Overview
Would you like to:
- Design your content so that all learners are more successful in your course?
- Retain learners in your course, so they are more likely to complete a program of study?
- Better understand the needs of learners with disabilities in your course?
- Be proactive about course design, so that learners will require very few adaptations when they request an accommodation?
- Learn a few strategies you can apply right away to your course?
- Be the first Penn State campus to make all of your courses designed in this way?
- Obtain a certificate or badge demonstrating this expertise?
Well, the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses (OVPCC) is offering a Top 5 Universal Design Strategy series intended to help you do just that! If you complete five (5) workshops in the series, you can obtain a certificate or badge to document your new skills.
You must complete three (3) core required workshops and choose two (2) electives, for a total of 5, to obtain the certificate/badge. You can complete workshops in any order, but the syllabus workshop is a good recommended starting point.
Registration
To register for a workshop, navigate to that specific workshop page from the list below. If a workshop is full, you can join the waitlist for the next session. New workshops are being developed, so check back for new offerings!
Note: There will be an option to join a faculty circle to continue the discussion after the workshops.
Elective Workshops
Choose two:
- Universal Design Strategies for the In-Person Classroom
- Increasing Learner Success Through Universally Designed Assessments
- Instructional Strategies to Support Invisible Disabilities
- Supporting Learner Success in the Humanities Classroom
- Creating STEM content That All Learners Can Understand
- Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 2
- Creating Universally Designed PDF Documents
Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Jen Wagner at jlw83@psu.edu or call 814-949-5485 at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the program to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.