Community viewing series: Inclusive by design: Advanced UDL strategies for accessible digital course design

Accessible digital course design is often treated as a checklist. True inclusivity requires anticipating learner diversity, addressing barriers, and embedding accessibility from the start.

Grounded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), this session offers advanced, practical strategies through three high-impact approaches:

1. Designing for Cognitive and Neurodiverse Accessibility – Reduce cognitive load, create predictable navigation, and provide flexible interaction paths, supporting learners with ADHD, dyslexia, and executive function challenges
2. Inclusive Media and Interaction Design Beyond Compliance – Move past minimal alt text and captions to create equivalent experiences in multimedia and interactive tools.
3. Building Accessibility into the Institutional Digital Ecosystem – Use templates, review loops, and procurement practices to ensure accessibility is scalable, sustainable, and measurable.

Through practical examples, participants will see tangible benefits—such as fewer accessibility barriers and more streamlined course design—and leave with actionable strategies, tools, and a framework to implement immediately.

Facilitator

Donna Chowdhury

Register here to attend this webinar

Or you may choose to watch, learn, and discuss together and join faculty colleagues in the Library to stream this external workshop as a group. Our Community Viewing series combines professional development with community building - creating space for real-time discussion and shared learning. 

Location

• N2100B, Flex Space
• NW Library