The Accessible Virtual Campus

Use this AUDIT to evaluate the accessibility and usability of non-text graphics in a variety of media.

This 5 page tutorial provides step by step instructions and examples for writing equivalent text descriptions for graphic elements.

"P3" is the acronym for "The Presenter Presenting the Presentation".

How well are you incorporating Universal Design principles in your presentations? This AUDIT will give you a quantitative assessment.

This posterette is a guide for making slide and PowerPoint Presentations with universal design for accessibility.

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.

Founded in 2009, the National UDL Center supports the effective implementation of UDL by connecting stakeholders in the field and providing resources and information. The UDL Center is a program of CAST. CAST offers UDL Guidelines to help curriculum developers (including teachers, publishers, and others) design flexible curricula that reduce barriers to learning and provide robust learning supports to meet the needs of all learners. The three principles of UDL, according to CAST, are "Provide multiple means of representation; provide multiple means of expression; and provide multiple means of engagement."

This webpage discusses the complexities of tables and how to make them accessible.

A research paper addressing key issues with wireless technologies including barriers of use for people with disabilities.

General teaching strategies and accommodation strategies listed by type of disability are presented. The website also provides a question which allows you to test your understanding of the topic.

This website resource guide includes General College Information, Materials for Educators, College Planning and Preparation for Students with Disabilities, Educational Organizations and Resources, Technology Information, and much more for students with disabilities interested in higher education planning.

This section of the Class Act website "describes the role of an interpreter and provides strategies to make the most effective use of interpreting resources in your classroom".

This website describes how implementing the principles of universal design in online learning means anticipating the diversity of students that may enroll in your course and planning accordingly. These ten key elements will greatly enhance the accessibility and usability of your course for students with and without disabilities.

This 3-page PDF document provides UDL "Quick Tips" based on the Center for Applied Technology's (CAST) Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines. Objectives and Benchmarks, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods and Assessment Methods are tied in with an educational approach using CASTs three primary principles of UDL:Representation, Engagement and Expression.

The seven principles of product and environmental universal design (from The Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University) are applied to education on this printable "CATS Fact Sheet". Please note that wording is adjusted to the education realm.

"In these terms, universal design means the development of curriculum, instructional materials and instruction to be accessible to and useable by students with different backgrounds and abilities. The key aspect of a universally designed curriculum is its in-built flexibility."

CATS (Creating Accessible Teaching & Support) is hosted by the University of Tasmania, and was funded by the Australian Government, Department of Education, Employment, & Workplace Relations and the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.