The Critical Web Design Toolkit
The Critical Web Design Toolkit is a project that aims to provide users with both an easy-to-use static website template for Digital Scholarship projects and an instructional guide that not only gives step-by-step instructions for using the template, but also provides resources for learning more about web accessibility, sustainability, and the digital divide.
In Summer 2022, I participated in the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship at Bryn Mawr College. Over the course of the program, I worked on a team with 3 other undergraduate fellows to learn about web development and create a static site template that encourages users to build highly transferrable web development skills for use on various digital projects.
We developed the CWDT to provide people who are interested in creating websites for Digital Scholarship projects with a more sustainable alternative to popular dynamic website builders, which can be easier to learn to use than static website builders but consume more energy. The CWDT aims to make it easier for users to build their own static sites, so they do not have to rely on dynamic site builders, and it is designed for users of all experience levels.