universal design - course materials
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Universal Design for Learning - planning for course design - adapted from materials The ACCESS ProjectTRANSCRIPT
UNIVERSALPrinciples of Universal Design for Learning
Diverse students
Students come from different:
• Cultures and languages
• Mixture of ages and genders
• Learning Styles
• Disabilities
Meeting needs
Universal Design for Learning
is a set of principles and techniques
for creating inclusive classroom instruction
and accessible course materials technologies.
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UDL at the document level
• Search-ability
• Select-ability for Copy and Paste
• Bookmarks or an Interactive TOC
• Text to Speech capability
• Accessibility
UDL at the document level
• Consider the content• Media – is it captioned? If text, is it easy to read?
• Develop a consistent structure• Use headings, lists, tables, emphasis, etc.
• Presentation• Use styles to apply a consistent look and feel
UDL - PDF creation• Microsoft 2007 -2010
• Create PDF files (print to or save as)
• Benefits of Adobe Acrobat Pro
Acces
sibilit
y
Searc
h-Abil
ity
Copy/P
aste
Bookm
arks
Text
to S
peec
h
Print to PDF
UDL - Images• Label with alt text
• Describe meaning
UDL - Multimedia
Transcripts• A written or text-based record of dictated or recorded
speech. May contain additional relevant information, such as descriptions or comments.
Captions• A transcript is timed to display with the video track, it
displays on screen as a caption.
Descriptive Audio• The narration of key visual elements in a video or
multimedia product.
UDL - Videos
Closed Captioning
• YouTube videos• Upload transcript in text format• Machine Automated captions• http://www.youtube.com
• MAGpie• Works with most major video formats• http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
Learn more• Colorado State University – Access
• Universal Design for Learning
• http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/