Some of the many words used to describe accessibility solutions on the web. (Image courtesy of Jil Wright on Flickr. CC BY 2.0.)
Instructor(s)
William Li
Grace Teo
Prof. Robert Miller
MIT Course Number
6.811
As Taught In
Fall 2014
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Faculty introduction - video
- Captions/transcript
- Demonstration - video
- Lecture notes
- Projects and examples
- Assignments: activity with examples
- Assignments: media with examples
- Assignments: written (no examples)
- Instructor insights
Course Description
6.811: Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology (PPAT) is an interdisciplinary, project-based course, centered around a design project in which small teams of students work closely with a person with a disability in the Cambridge area to design a device, piece of equipment, app, or other solution that helps them live more independently.