2. Designing a Syllabus Template That Meets Both University and Accessibility Requirements Hongyan (Red) Yuan Amy Kitchens

3. Outcomes
Gather tips and best practices for designing a well-organized and complete syllabus
Explore accessibility requirements for making an accessible syllabus
Identify strategies to work with faculty for designing an accessible and effective syllabus

4. Designing a well-organized and complete syllabus
PSU
Institutional Policy Penn State Senate Policy (Syllabus) – legislative
Institution examples, tips, & best practices
Checklist for syllabus content (Schreyer)
Sample syllabus
Building a stellar syllabi
ASU
Institutional Policy
Arizona State University
Sample online syllabus

5. Accessibility Requirements
MS Word
Add alternate text for images
Using good heading structure
Add meaningful hyperlink text
Use Word’s build-in tools for numbered and bulleted lists
Use tables wisely
Word accessibility checker

6. Accessibility Requirements
LMS
Penn State
Canvas content page
Arizona State University
Blackboard attached doc and content page

7. Strategies for Working with Faculty – University Wide
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
PSU
The Penn State Story
University-wide resources
Faculty Senate Policy with syllabus statement examples
accessibility.psu.edu
Providing self-paced online training for staff – ACC 110 Course Accessibility Basics

8. Strategies for Working with Faculty - Locally
Berks eLearning Academy
Accessible syllabus interaction
Providing accessible syllabus template
Feedback and requests from faculty

9. Designing a Syllabus That Meets Both University and Accessibility Requirements
Be the super professor and get ready to teach!