[MNASIS-L] World Usability Day 2007 - November 8

[Janet Arth]

Thursday, November 8, is World Usability Day

Here is some information about this and related events:
   http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
   http://www.upamn.org/

Events at the University of Minnesota for World Usability Day 2007
   The Usability Services team at the University of Minnesota will be 
hosting a free program of events on World Usability Day 2007, which 
is Thursday November 8th, to promote awareness of the benefits of 
usability engineering and user-centered design.  World Usability Day 
was started in 2005 by the Usability Professionals Association and 
involves 36 hours of usability-related activities around the world in 
35 countries.
   On November 8th, you are invited to a "World Usability Day" 
program jointly sponsored by the Office of Information Technology and 
the Digital Technology Center at the University of Minnesota.  There 
will be speakers on usability and accessibility in human/computer 
interfaces in Room 402 Walter Library (see schedule below).  In 
addition, the Usability Services team will give usability lab tours 
and eye-tracker demos in Room B26 Walter Library, from 11:00 - noon, 
and from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.  All events are free and open to faculty, 
staff, students, and other visitors.  No registration is required and 
anyone may attend.
   For more information and directions to the World Usability Day 
events: http://1help.umn.edu/usability/wud.html

SCHEDULE OF U of M EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 8th
11:00 a.m.  - 12:00 noon   Room  B26 Walter Library
   Open House at the Usability Lab:  usability lab staff will be 
available to do demos and answer questions

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.  Room 402 Walter Library
   Presentation: "Intro to Usability -- How to Get Started"
by Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch (Associate Professor, Writing Studies) and
David Rosen (Usability Consultant, Office of Information Technology)

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.  Break and networking in the 4th floor atrium, Walter Library

1:45 - 3:15 p.m.  Room 402 Walter Library
   Presentation:  "Accessibility News: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG) 2.0 and a Web Accessibility Self-Audit Tool"
by Josh Carroll (Usability Consultant, Office of Information Technology),
Phil Kragnes (Assistive Technology Specialist, Office of Information 
Technology),
Kim Doberstein (Web Designer, Office of Information Technology), and
Nicole Tollefson (Web Designer, Office of Information Technology)

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.  Break and networking in the 4th floor atrium, Walter Library

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.   Room  B26 Walter
   Open House at the Usability Lab: usability lab staff will be 
available to do demos and answer questions