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Designing Digital Exhibits for Accessibility and Inclusive Design
A broad look at who a screen-based exhibit can leave out, and the general inclusive design principles that help museums and galleries welcome more visitors.
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Visitors and Access
Designing for different people, devices and ways of taking part.
Designing Digital Exhibits for Accessibility and Inclusivity
A practical accessibility checklist for digital exhibits, covering reach height, clear floor space, contrast, text, captions, audio description and testing.
Designing Digital Exhibits for Digital Natives and Emerging Technologies
What younger visitors who grew up with screens tend to expect from digital exhibits, why the label is shaky, and how to design for them without leaving others out.
Designing Digital Exhibits for Emotional Connection and Empathy
How personal stories, voice, imagery and tone can help visitors feel connected to a subject in digital exhibits, and how to do it without manipulating them.
Designing Digital Exhibits for Emotional Intelligence and Empathy
How to design digital exhibits with sensitivity for difficult subjects and for the different ways visitors may react, from warnings to quiet spaces and opt-outs.
Designing Digital Exhibits for Gamification and Engagement
How game elements like challenges, points and badges work in museum and gallery exhibits, and when they motivate visitors or distract from learning.
Designing Digital Exhibits for Mobile Devices: Considerations and Best Practices
Practical advice on designing exhibit content for phones and tablets, covering visitor-owned and loaned devices, screen size, connectivity, battery and access.
Digital Exhibits and the Power of Interactivity and Participation
How touch, input and visitor contributions change an exhibit experience compared with just watching, and how to design participation that adds meaning.
Language Switching in Exhibit Interfaces
Where to place the language choice on exhibit screens, how to label it so people find it, and how to keep the switch simple, persistent and reliable.
Touch Target Size and Spacing
How to size buttons and the gaps between them on exhibit touchscreens so fingers hit what they aim for, including children, gloves and unsteady hands.
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