 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Section 504 and Section 508  Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 Title II Extends to include programs offered via the Internet Online Courses

Universal Design for Learning Basic Principles of Accessible Design

Universal Design for Learning

Everyone Benefits!

Universal Design for Learning --is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn --provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs --from CAST, Center for Applied Special TechnologyCAST Teach Every Student

-- from CAST, Center for Applied Special TechnologyCAST Provide multiple means of engagement Provide multiple means of representation Provide multiple means of action & expression

 Applying UDL in Course Design Provide multiple formats Incorporate varied media  Who benefits? ESL (English as a second language) students International students Students of diverse ages Students of diverse learning styles Students with disabilities Everyone benefits!

 Course content pages ◦ MS Word, PDFs, HTML  PowerPoint presentations  Audio/video/screencasts  Images ◦ Photos, charts, graphics, math formulas  Lecture capture

Basic Principles of Accessible Design Basic Principles of Accessible Design

 Provide appropriate alternative text for non-text elements  Provide appropriate document structure  Provide headers for data table rows and columns  Use concise, descriptive, meaningful text for links  Use color with care  Use clear fonts  Provide captions or transcripts for multimedia  Ensure accessibility of non-HTML content, including PDF files, Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and Adobe Flash contentPDF files Microsoft WordPowerPoint Adobe Flash ◦ Run the Accessibility Checker in MS word to identify and fix accessibility issuesAccessibility Checker in MS word  Provide learners with information about the accessibility of all technologies required in the course ◦ Add Learner Support Tool to your courses (as a Web Content link)Learner Support Tool ◦ How to add a Web Content link to your course site How to add a Web Content link to your course site  Use this Review Checklist to check your course for accessibilityReview Checklist

 Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) Center for Applied Special Technology  Longsight Rich Text Editor Accessibility Guidelines Longsight Rich Text Editor Accessibility Guidelines  National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) National Center on Disability and Access to Education  PDF Documents: Make them accessible PDF Documents: Make them accessible  Quality Matters Quality Matters ◦ set up an account set up an account ◦ Quality Matters course self-review tool tutorial Quality Matters course self-review tool tutorial  UDL Universe UDL Universe  University of Central Florida University of Central Florida  Web AIM: Introduction to Web Accessibility Web AIM: Introduction to Web Accessibility