Informed Consent

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In this study, we'll teach you about accessibility and solicit your feedback. We'd like to start by getting your fully informed consent to participate in this study.

The City University of New York
Brooklyn College
Department of Computer and Information Science

Oral and Internet-Based Informed Consent Script

Title of Research Study: Teaching Accessibility
Principal Investigator: Dr. Devorah Kletenik, PhD

You are being asked to participate in this research study because you are taking a course in HCI / game design. The purpose of this research study is to understand best practices in teaching accessibility to students in these types of courses. Your participation will help us better teach students like you in the future.

If you agree to participate, we will ask you to learn about accessibility and answer some brief survey questions. This should take about 30 minutes in total.
The entire process is integrated into one website. First, you will be directed to read a brief explanation about our project and take a brief-survey. This should take about five minutes. Then, you will be introduced to accessibility concepts. This should take no more than another twenty minutes. You may be asked for your opinions along the way. Finally, you will be asked to answer another brief survey, for another five minutes.
You do not face any risks by participating in this study.
Your participation will help us, and other Computer Science instructors, better understand how to teach accessibility to students. Your participation will also count as credit towards this course, but your answers on the surveys will not impact your grade or standing in this course at all.
We will ask for your name and email address at the beginning in order to be able to tell that you participated. After noting your participation, we will remove your name and all identifying information from the responses and substitute numbers (e.g. Student 1, Student 2, and so on, in order of response submissions).

Your participation in this research is voluntary. If you have any questions, you may contact Dr. Devorah Kletenik at kletenik@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu or Dr. Rachel F. Adler at radler@illinois.edu. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant or if you would like to talk to someone other than the researchers, you can contact CUNY Research Compliance Administrator at 646-664-8918 or HRPP@cuny.edu.

If you would like to participate, please read the statement below and check the consent box.

I have read the above information about the study and have been able to express questions and concerns, which have been satisfactorily responded to by the research investigator. I believe I understand the study.