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The Accessible Virtual Campus
Social Sciences
Geography, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Urban Studies, Economics, Journalism, and other Social Sciences have some unique concerns for providing accessible instruction. Examples of ideas for inclusive instruction include tactile diagrams and accessible maps.
Instructional Methods and Media & Materials links will provide tips to help you create universally designed materials.
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Accessible Documents Using Styles
This PDF contains a quick and easy overview on how the "styles" feature enables the design of accessible documents, as well as organized and structured documents.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Thesis/Project and Dissertation Accessibility Protocol
This protocol explains the required "why" and "how" of creating an accessible thesis/document. Graduate students in the Occupational Therapy Department at UWM are required to provide an accessible copy of their thesis, project or dissertation. The protocol 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
Curriculum Transformation and Disability
This website provides the book Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education for free. "The purpose of this book is to introduce readers to the concepts of Universal Design (UD) and Universal Instructional Design (UID). This collection of essays addresses learning both within and outside the classroom, recognizing the role higher education plays in developing the “whole” person (American Council on Education, 1937, 1949; National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 1989)."
University of Minnesota
Developing Accessible Websites
In order to assure that websites and web applications are accessible to and usable by everyone, designers and developers must follow web accessibility guidelines. This resource addresses topics and issues that are especially common.
University of Washington
Rubric for Evaluating Universal Design of Syllabus
This printable rubric provides a guide to evaluate a syllabus based on different elements using universal design components.
EnACT, California State University
Universal Course Design (UCD)
This website about Universal Course Design (UCD), from the Equity and Excellence in Higher Education grant, based at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was developed for faculty to ensure that students with disabilities receive a quality higher education through refinement, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of the Universal Course Design model of professional development. Additional model demonstration sites included the Universities of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont and Rhode Island College.
The Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston
