The Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab offers secure usability and user-interface assistance to the TechUp community to help them recognize and solve usability challenges that cause friction with the adoption of their FOSS projects or other communication platforms such as their website.
This Lab is provided free of charge for the beneficiary. All execution costs will be born by the implementing partners with the support by the funding partners.
The Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab has its own booth in the TechUp Space.
The booth provides
all the necessary information about the Lab
application process
a meeting point for the Lab's activities
Guidance to help projects to improve their accessibility capacity, helping them to understand accessibility to better plan and develop their technology.
Consultations to help projects to increase their capacity to address the most difficult accessibility problems they face in a secure and privacy-preserving manner. These consultation services include research, design and implementation.
Accessibility audits to provide projects with inputs such as
assessment of the accessibility of the project in relation to standards and best practices
highlight problems that need to be fixed and suggest areas of improvement
analyze and identify any pitfalls that might make it difficult for users under threat to use your tool
help tools better understand the needs of their users and articulate them in the design of their tools
If you are interested in getting support by this Lab, applying is very easy:
Decide which or the Services you would want to apply for
Review the SUA Lab Agreement and make sure you fully agree with its terms
Submit your application
The Lab team will review your application and keep you promptly updated
Once accepted, the SUA Lab Agreement will be signed
Lab Services start right after
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To help the advancement of all communities and the accumulation of practical knowledge through peer-to-peer learning, the outputs of all coaching, consultation and audits will be publicly documented upon completion by the Partners.
This Lab is made possible by partnering with the following organizations and individuals:
This Lab is made possible with the funding and support of:
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This Agreement is to be subscribed between
The IO Foundation as the host of the TechUp initiative, hereinafter TechUp and
Accessibility Lab as the implementer, hereinafter The Implementer and
Beneficiary Name
hereinafter The Beneficiary
with official email Beneficiary Email
signed on the Signature Date
hereinafter The Date
for the following period From Date
to Until Date
hereinafter The Period
Signatures
For the Beneficiary
Representative Name
Representative Title
Representative Signature
For the Implementer
Implementer Representative Name
Implementer Representative Title
Implementer Representative Signature
For TechUp (The IO Foundation)
TechUp Representative Name
TechUp Representative Title
TechUp Representative Signature
All parties enter this Agreement with the intention of supporting the Beneficiary through the Lab with a number of services, hereinafter The Services, which will be implemented by the Implementer with the support of TechUp, an initiative by The IO Foundation.
This Agreement will enter in effect immediately upon signature of all parties and the Services will be provided during The Period.
This Agreement can be made void by any of the parties with a prior notice of 2 months to be filed through the Community Management Interface.
To qualify as a Beneficiary, applicant must verify the following requirements (hereinafter The Requirements):
You are a registered TechUp Community member
You have a project (in any stage of completion) that could benefit from The Services
Abide by The IO Foundation’s Code of Conduct
Attend at least 1 evaluation session (as part of the submission process)
By signing this Agreement, The Beneficiary confirms to verify The Requirements.
By signing this Agreement, The Implementer and TechUp commit to not update The Requirements without prior notice. Any such updates would be reflected on a posterior Agreement.
By participating in this TechUp Lab, The IO Foundation will ensure that you will be granted the following benefits (hereinafter The Benefits):
From The Implementer
Full support in the e
From TechUp
Access to the TechUp Space Your community members, as well as other people you may invite or attract, can access all publicly accessible activities and engage with a global community of technologists. See the full list here. LEARN BUILD CONNECT
1 virtual booth to run the Allows you to showcase your community, run private activities and allow people to contact you.
1 optional virtual booth for specific a event you may organize. Allows you to showcase and promote such event separately.
Increased exposure [TechUp]
Customized promotion materials This will allow you to promote your community and activities more easily.
Promotion of your community in TechUp's official channels We will give exposure to your community, at least once per Season.
Possibility to run a session presenting your community You will have the opportunity to showcase your community.
Possibility to have a segment presenting your community in our Codefield productions You will have the opportunity to showcase your community and your work across TIOF's Codefield audience.
Global platform announcements Presenting your community and encouraging participants to reach out to you
Assistance before, during and after your activities from the TechUp crew We provide a comprehensive help and provide regular updates with new features and activities.
Statistics after each of your activities So that you can analyze how did your activities perform.
By signing this Agreement, The Beneficiary acknowledges The Benefits.
By signing this Agreement, both the Implementer and TechUp commit to upholding The Benefits.
By participating in TechUp as a Lab Beneficiary, and in order to maintain your status, The Beneficiary will need to make sure to comply with the following Commitments (hereinafter The Commitments):
Abide by The IO Foundation’s Code of Conduct and the Dhatham House Rule at all times and in all your activities
Provide the Implementer and TechUp teams with all the necessary materials and information to make the Lab possible
Provide TechUp with the necessary information about The Beneficiary
such as Name, Description, Logo, etc.
At least 1 email address that will be the contact point for the duration of the Lab (Provided in the signature of this Agreement)
Promote TechUp and your activities among your own members and networks (you can use your own collaterals or the customized ones TechUp will provide you)
Coordinate with the Implementer and TechUp team to ensure the best experience across your activities and the whole TechUp Space
By signing this Agreement, The Beneficiary commits to abide by The Commitments.
Failure of compliance with The Commitments at any time during The Period will trigger a review of your Lab Membership.
By signing this Agreement, TechUp commits to not update The Commitments without prior notice. Any such updates would be reflected on a posterior Agreement.