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Designing a Syllabus Template: Meeting University & Accessibility Requirements

Gather tips and best practices for designing a well-organized and complete syllabus. Explore accessibility requirements for making an accessible syllabus. Identify strategies to work with faculty for designing an accessible and effective syllabus.

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Designing a Syllabus Template: Meeting University & Accessibility Requirements

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  1. Designing a Syllabus Template That Meets Both University and Accessibility RequirementsHongyan (Red) YuanAmy Kitchens

  2. Outcomes • Gather tips and best practices for designing a well-organized and complete syllabus • Explore accessibility requirements for making an accessible syllabus • Identify strategies to work with faculty for designing an accessible and effective syllabus

  3. Designing a well-organized and complete syllabus • PSU • Institutional Policy Penn State Senate Policy 43-00 (Syllabus) – legislative • Institution examples, tips, & best practices • Checklist for syllabus content (Schreyer) • Sample syllabus • Building a stellar syllabi • ASU • Institutional Policy • Arizona State University • Sample online syllabus

  4. Accessibility Requirements • MS Word • Add alternate text for images • Using good heading structure • Add meaningful hyperlink text • Use Word’s build-in tools for numbered and bulleted lists • Use tables wisely • Word accessibility checker

  5. Accessibility Requirements • LMS • Penn State • Canvas content page • Arizona State University • Blackboard attached doc and content page

  6. Strategies for Working with Faculty – University Wide • Universal Design for Learning (UDL) • PSU • The Penn State Story • University-wide resources • Faculty Senate Policy 43-00 with syllabus statement examples • accessibility.psu.edu • Providing self-paced online training for staff – ACC 110 Course Accessibility Basics

  7. Strategies for Working with Faculty - Locally • Berks eLearning Academy • Accessible syllabus interaction • Providing accessible syllabus template • Feedback and requests from faculty

  8. Designing a Syllabus That Meets Both University and Accessibility Requirements • Be the super professor and get ready to teach!

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