Universal Design

TK-12

Required Activities

Review at least 4 of the resources listed below.

Complete this module's assignment.

Optional Activities

Discuss questions on this topic with your colleagues on this Padlet.

Live discussion sessions at 9:00 and 1:00; Bring your questions and thoughts.

Organization

UDL and the Learning Brain (CAST, 2018; 3 pages)

UDLify Your Course (Katie Novak and Tom Thibodeau, 2-minutes, April 2020) The two authors of UDL in the Cloud give a short overview of how an online course can be designed well for all students.

Accessibility

Supporting English Learners in Distance Learning Math with listening, reading, speaking, & writing

How to add captions and subtitles to YouTube videos. (April 2020) Captioning videos you create, or providing a transcript, is required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, and is also a necessary best practice. It helps not only people with hearing disabilities, but also English Learners, struggling or slow readers, and even just those who are trying to watch your videos in a noisy home or at night after everyone else has gone to bed.

Learner Variability: UDL Video (3 minutes, April 2018) This short video is a good explanation of why "teaching to the average" is not realistic or effective.

Standards for Online Teaching

National Standards for Quality Online Teaching

Providing Options for Students

Short Introduction to Universal Design for Learning (6 minutes; April 2018). If you are completely unfamiliar with UDL, this is a good place to start.

Infographic with guiding questions for designing lessons for all students (From Novak Education)

UDL in the Cloud Fireside Chat with Katie Novak. This is about an hour in length, but worth every minute!

UDL in the Cloud Resource Guide by Katie Novak. This guide includes a UDL syllabus template and instructional considerations.

Module Assignment

Complete one of the options below. When finished, copy your work into your portfolio for submission. (Here is how to create a portfolio.)

Option 1: Think of a lesson that you plan to teach during your first quarter or trimester and use the questions in this document to generate a UDL plan for the lesson. You can type directly on that document, or create a drawing, or use any other planning tool you like.

Option 2: How will you provide language supports to English Learners online? What will you need to take into consideration? How might this change over time? Use this link to the SVUSD EL page for some resources. You can write this explanation, record a short video (no more than 2 minutes), create a drawing or graphic, or use some other tool.

Option 3: Complete this UDL Diamond Reflection Exit Ticket.

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