The Accessibility Initiative

Draft Plan Strategy

Things to Include

• Build a "fully-accessible" instructional Guide for screen-reader users for Cohort Two in 100 Devs
• Include All courses with videos and transcripts
• Include all homework assignments and the preferred tools needed to complete each project
• All reading material in accessible formats
• Include Timeline of events so screen-reader users can keep pace with the course with sighted peers
• Instructions on navigating Discord which is not fully accessible
• Accumulate all links provided by 100 Dev attendees in a resource section to help future attendees navigate accessibility effectively
• Bios of all 100 Dev attendees supporting the project that includes their story, their opinions and strategies and their experiences in going through the 100 Devs program
• The sign-in process for 100 Devs
• All aspects of communitytaught.org for reference
• An assessment on how Free Code Camp can complement the learning experience
• Screen-reader software tips and tricks to navigating the work
• Tutorials on VS Code as a screen-reader user
• Methods to using Notepad++ to aid in writing code if needed
• Any additional technologies utilized by attendees like: tactile graphics, sighted assistance, magnification, etc.
• Plans for updating and keeping the information fresh for future attendees
• Networking and interviewing strategies for screen-reader users to find employment
• Methods for using GitHub
• Communication strategies and techniques for keeping in touch with 100 Devs community
• Comments, questions, and concerns section to identify unknown challenges
• Use of AI in the course material
• List of blind coders in support of 100 Devs
• Contact info to all consumer groups for aid in advocacy, DOR, skills and training in screen-readers, mobility, etc
• A philosophy statement articulating the belief in independence, equality, opportunity and security for all disabled people
• Mental health support for this heroic challenge in learning to code and become employed
• Access to Braille and how it plays a part in coding
• Provide keyboard learning tools for becoming more efficient in writing code
• Other learning programs available with accessibility in mind
• Job prospects as updated in 100 Devs
• List of technologies like computers used to fulfill the needs of the attendees in the program
• Unresolved issues once the project is finished

Learning with Leon Class One Cohort Two for 100 Devs

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good morning good afternoon good evening no matter where you're coming from hope you all are doing well welcome look at

y'all look at y'all what's going on every everybody welcome welcome welcome

hope everyone's doing well let's goo chat spicy tonight we'll turn on the slow but for now let's let let let's let let's let's get a little a little excited a little hyped glad you're all here

you brought some friends it's good to see you nice to meet you

if this is your first time this is your first time on Twitch just go ahead and put in first time or first into chat for me please let's get used to using chat here folks but first if it's your first time there's no way that I'm paying attention to the to the subs or anything that right now I I want to see the first welcome

glad you found us now how did you find us if you uh if you if you found this from Twitter give me a thumbs up in chat for me please you 00:04 found this from Twitter give me a thumbs up if you found us from Reddit give us a thumbs up

hey we out here we ain't we ain't outside but we live we ain't outside but we live what's going on everybody we got a lot of fun stuff to get to tonight

this is day one of a 30 week software engineering boot camp and we got a lot on the plate this evening we're going to take some time to get to know each other a little bit we're going to take some time to get to understand the opportunity that's in front of us we're going to talk a little bit about what it means to become a software engineer how you can actually do that we're going to talk about how to actually learn

a lot of folks set on this path and they don't get to the end because they never actually learned how to learn so that's what we're starting tonight and then 00:05 we're going to get to some basics of HTML so we got a lot to a lot to get through

now if you were on Discord which you all should be exclamation point Discord and chat if you're not on Discord there was a question and I always like to go live with a question enables me to get to know you a little bit

see where folks lean and so the question today was would you rather have every movie that you watch slowly transition into Shrek or would you rather every song you listen to slowly transition into Allstar by Smashmouth now we got a lot of shrikes in here I don't think I've seen all right there we go I saw one all star that was It smash M be wild and recently I don't know if you saw some of the stuff they've been getting into but I think 00:06 Shrek might be the safer bet here

all right we're good we got the Shrek folks in the house all right everybody welcome welcome welcome glad you found us glad you're here we're about to do this thing all right

so before we dive too deep into actually learning tonight I want to take some time to explain why we're here what we're doing and hopefully that's what you signed up for so tonight we start a journey to becoming a software engineer by the end of class tomorrow you will be a software engineer

let me say one more time you know what I'm going to go big Le on here let's let's get close by the end of class on Thursday 00:07 let's say Thursday Thursday sorry class Thursday by the end of class on Thursday you will be a software engineer

you will all have written code now there are some some nerds in the bunch that are like well Leon just writing codes and not being a software engineer knock it off if you can write code you understand the systems and tools behind the code that you're writing and you conduct yourself as a professional you're going to call yourself a software engineer

we're going to have some haters that are are going to disagree with us but them what we're here to do today is to lay that foundation so that by the end of 30 weeks not only you a software engineer not only have you gotten paid clients not only have you built tons of real projects sunk a 100 hours into a fully custom project of your own not only have you contributed to open source 00:08 but you are fully prepared to enter the workforce as a software engineer right out the gate

I'm going to tell you one thing that I hope sinks in today don't get got we go get we don't get got we go get exactly

one thing that I hope sinks in today and that learning to code is a journey but you can do it

I've seen folks from all walks of life all shapes sizes shades Creeds do it so I honestly believe in my heart of hearts you can do it but learning to code is not enough we're going to talk about that later today learning to code is not the only thing in fact it's a small part of what it takes to get a job and so we're going to talk about the whole journey the way that you go from maybe just figuring out if this is the career for you to actually Landing that 00:09 job and this isn't our first rodeo folks this is cohort 2

our last cohort saw 75 folks get jobs yes I know Leon you said 70 you said 72 in the Tweet well guess what I got three more for y'all I got three more for y'all uh so we're at 75

now now that journey is a long difficult Journey but we're going to get there together if you just turn off the screen and you never listen to me again here's you need a community

if you're going to learn how to code you need a community when you get stuck and something doesn't make sense you don't give up you go to your community

what we built in the last cohort is hands down the best community 00:10 to learn code live online and we're going to keep it that way so if this isn't for you and you still want to learn how to code that's fine

find your people find your community but what we have is an amazing one and you're seeing it in chat right now

we got a lot of new folks with us tonight we got a lot of old folks too we got a lot of alumni folks that already put in those Blood Sweat

and Tears to get their jobs but they're coming back because they want you to be successful mentors that want you to be successful folks that have walked this walk have talked that talk and now want to help you do the same thing

there's a lot of you I love seeing it all right before we get too deep into it uh you're noticing a few things happening here uh there are these these sub notifications that are going off uh that

the goal of this boot camp is for you to go from zero experience to a job with paying 0 I will never even recommend a book a course a tutorial that is not free right now there's a window open folks my there is a window open and in 00:12 this window you can become a software engineer for free and without a degree and I want to help you on that Journey