Inclusive Teaching
Students at the Commonwealth Campuses have diverse social identities, backgrounds, language competencies, and geographical regions. Teaching inclusively can help your students feel valued and valued while giving them equitable opportunities to learn and demonstrate their knowledge.
Explore this collection of resources to help you integrate inclusive teaching techniques and ideas into your courses.
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Creating Universally Designed PDF Documents
This workshop is part of the Top 5 Universal Design for Learning Strategy series. By completing the Top 5 UDL series, you can obtain a certificate or badge recognizing your accomplishments. For more i...
Creating Universally Designed PDF Documents
Do you have PDF documents in your course that are articles from publishers? Have you ever scanned pages from a book to make sure students did not need to buy the entire book? Do you create content...
Creating Universally Designed PDF Documents
Do you have PDF documents in your course that are articles from publishers? Have you ever scanned pages from a book to make sure students did not need to buy the entire book? Do you create content...
Ensuring our Videos and Live Events are Universally Designed
Instructional videos can be a powerful way to convey content to students. Additionally, live events that occur on campus can be incredible for engaging the campus community. We have a commitment to o...
Ensuring our Videos and Live Events are Universally Designed
Instructional videos can be a powerful way to convey content to students. Additionally, live events that occur on campus can be incredible for engaging the campus community. We have a commitment to o...
Considering the Big Picture When Using Visuals in the Classroom
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What if a learner can not see that picture? How do they understand the idea? What if the visual is a complex graphic or map? How do learners know what...
Designing Course Videos to Engage All Audiences
Using instructional video can increase learner engagement with course material. Video can provide alternatives for representing ideas to students, add relevance and value, and provide options to lear...
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 2
This workshop is part of the Top 5 Universal Design for Learning Strategy series. By completing the Top 5 UDL series, you can obtain a certificate or badge recognizing your accomplishments. For more i...
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 2
A key component of learner success is course content that learners can easily consume. By considering the design of course content in Canvas, faculty can significantly affect how successful learners...
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 2
A key component of learner success is course content that learners can easily consume. By considering the design of course content in Canvas, faculty can significantly affect how successful learners...
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 1
A key component of learner success is course content that learners can easily navigate. By considering the design of course content in Canvas, faculty can significantly affect how successful learners...
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Did you know that the majority of disabled learners in your classroom have invisible disabilities that you can not see? The fantastic thing is that the recommended strategies to reach these disabled...
Top 5 Universal Design for Learning Badge
Description Earn the distinguished "Top 5 Universal Design for Learning” badge by demonstrating your commitment to fostering an inclusive and equitable learning environment that empowers all learners...
Faculty Pop-Up Training Series: AI Tools
Explore several Artificial Intelligence tools to consider how you might encourage or discourage student use.
Faculty Pop-Up Training Series: AI Literacy Canvas Modules
Tour Penn State’s Canvas Module on Artificial Intelligence. This student-focused material can be imported into any course.
Faculty Pop-Up Training Series: Digital Whiteboards
Discover innovative ways to engage with your students using digital whiteboards in Microsoft or Zoom.
Faculty Pop-Up Training Series: Accessibility Tools
Learn about the latest accessibility features to create an inclusive learning environment for all students.
Universal Design Strategies for the In-Person Classroom
Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Representation, Engagement & Action and Expression When we deliver in-person courses, we often consider what content we need to cover, how we will con...
Universal Design Strategies for the In-Person Classroom
Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Representation, Engagement & Action and Expression When we deliver in-person courses, we often consider what content we need to cover, how we will con...