We’re a volunteer-led team helping public institutions tackle the accessibility and usability challenges that keep people from services they can’t do without. Free, through supervised student teams.
Every engagement serves an institution, develops a practitioner, and adds to what the field knows
Expert-supervised accessibility audits and usability evaluations for public universities, community colleges and state and local government digital services, delivered by trained student teams.
Gain structured, portfolio-worthy professional experience in accessibility testing and usability evaluation under the mentorship of experienced practitioners.
Trained usability and accessibility practitioners, and methods and findings we will publish so institutions we never work with can use them.
Every UX Impact Network engagement follows a structured, quality-controlled process.
We identify public institutions with usability and accessibility needs and match them with a trained student team.
Student practitioners complete WCAG 2.1 and usability training, a practice assessment, and competency verification before joining a supervised institutional engagement.
Teams conduct accessibility audits against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, combining automated scans with manual keyboard and screen reader testing, alongside usability evaluations. Every finding is reviewed by an experienced accessibility practitioner.
Partner institutions receive a professional assessment report with findings ranked by severity, remediation guidance their own staff can act on, and a follow-up assessment measuring progress.
Whether you're a public institution that needs usability and accessibility expertise, or a student who wants real-world experience, there's a place for you at UX Impact Network.