Quorum Day: Help blind and visually impaired students participate in robotics.

Quorum Today seeks to expand the use of the QUORUM programming language to allow blind and visually impaired students to participate in competitive robotics by encouraging manufacturers to allow QUORUM to be used as an accessible coding language.

The basic steps required to make sure you website is accessible the the blind and visually impaired are straightforward.  If you are using Wordpress or JOOMLA there are many templates that generally produce compliant code.

Here some for Wordpress:  https://visionteam.com/visionteam/?p=242

Here are some for JOOMLA:  https://www.joomla-monster.com/blog/joomla-templates/this-joomla-template-follows-recommendations-for-making-web-content-more-accessible-wcag-2-0

If you design your theme or template with Template Creator CK it will be generally compliant:  https://www.template-creator.com/en/

 To test your site you can use these free tools.

WAVE Web Accesibility Evalution Tool:  https://wave.webaim.org/ By clicking on 'Details' on the results page you can see the steps required to improve your scores.

The webmaster tool built into Chrome and Brave. Click on the three bar menu on the top right. Choose 'More Tools' then 'Developer Tools.'  On the sub-menu look for the application called 'Lighthouse.' Choose 'Navigation,' 'Desktop,' then [Analyze Page Load]. Then run the test again by clicking on the small + sign on the upper right and choose 'Mobile.' By clicking the scale scores you can see the details required to improve the scores.

Project Lead:
XCORP2014 / Enktesis LLC

http://enktesis.com
410-838-8264
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In cooperation with:
Robot Mats
https://robotmats.com
Build the skills of your current team with our universal training mats. They provide every scenario required to teach all the fundamentals programming and similar robotics systems.
Empower Mats

https://empowermats.com 
Tools to empower visually impaired students to participate in competitive robotics programs.

In cooperation with:
Geyer Instructional

https://www.geyerinstructional.com
Geyer is the exclusive marketer, manufacturers, and distribution partner for Robot Mats and Empower Mats. Build the skills of your current team with the universal training mats. They provide every scenario required to teach all the fundamentals programming and similar robotics systems.

In cooperation with:
Quorum
https://quorumlanguage.com
Quorum is a full-featured, robost programning environment that enables blind and visuall impaired students to program robots and other technologies.

In cooperation with:
Maryland School for the Blind
https://www.marylandschoolfortheblind.org
The Maryland School for the Blind provides outreach, educational, and residential programs to children from birth to 21 years old who are blind or low vision including those with multiple disabilities.

This project is being funded through a generous grant from the Vision Advancement Foundation (VAF) of Oklahoma. The VAF exists to provide excellence in eyecare, especially among those with distinctive needs.

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