We created low-fidelity wireframes using the content of our Sitemap as reference. We chose to focus on three main sections of our website redesign, i.e. the Home Page, the Restaurant Listings Page, and the Restaurant Page. These are the pages we felt were most intuitive for a wheelchair user to reference when searching for accessibility information. Some of our sketches can be found in the appendix.

On October 8th, our team presented our work in progress in the form of a Gallery Walk (Figure 3 below). We showcased our work ranging from our research to our information architecture, sitemaps and navigation. We were able to not only practice communicating our work but also asking informative questions to our peers who were presenting their own works. Namely, this is where we received clarification on how to improve our Information Architecture & Sitemap to include more specific information on where to include the exact design content requirements we had in mind, as opposed to listing it as broad “accessibility information.” This was insightful feedback for us to learn how to properly construct a Sitemap and aided us in improving upon what we originally had made. Because our wireframes directly fed into this content, we were able to focus on what ideas to tackle and create for. We also received feedback from our peers regarding a variety of ideas. For example, we were given the idea of including an accessibility meter, which was a great way to think of labeling accessibility beyond a binary fashion (accessible vs not accessible) and, rather, think of rating a restaurant more on spectrum. We were also given the idea to incorporate reviews of accessibility features listed on a restaurant’s page. We liked that this gave wheelchair user’s a central voice and would help others decide whether or not a restaurant would be appropriate to dine at. Another piece of feedback we were considering was on expanding the scope of accessibility to web-based accessibility to include visual and hearing impaired people as well. Although our design frame gave us constraints to work within wheelchair accessibility specifically, this is definitely a point to consider beyond the scope of this project. We thought about ways restaurants can incorporate braille on their menus, for example. Many pieces of the feedback we received helped us iterate our previous designs and build upon our original concepts. For instance, the feedback prompted us to think about how reviews could serve as a confirmation from the wheelchair user themselves, and how important it is to design not just for the user but also with the user.