@phdthesis{Strobl2021,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Sophia Strobl},
  title     = {StroCards: Simplified Presentation of Web Accessibility Test Results},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:900-opus4-65915},
  pages     = {133},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Web Accessibility is becoming increasingly important. Guidelines and according tests were created in order to ensure Web Accessibility for everyone. Detailed reports are created in order to advise content creators on this topic. However, these reports can be even more elaborate than the guidelines themselves with their very specific and technical vocabulary and their sheer length. This makes it hard, especially for non-experts, to understand what the results mean and to know where to start. StroCards is a functional prototype developed to help viewers of Web Accessibility reports understand their contents easier. One way of doing this is by sorting and filtering identified accessibility issues. It can generate charts from the number of failed, passed and not applicable success criteria that highlight aspects that are not explained in the report itself. It can explain the user how well each of the tested website performs in terms of accessibility regarding different responsibilities. One of its key features is generating individual reports for individual responsibilities like e.g. visual design. With this functionality a designer like in this example, could receive a list of issues that are relevant to them without being overwhelmed by issues that they cannot solve. This creates a more efficient handling of the report. Besides displaying the report highlighting project roles, StroCards can have a more human-centered and empathetic approach by showing which user groups are affected and therefore excluded by accessibility issues on the website. This makes the long list of guidelines more tangible – especially for non-experts. In the process of developing StroCards, some design decisions were made with a group of experts. The implemented functional prototype was tested in a qualitative and quantitative user study. It was perceived as easier to understand and better to work with. A tool like this could wildly help people maintaining, creating, and developing websites to put these Web Accessibility guidelines into practice and consequently minimize exclusion of people from websites.},
  language  = {en}
}