Universal Design and the Open Course Library Rebecca C. Cory January 26, 2012

A few questions for you: O Have you ever been somewhere where you didn’t speak the majority language? How did that feel? O Have you studied a discipline that was really hard for you? How did you end up learning it? O Were you ever in a situation where you felt everyone else “got it” but you didn’t? What did that make you want to do? O Have you had an experience with a website that was beautiful yet not usable?

Traditional Design and Universal Design Traditional Design O Design for a “typical” student O Use “accommodations” for non-typical students O Blame students who don’t fit class Universal Design: O Design for greatest diversity of students O Accommodations are unnecessary O Students who don’t fit are due to lack of instructor imagination

Universal Design I. Provide Multiple Means of Representation II. Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression III. Provide Multiple Means of Engagement O Learn more:

What are you already doing? O Fill in the template with ways you are providing: O Multiple Means of Representation O Multiple Means of Action and Expression O Multiple Means of Engagement

Basic Accessibility Checklist O Design using styles and headings. Tag heading levels. O All navigational elements (links, controls) can be accessed using the keyboard. O Link text provides a description of the link target. O ALT tags are present and equivalent to the graphic content. O If a page requires a timed response, users can request more time. O If meaning is conveyed through color, there are other non-color specific ways to determine meaning as well. O There is high contrast between text and background. The user is able to control contrast. O Transcripts are provided for audio content. O Captioning is provided for video content. O Data tables have mark-up for clarity. O The content is designed with Universal Design principles.

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