Resources
Throughout this course, several software applications are mentioned. The following table presents these and other resources with relevant information for user reference. Below the table, there is a "parking lot" for participants to share UDL-implementation resources of which they know.
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Books
- UDL Navigators in Higher Education: a Field Guide Links to an external site.
- Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: UDL in Higher Education Links to an external site.
- Transforming Higher Education through UDL: An International Perspective Links to an external site.
Community
Author-developed Tools
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| UDL lesson/unit planner Links to an external site. | This document provides step-by-step planning through the UDL framework to design lessons or units. In addition to a lesson plan template, the document includes critical reflection questions for each stage of planning as well as additional resources and tips to support lesson designers through the process. |
| This course provides a thorough overview of practical ways to use Canvas features to increase accessibility and quality of course design vis-a-vis UDL theory and practice. | |
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UDL on Canvas Best Practice Guide Links to an external site. |
This guide provides pragmatic points to consider when developing a course on Canvas by focusing explicitly on each section of the course design from syllabus to pages to assessments. |
| Diversity Profiles Links to an external site. | This tool provides several hypothetical students that represent different kinds of predictable, but significant diversity we may expect in our student population. Use as a tool for designing products (courses, lessons, assessments, materials) and/or evaluating existing products. |
| Proactive v. Reactive (The Game of Sorts) Links to an external site. | This simulation/game is a way to break the ice regarding the utility of proactive planning and to raise discussion about the efficiency and effectiveness of top-heavy (proactive) vs. reactive course design. It doesn't assume that one or the other is superior, but allows pairs or groups to explore these questions and find out for themselves. It is also a good introduction to some of the characters in the above diversity profiles. |
UDL Tools for from around the World (Wide Web)
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| UDL on Campus Links to an external site. |
This bountiful resource provides tips, videos and process ideas for specific ways faculty members and instructional designers can use the UDL framework to plan, design and implement curricula to meet the needs of the diverse learners in their higher education classrooms. Sections of the website include, among other things, supports for:
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| A meta-resource that hosts detailed descriptions of each of the UDL checkpoints and offers more than a decade of research-based evidence to support each. | |
| UDL Blueprint Links to an external site. | A wonderful document created by the UDL-IRN Links to an external site. (Implementation and Research Network) focusing on steps and stakeholders for implementation. Also addresses common "myths" regarding UDL. |
| Top UDL Tips Links to an external site. |
High-quality, research-based "tips" from CAST regarding
... and an assortment of white papers. |
| CAST Online Courses Links to an external site. |
Courses range in length from 5 to 15 weeks, and course topics include Introduction to Universal Design for Learning, UDL and Math, UDL and ELL, UDL and Affect, and UDL and Science. Self-paced courses (both facilitated and non-facilitated) run continuously throughout the year. |
Tech Tools that may be Adapted Where/When Appropriate
| Type | Software | Description | Officially Supported by OIT? |
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This Wiki links to dozens of web-based tools that may be harnessed to support students in specific skills such as research, graphic organizer creators, and study skills. Some material is more K-12 oriented, but much of it is still effective for higher education contexts. Resources from this source are *not* repeated below. |
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| Screen-Readers |
Recommended. RWG can be used individually by any UTK student or staff member at no additional cost through software download. A free Google Chrome extension Links to an external site. is also available. Consider using RWG to make .mp3 files Links to an external site. from texts proactively. |
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Available somewhat exclusively (at one workstation at Hodges; paid versions available) and thus not ideally for UDL application. JAWS is a well known and powerful screen reader. |
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Designing for Screen Reader Compatibility Links to an external site. |
While not a screenreader application, this website provides excellent ideas for how to create content on web-pages (and on Canvas, by extension) that maximize utility of screen readers. |
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| Student Interaction Links to an external site. | |||
| TurningPoint Cloud (Clickers) is a hybrid polling option that provides secure, centralized, cloud-based management of courses, rosters and assessment data. The hybrid polling option continues to feature desktop polling with a hand-held clicker device and ResponseWare for web-enabled polling via a mobile license and a smartphone, tablet, computer, etc. | Yes | ||
| EdPuzzle transforms video-based learning with interactive tools that engage learners, deepen understanding, and track progress. Teachers, trainers and instructional designers use EdPuzzle to quickly add images, text, and questions to existing online videos. | No | ||
| Quizpedia Links to an external site. | Quizpedia is a tool for making multimedia quizzes which provide instant and detailed analytics. However, what makes it really unique is that it is designed in such a way as to encourage instructors to have students make the quizzes themselves. | No | |
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Kahoot! Works best for in-person/blended learning settings. Students quiz in realtime with engaging competitive features (individuals or teams). It is an excellent tool for review of content/concepts, pre-testing the class, or other informal functions. It provides immediate analytic data. |
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| You can plan events, make a survey or poll, give students a quiz, or collect other information in an easy, streamlined way with Google Forms. You can create a form from Google Drive or from an existing spreadsheet that can record the responses to your form. | Yes | ||
| Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents can be created, edited and stored online. Documents can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and a full-featured Web browser. Users can collaborate on a Google Document in realtime, seeing one another's additions and edits live. (Comparable to Office 365 - Word) | Yes | ||
| Google Slides Links to an external site. | Google Slides is an online presentations app that allows you to show off your work in a visual way. With Google Slides, individuals create and edit presentations. can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and a full-featured Web browser. Users can collaborate on a Google Slides in realtime, seeing one another's additions and edits live. (Comparable to Office 365 - PowerPoint) | Yes | |
| Google Sheets Links to an external site. | Google Sheets is a Web-based application that allows users to create, update and modify spreadsheets and share the data live online. Users can collaborate on a Google Slides in realtime, seeing one another's additions and edits live. (Comparable to Office 365 - Excel) | Yes | |
| Office 365 Word Links to an external site. | Office 365 Word takes the classic word processing platform to the cloud. Individuals may collaborate in real time, easily share, edit and comment on each others' work in a collaborative cloud-baed space. (Comparable to Google Docs) | Yes | |
| Office 365 PowerPoint Links to an external site. | Office 365 PowerPoint takes the classic slideshow platform to the cloud. Individuals may collaborate in real time, easily share, edit and comment on each others' work in a collaborative cloud-baed space. (Comparable to Google Slides) | Yes | |
| Office 365 Excel Links to an external site. | Office 365 Excel takes the classic spreadsheet platform to the cloud. Individuals may collaborate in real time, easily share, edit and comment on each others' work in a collaborative cloud-baed space. (Comparable to Google Sheets) | Yes | |
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Media for Learning Links to an external site.
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TED Links to an external site. | TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Links to an external site. | No Links to an external site. |
| Youtube Links to an external site. | YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones. Youtube also provides opportunity for quickly generating and editing captions. Links to an external site. | Yes Links to an external site. | |
| LinkedIN Learning Links to an external site. |
UTK students, faculty, and staff get full access to online training at linkedINLearning, available 24/7; your private tutor for learning software, programming, business and creative skills, study skills, and so much more. | Yes | |
| Khan Academy Links to an external site. | Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. | No | |
| One of the applications in Office 365. A software package designed to create electronic presentations consisting of a series of separate pages or slides. | Yes | ||
| Keynote Links to an external site. | One of the applications in Apple iWork (desktop/mobile version for OS X / Apple devices only). With its powerful tools and dazzling effects, Keynote makes it easy to create stunning and memorable presentations. And now with the beta release of new collaboration features, instructors and students can work together in real time on a Mac, iPad, or iPhone — even on a PC using iWork for iCloud. | No | |
| MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate – and graduate-level courses online, freely and openly available to anyone, anywhere. | No | ||
| Academic Earth offers free online video lectures from universities such as UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale in the subjects of Astronomy, Biology, ... | No | ||
| Podcasting | Use this screen recorder to record on-screen activity for short tutorials, visual presentations, and communicate while you demonstrate! | No | |
| Create training materials, educational content, product overviews, marketing videos, and more with hundreds of handpicked video elements. | Yes | ||
| Zoom Links to an external site. | Zoom, a cloud-based technology, allows faculty, staff and students to have high-quality interaction in real time from their computers and mobile devices. Zoom's web-based conferencing uses high-quality video and audio and is accessible on MacOS, Windows, iOS and Android mobile devices. Zoom also includes telephone bridging (not toll free), so you can bring in participants via telephone as well. The Zoom recording feature will allow you to save a session for future reference and/or send it to those who are unable to attend. It can also be used to record screencasts and/or tutorials with a digital whiteboard. | Yes | |
| Quicktime Links to an external site. | QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. It can also be used to make screencasts or podcasts. Quicktime is available for both Mac and PC. | No | |
| SoundRecorder Links to an external site. | Sound Recorder is an app for Windows which you can use to record audio for up to three hours per recording file. You can use it side by side with other apps, which allows you to record sound while you continue working on your PC. | No | |
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Captioning |
Amara is a platform that tries to crowd-source all of this work, making it possible for you to set up a system where droves of volunteers help you produce video subtitles for free, without having to download or install anything. | No | |
| Youtube Links to an external site. | YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones. Youtube also provides opportunity for quickly generating and editing captions. Links to an external site. | Yes | |
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Graphic Organizers |
A free web-based mind-mapping tool that is quite simple to learn and use. It enables collaboration and finished maps can be exported as images or embedded directly into Canvas. | No | |
| A very powerful, very beautiful tool for presentations and graphic organization that includes powerful zoom in and out features. Though it is more robust, it is also more difficult to master than the others on this list. Educators may create a free account that includes unlimited prezis (up to 4GB storage quota) and can subscribe to discounted paid membership for more space and options. | Yes | ||
| A brainstorming/mind mapping tool. Users can add documents, images, maps, share with other collaborators. | No | ||
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Draw.io Links to an external site. |
Creates templates that can be collaborated upon in google docs. Dozens of templates for graphic organizers to choose from. | No | |
| Venn Diagram: ReadWriteThink Links to an external site. | This simple tool from Read Write Think enables real-time collaboration in creating venn diagrams which may be saved. | No |
