Team update - May 03, 2023

[trallard]

This is a @Quansight-Labs/czi-a11y-grant team sync 🎉🎉🎉! This is a way for the Team Members to provide status reports on what they've been up to this week and request help and attention for things they are working on. This issue will be closed at the end of the day.

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**Thanks I'd like to give 🙌**
- So-and-so helped me out a lot with foo...

**Updates from last week :heavy_check_mark:**
- I worked towards deliverable: <link-to-deliverable>

**Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏**
- I had a hard time figuring out ...

**My availability for next week**
- I'll be off on foo day...

**Important items for discussion 💬**
- I have a question about goal <link-to-goal>
- Can @foo give a comment on issue #NN ?
- I opened #NN for discussion, please chime in
- I need to discuss foo

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Jupyter a11y grant project

[isabela-pf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

Updates from last week ✔️

• JupyterLab user testing for common workflows #184 Tests are in the process of being run.
• Rendered notebook user testing - Round 2 #147 (and also [DOC] - Add a11y documentation to the JupyterLab's contributor docs #18) the write up continues. Further review is scheduled for tomorrow.

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• Can I get some commands to wipe the testing environment clean post-session? I thought I had them, but I am seeing they did not work the way I intended.

My availability for next week

• I'll be here all week.

Important items for discussion 💬

• Placeholder text goes here. I don't want to type this in public. 😆

[steff456]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Gabriel for coordinating super fast the user testing attendance and being super responsive with all my questions.

Updates from last week ✔️

• Made review changes Add github light jupyterlab-accessible-themes#49
• Waiting for review Add WCAG and ARIA intro jupyter/accessibility#126
• Work in progress for Github dark
• Work in progress on the Jupytercon presentation
• Work in progress for the sprint
• Made it to the user testing meetings happening today

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• I'm ok

My availability for next week

• I'll be here, traveling tonight to Paris

Important items for discussion 💬

• I don't have anything for today.

[gabalafou]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thanks to @steff456 for helping me coordinate

Updates from last week ✔️

• Working on slide for JupyterCon!
• Also been working on TEST - Write test that verifies that each "tab-able" element on the initial page has a visible focus indicator #199

My availability for next week

• Out tomorrow (Friday)
• In Paris all next week.
  • Normal availability (Paris time) Monday and Tuesday.
  • Limited availability, Wednesday-Friday, May 10-12 for JupyterCon
  • Immediately after I will be out for a week, May 15-19

[trallard]

@isabela-pf
- been out for a couple of days
- started user testing sessions
- @trallard will send the commands to clean the environment

[isabela-pf]

@steff456 update!

• Release changes on github light theme. Ready for another round of review. Debug the binder error (may not be feasible with Binder federation changes). Consider other CI options to check that things are building and visually appearing as expected.
• Waiting for review on the documentation PR.
• Work in progress on github dark theme, Jupytercon presentation, Jupytercon sprint.
• Please give a review to the information in the presentation when prompted. Representing the whole team and want to be sure it's done accurately.
• Make sure to flag things for Stephannie before she is out of office! She is prepared to get things to a good stopping point.

[trallard]

@gabalafou
- JupyterCon presentation
- working on testing and presentation at the same time
- taking a week off after JupyterCon

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