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Design Equitable, Accessible, and Engaging Dashboards

How do people experience the data stories you share? Learn how to make your dashboards more accessible and equitable by enhancing usability.

, Research Analyst, Westat

Role: Designer

Industry: Public Sector

Topic: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), Community

Session Type: Theater

Session Level: Intermediate

Session Track: Community

Monday, Apr 299:15 AM - 9:35 AM PDT

(4:15 PM - 4:35 PM GMT)
Data Village Theater 4 -- Hall A & B
Tuesday, Apr 302:45 PM - 3:05 PM PDT

(9:45 PM - 10:05 PM GMT)
Data Village Theater 4 -- Hall A & B

Session Summary by Einstein: The session highlighted the transformative journey of creating accessible and equitable dashboards for child nutrition programs, focusing on adherence to government 508 standards for users with disabilities. The team at Westat redesigned their Tableau dashboards to be compatible with assistive technologies such as screen readers, ensuring content was perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. They showcased the iterative process of user testing with assistive technology, revealing the challenges with dynamic text and the implementation of alternative texts, captions, and tabular views to enhance accessibility. The result was a set of dashboards that were not only visually engaging but also fully accessible to a broader audience, including those using assistive technologies, as demonstrated by the successful screen reader tests.

Key Takeaways by Einstein:

• The team's dedication to inclusivity led to the redesign of dashboards that catered to users with disabilities, adhering to WCAG 2.0 principles and government 508 standards.

• Alternative text for images and buttons, utilization of captions for complex dynamic texts, and the creation of tabular views were key solutions to making Tableau dashboards accessible with screen readers.

• The session showcased the importance of balancing innovative data visualization with the need for accessibility, ensuring that dashboards are user-friendly for all individuals.

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