Diana is retraining to be a personal coach after she experienced vision loss and was unable to continue working as a bus driver. She is 48 years old and taking many of her classes online. She lives with her husband.<\/p>\nAbility<\/strong>: Gradual loss of vision; can easily read using a magnifier, but her eyes fatigue quickly\n\nAptitude<\/strong>: Intermediate technology user\n\nAttitude<\/strong>: Has a routine and likes to stick to it\n\nAssistive technologies<\/strong>:\n Designers use personas to represent the different types of people who might access a website or product. In this toolkit, we have used personas to help you keep in mind the types of students and their various abilities while you’re developing content. We’ve also used these personas to introduce different types of hardware and software that students typically use.<\/p>\n We’ve adapted personas from Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery’s book A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experience<\/em><\/a> so they are specific to post-secondary students with print disabilities in British Columbia (based on data from CAPER-BC<\/a> and the students who attended our focus group).<\/p>\n These are some of the students who will be reading the open textbooks that you write.<\/p>\n\n \t
\n\n<\/a>Trish<\/h1>\n<\/a>\n\nTrish is a college student taking university transfer courses who prefers using print books. An accident left Trish with several physical disabilities. She is 18 years old and lives with her family.\n\nAbility<\/strong>: Suffers from brain damage, paralysis, and has motor issues\n\nAptitude<\/strong>: Basic computer user, intermediate iPad user\n\nAttitude<\/strong>: Generally dependent on family, so enjoys reading and studying independently\n\nAssistive technologies<\/strong>:\n
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\n\n<\/a>Ann<\/h1>\n<\/a>\n\nAnn is a chemistry major with ADHD, a learning disability that makes it difficult for her to concentrate. She is 20 years old and hopes to become a pharmacist. Ann lives in a dorm on campus with two other female students.\n\nAbility<\/strong>: ADHD, has difficulty concentrating\n\nAptitude<\/strong>: Intermediate computer user\n\nAttitude<\/strong>: Struggles at times, but is very appreciative of how much learning software helps her\n\nAssistive technology<\/strong>: Kurzweil learning software (on laptop)\n\nFormat preference<\/strong>: Reading and listening at the same time\n\nWatch a student using Kurzweil on a computer [New Tab]<\/a> (1:32-4:07).\n\n
\n\n<\/a>Steven<\/h1>\n<\/a>\nSteven is an English major who is deaf. He is 23 years old and likes the flexibility of taking online classes. He lives by himself.\n\nAbility<\/strong>: Native language is ASL; can speak and read lips\n\nAptitude<\/strong>: Intermediate technology user\n\nAttitude<\/strong>: Can get annoyed about accessibility, such as lack of captions\n\nAssistive technologies<\/strong>:\n
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Attributions<\/h1>\nJacob: \"WFE003: Jacob<\/a>\" by Rosenfeld Media<\/a> is used under a CC BY 2.0 Generic Licence<\/a>.\n\nTrish: \"WFE002: Emily<\/a>\" by Rosenfeld Media<\/a> is used under a CC BY 2.0 Generic Licence<\/a>.\n\nSteven: \"WFE005: Steven<\/a>\" by Rosenfeld Media<\/a> is used under a CC BY 2.0 Generic Licence<\/a>.\n\nMark, Diana, Ann: Original artwork by Hilda Anggraeni (BCcampus)\n","rendered":"
<\/a>Mark<\/h1>\n