Scenario: Passport ID: Viking Dan Viking Dan is doing research for his Capstone project. Concentrating is difficult, and he often feels confused or frustrated on busy websites. Let's take a look at what Dan experiences researching on the web. Experience 1.0: Hard to Concentrate Experience 1.2: Hard to Read and Understand Thank you for participating! VCSU will continue to foster an understanding of how people with disabilities experience and use technology. While participating in this passport exercise, we hope you were able to discover empathy on three levels: Cognitive: Being able to take another person's perspective. Emotional: Sharing experiences. Truly understanding the person's emotional state. Compassionate: Being able to feel a person's situation. Feel with them and take action to help. Note: VCSU uses Silktide tools to support accessible content. The Silktide extension for Chrome and Edge offers built-in accessibility checks and simulations, including color contrast, dyslexia, screen reader views, and more. We encourage you to install it and explore its features. For more information, contact: Ann Dorman: Disability Support Services: ann.dorman@vcsu.edu Debbie Dramstad: Web Accessibility: debra.dramstad@vcsu.edu

Scenario: Passport ID: Viking Tony Viking Tony wants to look up the VCSU athletic schedules. His hand tremors cause difficulty using a computer mouse. Let's step into his shoes to view the schedules. Note: To run this simulation live, users must install the Web Disability Simulator Chrome extension. VCSU Vikings Website: Athletic Schedule for Mobility Simulator Thank you for participating! VCSU will continue to foster an understanding of how people with disabilities experience and use technology. While participating in this passport exercise, we hope you were able to discover empathy on three levels: Cognitive: Being able to take another person's perspective. Emotional: Sharing experiences. Truly understanding the person's emotional state. Compassionate: Being able to feel a person's situation. Feel with them and take action to help. Note: VCSU uses Silktide tools to support accessible content. The Silktide extension for Chrome and Edge offers built-in accessibility checks and simulations, including color contrast, dyslexia, screen reader views, and more. We encourage you to install it and explore its features. For more information, contact: Ann Dorman: Disability Support Services: ann.dorman@vcsu.edu Debbie Dramstad: Web Accessibility: debra.dramstad@vcsu.edu

Scenario: Passport ID: Viking Vikki Viking Vikki has poor vision and likes to have her phone read out loud to her. Sometimes, emails are not read out loud and Vikki misses out on important information. Let's see if the following Email examples can be read out loud. Note: It is recommended to close your eyes during the demonstrations to fully understand this experience. Example 1.0: Not accessible; missing alt text picture email Example 1.1: Not accessible; auto-generated picture email Example 2.0: Accessible picture email; with alt text Thank you for participating! VCSU will continue to foster an understanding of how people with disabilities experience and use technology. While participating in this passport exercise, we hope you were able to discover empathy on three levels: Cognitive: Being able to take another person's perspective. Emotional: Sharing experiences. Truly understanding the person's emotional state. Compassionate: Being able to feel a person's situation. Feel with them and take action to help. Note: VCSU uses Silktide tools to support accessible content. The Silktide extension for Chrome and Edge offers built-in accessibility checks and simulations, including color contrast, dyslexia, screen reader views, and more. We encourage you to install it and explore its features. For more information, contact: Ann Dorman: Disability Support Services: ann.dorman@vcsu.edu Debbie Dramstad: Web Accessibility: debra.dramstad@vcsu.edu

Scenario: Passport ID: Viking Dana Viking Dana is watching a senior podcast on a TV in the CFA lobby. There is a music competition in progress and Dana can't hear the podcast. Let's step into Dana's shoes to watch the podcast. Department of Art Podcast: YouTube Captions Simulator Resource for loud noises in the simulator: YouTube People Talking To set up the experience: Open the VCSU podcast in one tab of your browser. Play the podcast video on mute. Open the People Talking video in a separate tab. Play the YouTube People Talking video aloud. Turn on/off closed captions on the podcast video. Review the the transcript. Thank you for participating! VCSU will continue to foster an understanding of how people with disabilities experience and use technology. While participating in this passport exercise, we hope you were able to discover empathy on three levels: Cognitive: Being able to take another person's perspective. Emotional: Sharing experiences. Truly understanding the person's emotional state. Compassionate: Being able to feel a person's situation. Feel with them and take action to help. Note: VCSU uses Silktide tools to support accessible content. The Silktide extension for Chrome and Edge offers built-in accessibility checks and simulations, including color contrast, dyslexia, screen reader views, and more. We encourage you to install it and explore its features. For more information, contact: Ann Dorman: Disability Support Services: ann.dorman@vcsu.edu Debbie Dramstad: Web Accessibility: debra.dramstad@vcsu.edu