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Listing Activity—Do and ConnectFor this activity, you will find many best practices for UDL. You will read the list and decide what categories of learning objects they pertain to (not limited to syllabi, text documents, videos, audio files, spreadsheet files, PowerPoint files, assessments, activities, websites, course website in the learning management system), and list them. Note: each item may appear in more than one category. Also, please summarize how you decided on these categories and which items go into them.Available open access or low cost?Available in multiple formats in advance of class to all students (large print, audio, Braille, DAISY/NIMAS, etc.)?Adhere to the guidelines of the Accessible Syllabus Project ()?Provide clear headings?Present information such as grading schemas as both pie charts and percentages?Present students with rubrics for the course?Outline clear goals and expectations for the course?Provide clear due dates and exam dates?Provide an accessibility statement?Describe the location of URLs? Does it make clear if it will open in a new window?Use bullet points to organize non-hierarchical lists and numbers to organize hierarchical lists?Do they meet the guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative ()?Are they OCR compatible?Do the hyperlinks explain what the link is for?Is there a note that the link will open a new webpage?Are there alternatives for visual or aural material?Can the pages be navigated without a mouse (with only keyboard controls, for instance)?Does the item lack flashing content to avoid inducing seizures?Are my files available in multiple formats?Have my files been run through Microsoft Office’s accessibility checker?Are my hard copy handouts available in large print and digitally?Are my files organized in a logical and clear manner?Is there enough white space so both humans and screen reader can read and navigate easily?If a background issue, is there color contrast between the text and background?Are text colors chosen carefully?Are red and green avoided?Did I decode the use of colors through text or symbols?Is the layout uncrowded?Does the content appear in a predictable way?Did I create the document using Microsoft Word’s Styles function?Are the fonts easy to read?Are the line lengths short?Is there a navigable table of contents for long documents?Use bullet points to organize non-hierarchical lists and numbers to organize hierarchical lists?Are my documents available also in the Comic Sans, OpenDyslexic, or Dyslexie font?Are numbers also written out in words?Is spacing at 1.5 lines?Are text boxes, animations, automatic slide transitions and timings, hyperlinks, and navigations avoided?Are URLs placed in sentence context? Does it make clear if it will open in a new window?Equally easy to read on phones, tablets, and computers?Available with easily accessed transcripts?Are transcripts for narrated PowerPoints placed in the notes box of the corresponding slide?Available in XML format?Available in Braille music notation?Also available as recordings or MIDI files?Are all the videos captioned?Are all visual items described in text and captioned appropriately?Are all images in-line with the text?Are all visual objects integral to the content described using Alt-Text?Are all decorative objects described using null Alt-Text?Do the videos lack flashing content or looping to avoid inducing seizures?Are all animations removed?Can videos be adjusted by the watcher to watch at a slower or faster frame rate?Are the tables captioned and with headers explaining/summarizing the information?Is my large table broken into smaller tables?Did I run the files run through the accessibility checker (i.e., Canvas accessibility gauge)?If they did not pass the accessibility check, have I made modifications for them to pass?Did I hide the features and tabs that will not be used?Provide multiple means of engagement (visual, verbal, aural, tactile, multimedia, etc.)?Provide multiple means of representation (visual, verbal, aural, tactile, multimedia, etc.)?Provide multiple means of action and expression?Allow for modifications based on learner need?Allow for those with mobility aids or assistive devices to fully participate?Come with clear instructions?Allow the students a choice of assignments?Allow the students to decide what medium to use?Occur in a distraction-free environment (testing)?Contain scaffolding?Contain opportunities for both summative and formative evaluation?Allow students to see examples of assignments with different grades?Come with rubrics in advance of their due date?Jargon-free (or at least the jargon is defined first)?Provided with symbols or notations that are decoded, clarified, and explained?Simple and concise?Are emojis or other visual icons used to help convey emotion or good/bad? ................
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