For Instructional Materials
The goal of Web accessibility is for all users to be able to receive, use, and manipulate content and functionality, regardless of ability or technology. Online content must be designed, and correctly formatted, to be easily accessed. Since most instructional materials are now digital and delivered to students via the Web, instructors are responsible for creating learning materials that meet students’ Web accessibility needs.
It is ODU’s responsibility to provide instruction (and instructional materials) that is both accessible and understandable to all students. Web accessibility addresses the needs of students with learning or cognitive disabilities, not just physical disabilities.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for diverse students, based on cognitive science. The goal of UDL is to provide all students equal opportunities to learn. UDL has three components: 1. Multiple Means of Representation. 2. Multiple Means of Action and Expression. 3. Multiple Means of Engagement.
Designing your instructional materials for diverse learners makes them more accessible.