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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the Syllabus

The syllabus is a reflection of one's course design and a powerful tool for defining the context of learning in your course. These Universal Design for Learning (UDL) resources help you create a more accessible and inclusive syllabus that reduces learning barriers and welcomes learner variability.

Learners and Learning

Updated: January 2025

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UDL Syllabus

This resource contains information about developing a UDL syllabus and provides examples highlighting UDL considerations.

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Six Principles of an Inclusive Syllabus Design

This ThinkUDL podcast episode with Kirsten Helmer discusses the six intersecting principles that serve as a scaffolding framework for the (re)design of syllabi. Listen to the episode or read the transcript.

Think UDL Podcast

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Accessible Syllabus: Image, Text, Rhetoric, Policy

This website offers guidance and resources for designing an accessible syllabus that promotes student engagement and agency.

Accessible Syllabus Team

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Applying UDL Principles to Syllabus Design Elements

This webpage identifies several major elements of a syllabus and corresponding UDL considerations that result in a syllabus that better communicates to and supports all learners.

University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

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Diving In to Creating a More Inclusive Syllabus

This resource is divided into three sections based on how deeply you wish to "dive in" to create a more inclusive syllabus at the present moment.

University of Manitoba The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

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12 Strategies for Making Your Syllabus More Inclusive

This website offers 12 strategies with accompanying examples to help you make your syllabus more inclusive immediately and over time. See the "Further Reading" sections for scholarship on accessible syllabi.

University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science Instructional Design Collaborative

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UDL Syllabus

Six Principles of an Inclusive Syllabus Design

Accessible Syllabus: Image, Text, Rhetoric, Policy

Applying UDL Principles to Syllabus Design Elements

Diving In to Creating a More Inclusive Syllabus

12 Strategies for Making Your Syllabus More Inclusive

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