Building Accessible Courses

Quick start to accessible course materials and experiences

Course accessibility checklists

All checklists open in a Google Docs. This allows our team to keep our documents and tutorials up-to-date. If this is not an accessible format to you, please contact citl@maine.edu and we can provide you with an alternative format.

Small changes for big impacts in your course material

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Examples from UMaine and UMM instructors

Learn about how UMaine/UMM instructors are applying UDL, a framework to rethink how we teach with the goal to eliminate environmental barriers to learning.

Share your success story with UDL with us. We are looking for more examples of how UMaine and UMM instructors are lowering barriers to learning in their courses by adopting UDL practices and we want to hear from you!

Core Skills for Teaching Spaces

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Accessibility in Classrooms

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Accessibility in Courses via Zoom

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Accessibility in Labs

Course Accessibility at UMaine/UMM

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Meet your Students

Who are you helping when you design accessible courses? Learn what simple changes you can make right now in your courses and who will benefit by using data driven portraits of UMaine students as well as testimonies from current and past students to inform your pedagogy.