Universal Design for Learning
The Best Practices through UDL video features faculty and students at Colorado State University discussing the benefits of UDL. Additional captioned formats are available, along with a transcript that includes descriptive audio.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles and techniques for creating inclusive classroom instruction and accessible course materials. At its core is the assertion that all students benefit when they are given multiples ways to take in new information, express their comprehension, and become engaged in learning.
= New in 2012
= Updated in 2012
UDL Teaching Resources:
- UDL: A Concise Introduction (HTML | PDF)
- How Do You Teach? A UDL Checklist (DOCX | PDF)
- From Theory to Practice: UDL Quick Tips (DOCX | PDF)
UDL Technical Modules
- Microsoft Word, Universally Designed
- Tutorial: Adding Alternative Text to Images
- Tutorial: Indicating Table Headers
- Tutorial: Saving in the Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Tutorial: Preparing for Conversion to Accessible HTML
and PDF
- Tutorial: Adding Alternative Text to Images
- Microsoft PowerPoint, Universally Designed
- Tutorial: Adding Alternative Text to Images
- Tutorial: Adding Alternative Text to Images
- Adobe PDF, Universally Designed
- HTML, Universally Designed
- E-Text: An Introduction to Alternative Format
- Multimedia, Universally Designed
- Tutorial: Creating a Video Transcript
- Tutorial: Converting DVD Video to MP4
- Tutorial: Converting Video Files to MP4
- Tutorial: Adding Captions in Camtasia Studio
- Tutorial: Captioning YouTube Videos
- Tutorial: Multimedia Glossary
- Tutorial: Creating a Video Transcript
N. Preston Davis Award
The Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation now includes a “Universal Design for Learning”category. See the UDL Award page for more information.