Learn the Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:32:00 -0400
accessibility, course-design, instructional-technology, udl, universal-design

Free Coursera MOOC - Learn the Basics of Developing an Inclusive & Accessible Course

This 5 week course provides instruction and strategies to support you in developing a course that is inclusive to students with a wide range of abilities, including students with disabilities. We cover effective practices to increase inclusion and avoid some of the common accessibility issues that can arise in an online course.

Note that the free version provides access to all course materials. The only limitation is that you will not be able to submit assignments for grading although you are welcome to view and complete the assignments on your own. The pricing for the certificate version of the course is $49.

More Information & Registration: https://www.coursera.org/learn/inclusive-design

Module Topics

Week 1: Introduction to Course, Demographics, Universal Design

Week 2: Accessible Documents

Week 3: Complex Images, Tables, Graphs

Week 4: Captioning

Week 5: Uncovered Topics, Resources & Review

View full syllabus

Course logo credit: "web accessibility word cloud" by Jill Wright (https://goo.gl/xyUoeU). Copyright - some rights remain. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/