

The Story

Cathy Beaton is a professor at RIT's computing college (GCCIS) and she was my professor for two required IT core courses, "Ethics in Computing" and "Human-Computer Interfaces" (HCI). I liked her teaching and the subject matter so much that I ended up taking HCI and Technical Writing as my minor concentrations.

Cathy invited me to take a quarter-long co-op with her to explore the topics of HCI and accessibility by revamping her departmental website into a fully-accessible nexus of information.

What I Did

  • Created entirely new site theme with CSS
  • Reorganized information in more logical groupings
  • Implemented and reorganized previous graduate student's SQL database of Access & Accessability links
  • Ensured and tested readability of entire site by text browsers and screen readers
  • Ensured and tested conformation to maximum compliance to WAI-AAA guidelines

Before

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Original home page
Thumbnail of Original "About" page
Original "About" page

After

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New home page
Thumbnail of New "About" page
New "About" page