Procedural documents and other "how to" resources provide guidelines and methods for implementing UD in higher education.
DARC Manual - A How-to Guide for Increasing Campus Accessibility
If you have interest in a developing a campus network to infuse and disseminate universal design information and strategies, we have created this manual for your use. The DARC (Departmental Accessibility Resource Coordinators) Network is highlighted here with tips for start-up, management, and training.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
DARC Manual
DARC Manual - PDF Version
Creating an Accessible Tri-fold Brochure
If you are using “Adobe InDesign Creative Suite 2” and “Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional” this document teaches you how make accessible brochures.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Creating an Accessible Tri-fold Brochure
Do an Accessibility Gems & Bloopers Workshop
This example is provided to demonstrate how you can set up a fun workshop where you explore accessibilty issues on your campus. (The EqTD's for the SAMPLE Introduction to Bloopers are in the process of being written.)
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
DARC Training: Blooper Observation Handout
DARC Training: SAMPLE Introduction to Bloopers Workshop (Draft)
EqTD's for Graphic Elements - Why & Where
Equivalent text descriptions (EqTD's) are extremely important and can be tricky. Here you will find a set of EqTD related documents that detail processes, purposes and levels of complexity. The origin of providing alternative text for graphic elements and a brief review of the R2D2 standard are included.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Equivalent Text Descriptions - Why and Where
Equivalent Text Description (EqTD) Tutorial for Graphics
This short tutorial provides examples and a structure for writing equivalent text descriptions for graphic elements.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Tutorial for EqTDs
Plan UD & LCE Workshops
These files will provide the information you need to lead Universal Design & Learner Centered Workshops. Please note that the ppt file is labeled "Draft" because some of the graphics do not have EqTDs written yet.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
DARC Training: How to Prepare UD & LCE Workshops
Universal Design & Learning Centered Education (DRAFT)
Thesis/Project and Dissertation Accessibility Protocol
Graduate students in the Occupational Therapy Department at UWM are required to provide an accessible copy of their thesis, project or dissertation. This protocol explains the required "why" and "how". It is distributed in conjunction with a formatted template that includes all of the requirements of the graduate school at UWM.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Thesis/Project & Dissertation Protocol
Video Closed Captioning Protocol
This protocol will help you to create a video with a caption track. Videos captioned with this method will be playable by older versions of QuickTime, back to QuickTime 3 (depending on video and audio code used).
Video Closed Captioning Protocol
Video Descriptive Track Protocol (Draft)
This protocol will help you create a video with an additional audio track that attempts to describe the visual component of the video. Note that the file created from this document will always have the additional track playing. We are currently examining the possibility of adding a toggle button.
Video Descriptive Track Protocol (Draft)
This article by John R. Throop discusses the barriers that are keeping people with disabilities away from church, including topics such as: employee accessibility, public accessibility, worship accessibility, and program accessibility.
Web Best Practices Overview: This group, lead by Jon Gunderson of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, convenes regularly "to develop best practices for web development using HTML, CSS, Javascript and Adobe PDF." Information about joining, issues and topics for discussion are found at this website.
Assistive Technology in Higher Education Network (ATHENS)
