Universal Design Quick Tips
You have found the ARC Instructional Technology Center’s (ITC) landing page for to support ARC faculty efforts in becoming a universal design practitioner! The information below was included in the weekly ITC Newsletters, but in case you missed those, you can find all of the quick tips for universal design below!
Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
Workshop Resources
If you weren’t able to attend a workshop, don’t worry – you can find links to session resources in the list below.
- Small Change, Big Impact: Add an Accessibility+ Statement to Your Syllabus (Google folder)
- Faculty Voices on Accessibility: From Survey to Solutions (Google folder)
- Accessibility Café – Videos (PPT)
Newsletter Quick Tips
With the newest entries at the top, in the F25-S26 ITC Newsletter UDAC Blasts (Google Doc), you’ll find quick tips about UD and accessibility:
Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
Workshop Resources
If you weren’t able to attend a workshop, don’t worry – you can find links to session resources in the list below.
- UDL – Scaffolding for Variability (Google Doc)
- Rethinking Assessment (Google Doc)
- Is your course accessible? (Google Doc)
- Amplify Learning with Accessible Audio and Visual Content (Google folder)
- My Top 10 UDL Practices (Google folder)
- Pope Tech Accessibility Dashboard (ITC website)
Newsletter Quick Tips
In the ITC Newsletter – Universal Design Blasts (Google Doc), with the newest entries at the top, you will find quick tips about:
- UDL Your Syllabus
- Moving Beyond PDFs
- Introducing the UDL Flip Kit
- Ode to Universal Design (emphasis AI)
- Building Knowledge with Graphic Organizers
- Using Surveys to Connect with your Students
- Accessibility Across Disciplines (emphasis STEM)
- How to Foster Student Strengths
- Why Accessibility Matters
- Revisiting the Universal Design Checklist
- Scaffolding for Variability Workshop Resources
- Using Color to Enhance Learning
- Making Images Accessible Tool
- Rethinking Assessment Community of Practice
- UDL – Be intentional
- UDA Course Design Assistance
- Accessibility through inclusive design
- The A-Team is here!
- Feedback with a UDL Twist
- Authentic Assessment: Medicine for…
- Let’s UDL together!
- S.L.I.D.E.
- District Accessibility Supports
- Apply for Type A or B Leave for Accessibility
- Building Engagement Workshop
- Adding Structure Using Headers
- Remediating Color Contrast
- PlayPosit and Ludia
- WebAim Accessibility Courses
- CAST is coming!
- Pope Tech Dashboard – Getting Started
- Accessibility Challenge
- CAST UDL Workshop Series
Fall 2023 – Spring 2024
Workshop Resources
By clicking on the links below, you will be redirected to the resources for each training.
- Scaffolding to Promote Expert Learning (Slides PDF) | Scaffolding (Text Only)
- Addressing Variability Through Flexibility (Slides PDF) | Variability (Text Only)
- Increasing Access to Learning (Slides PDF) | Access (Text Only)
- Putting Purpose Into Practice (Slides PDF) | Purpose Into Practice (Text Only)
- Universal Design and Equity (Slides PDF)
- UDL Strategies for Access
Newsletter Quick Tips
The list of quick tips below can be found in the 2023-24 Universal Design at ARC Newsletter:
- It’s a Universal Design Launch Party
- Addressing Variability Through Flexibility
- Professional Autonomy and Student Agency
- Increasing Access: Unlocking the Door to Learning
- Universal Design & Visual Literacy
- Practicing vs. Practitioner of UD
- Are you ready for universal design?
- Making Connections: Before You Go
- Using Words Strategically
- S.L.I.D.E. into Universal Design
- What is Universal Design for Learning?
- Meet Student X – an Expert Learner
- Meet Your UDL and AS Coordinator