Provides multiple means of Engagement 

Access/Provide options for recruiting interest

• Optimize individual choice and autonomy 

• Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity 

• Minimize threats and distractions 

Provide options for Sustaining Effort & Persistence 

• Heighten salience of goals and objectives 

• Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge 

• Foster collaboration and community 

Provide options for Self- Regulation 

• Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation 

• Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies 

• Develop self-assessment and reflection 

Provides multiple means of Representation 

Access/provide options for Perception 

• Offer ways of customizing the display of information 

• Offer alternatives for auditory information 

• Offer alternatives for visual information 

Build/Provide options for Language & Symbols 

• Clarify vocabulary and symbols 

• Clarify syntax and structure 

• Support decoding of text, mathematical notation, and symbols 

• Promote understanding across languages 

• Illustrate through multiple media 

Internalize/Provide options for Comprehension 

• Activate or supply background knowledge 

• Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships 

• Guide information processing and visualization 

• Maximize transfer and generalization

Provides multiple means of Action and Expression 

Access/Provide options for Physical Action 

• Vary the methods for response and navigation

• Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies

Build/Provide options for Expression and Communication 

• Use multiple media for communication 

• Use multiple tools for construction and composition 

• Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance 

Internalize/ Provide options for Executive Function 

• Guide appropriate goal-setting 

• Support planning and strategy development 

• Facilitate managing information and resources 

• Enhance capacity for monitoring progress 

Additional Resources

Burgstahler, S. (2013). Preface. In S. Burgstahler (Ed.). Universal design in higher education: Promising practices. Seattle: DO-IT, University of Washington. Retrieved from www.uw.edu/doit/UDHE-promisingpractices/preface.html

CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from http://udlguidelines.cast.org

The ACCESS Project, Colorado State University. (n.d.). What is Universal Design for Learning? Retrieved on November 4, 2020, from http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/documents/what_is_udl.pdf