Crawford, Kirk AndrewPosada, JenniferOkueso, Yetunde EstherHiggins, ErinLachin, LauraHamidi, Foad2025-04-012025-04-012024-10-27Crawford, Kirk Andrew, Jennifer Posada, Yetunde Esther Okueso, Erin Higgins, Laura Lachin, and Foad Hamidi. ?Co-Designing a 3D-Printed Tactile Campus Map With Blind and Low-Vision University Students.? Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS ?24, October 27, 2024, 1?6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688537.https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688537http://hdl.handle.net/11603/37940ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, St. John's NL Canada, October 27 - 30, 2024Blind and low-vision (BLV) university students often encounter campus accessibility challenges that impede their ability to navigate campus environments effectively. The lack of customization offered by some navigational-focused assistive technologies (ATs) often falls short in addressing their diverse and specific navigational needs. 3D printing, a promising tool for creating affordable and personalized aids, has been explored as a method to create customized tactile maps to aid BLV individuals with general navigation. However, the use of 3D-printed tactile maps by BLV university students and the impact of their direct involvement in the design process remain largely unexplored. We employed a participatory design (PD) approach to engage BLV students from a university in the United States (U.S.) through semi-structured interviews and a co-design session to create a prototype 3D-printed tactile map. Additionally, we consulted with a blind rehabilitation and independence expert for insight into their perspective on AT and, more specifically, tactile maps and showed the prototype to a group of visually impaired youth and instructors visiting our university for feedback. We present and discuss our findings, provide an overview of the prototype design process, and outline future work.6 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.UMBC Human-Centered Computing ProgramText