[Athen] Two day workshop - accessible development workshop 3/7 and 3/8

[Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) via athen-list]

Here is an announcement that you may wish to share with your communities:

Happy Friday, students!

BITS, Blind Information Technology Solutions, is offering a GitHub workshop for accessible development. Learn more about the workshop at https://bits-acb.github.io/git-going-with-github/

Questions? Reach out to Jeff Bishop at jeffbis at arizona.edu<mailto:jeffbis at arizona.edu>

What Is This?
?                This is a two-day, hands-on workshop where blind and low vision participants learn to navigate, contribute to, and build real open source projects on GitHub - using a screen reader, a keyboard, and nothing else.
?                No mouse. No sighted assistance. No pretending.
?                By the end of Day 2, your name will be in the commit history of a live, public open source project. Not a sandbox. Not a simulation. The real thing.
?                This workshop exists because open source software powers the world - and the people who use assistive technology every day deserve to be the ones shaping it. Not just filing complaints. Building. Reviewing. Shipping.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed for:

  *   Blind and low vision individuals who want to learn GitHub and open source contribution
  *   Screen reader users (NVDA<https://www.nvaccess.org/download/>, JAWS<https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/>, or VoiceOver<https://support.apple.com/guide/voiceover/welcome/mac>) at any skill level
  *   People who have never used GitHub before - no prior experience required
  *   Developers who use assistive technology and want to sharpen their open source workflow
  *   Anyone curious about accessible development - sighted participants are welcome; all content is fully keyboard-navigable
You do not need to know how to write code. Seriously. Documentation improvements, accessibility bug reports, issue filing, and code reviews are all real, valued contributions. Some of the most impactful open source work never touches a line of code.

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