ASL FAMILIES WORDPRESS WEBSITE
(AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE)
(AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE)
The custom, responsive website was built in full accessibility standards for ASL Families, a non-profit organization. WordPress was used as a base in addition to eight plug-ins, accessibility implementations, and numerous custom back-end modifications (PHP, CSS, JavaScript) according to the non-profit's requirements.
This project was especially interesting because our client was deaf/hard of hearing so we had to communicate through different ways (emails, texts while using video chat, Google Docs, etc). It also reinforced us to make sure each component was covered to comply with the web accessibility requirements.
This project was especially interesting because our client was deaf/hard of hearing so we had to communicate through different ways (emails, texts while using video chat, Google Docs, etc). It also reinforced us to make sure each component was covered to comply with the web accessibility requirements.
Responsibilities
• Led a team of five other engineers to create a custom, responsive, and accessible website for a non-profit organization (ASL Families).
• Organized and assigned technical tasks based on the priority level of the task as well as the engineer's particular skill and preference.
• Communicated clearly for a team of five engineers, non-profit organization and the mentor to make sure requirements, deadlines, and expectations were met.
• Managed as well as contributed in various aspects of development.
• Scheduled update meetings with the team, code reviews with the mentor, and progress check-ins with the non-profit organization.
• Tested and modified website in accordance to the official Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 AA and AAA if we could).
• Provided video transcript for the home page video to be accessible to deaf or hard of hearing viewers.
• Suggested optimal UX / UI and potential concerns for the website.
• Provided free, high-quality photos and reference links for those photos to the non-profit organization for use in website.
• Helped with tasks such as modifying all link colors into the CSS of the website for accessibility standards.
• Implemented text shadows for header text that have an image behind it to pass the Color Contrast ratio for readability by people with moderately low vision.
• Led a team of five other engineers to create a custom, responsive, and accessible website for a non-profit organization (ASL Families).
• Organized and assigned technical tasks based on the priority level of the task as well as the engineer's particular skill and preference.
• Communicated clearly for a team of five engineers, non-profit organization and the mentor to make sure requirements, deadlines, and expectations were met.
• Managed as well as contributed in various aspects of development.
• Scheduled update meetings with the team, code reviews with the mentor, and progress check-ins with the non-profit organization.
• Tested and modified website in accordance to the official Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 AA and AAA if we could).
• Provided video transcript for the home page video to be accessible to deaf or hard of hearing viewers.
• Suggested optimal UX / UI and potential concerns for the website.
• Provided free, high-quality photos and reference links for those photos to the non-profit organization for use in website.
• Helped with tasks such as modifying all link colors into the CSS of the website for accessibility standards.
• Implemented text shadows for header text that have an image behind it to pass the Color Contrast ratio for readability by people with moderately low vision.
