Applications of UDL
The Applications section of this resource is divided into four key areas:
- Syllabus Design
- Course Design
- Assessment Design
- Instructional Delivery Design
Each of these areas are comprehensively explored in the context of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Each section features an audio overview (created by Notebook LM), text and multi-media content, as well as infographics and links out to other resources to support your understanding and application of UDL.
For a podcast-style audio overview of the entire Applications section, please listen below (captioning available and transcript downloadable under the player):
Syllabus Design
This section outlines understanding the syllabus from a UDL-approach, and includes guidance and support on designing your syllabus (including through Simple Syllabus), creating alternative syllabus presentations, and evaluating your syllabus to the principles of UDL.
Course Design
This section outlines understanding course design from a UDL-approach, and includes guidance and support related to constructive alignment, Moodle course shell (templates, site elements and features, accessibility tools, etc.), and evaluating your course design to the principles of UDL.
Assessment Design
This section outlines understanding assessment design from a UDL-approach, and includes guidance and support related to choosing and designing different assessment types (diagnostic, formative, summative), chunking and scaffolding, assignment design considerations (instructions, different formats, evaluation), integrating and giving student feedback, and evaluating your assessment design to the principles of UDL.
Instructional Delivery Design
This section outlines instructional delivery design from a UDL approach, including guidance on instructional design frameworks, course modality, Open Education and Pedagogy-based UDL considerations, instructional activity design (variability, strategies, lesson planning, tech tools), instructional materials (finding/creating, OERs, ZTC, LTC), and evaluating your design against UDL principles.