Ask LUDIAAbout This Choice Board
This choice board works like a jigsaw. Everyone starts with the same centre piece, then picks one more. At the end, each person brings their piece back to the group.
How It Works
- Step 1Start HereEveryone does the Starting Point Walkthrough.
- Step 2Pick a PieceEach person or group picks one of the four pieces. Two groups can pick the same one.
- Step 3Set a TimeAgree on when to meet again.
- Step 4Come Back TogetherShare what you found, using three questions.
Use the board right here on this page, or print the PDF. Each piece works alone or in a group. Giving people a choice connects to consideration 7.1 in the CAST UDL Guidelines: Optimize choice and autonomy.
The Board
Start with the centre piece. Then pick one more.
Start Here: Starting Point Walkthrough
Pick a space or practice you know well, like your classroom or a staff meeting.
Try This
- Open the Accessibility Starting Point Guide that fits your work.
- Read it while you picture that space or practice.
- Write down three barriers you notice.
Piece 1: POUR Barrier Sort
Sort 12 everyday barriers by the four POUR principles. After each one, you see a way to reduce it.
Try This
- Sort five or more barriers.
- Pick the one closest to a barrier on your list.
- Write one change that would reduce it.
Open the activity: POUR Barrier SortDownload PDF (5 pages, 192 KB): POUR Barrier Sort
Piece 2: UDL Access Crosswalk
A one-page chart of pathway 3 resources, sorted under the three UDL principles.
Try This
- Choose one principle: Engagement, Representation, or Action and Expression.
- Read the resources listed under it.
- Open one and choose an idea to try.
Open the crosswalk: UDL Access CrosswalkDownload PDF (1 page, 133 KB): UDL Access Crosswalk
Piece 3: Easy Read Design
See how the Easy Read guide to this collection was made. Then plan one for your school.
Try This
- Open the Easy Read guide to this collection. Notice the short sentences and one picture per idea.
- Skim Information for All, the Inclusion Europe Easy Read guidelines.
- Pick a resource from your school to offer in Easy Read too. Who in your community would it help?
- Check your draft with Hemingway Editor. It marks long sentences and hard words.
Open the Easy Read guide: Easy Read DesignInclusion Europe guidelines: Easy Read Design (opens in a new tab)Hemingway Editor: Readability Checker: Easy Read Design
Piece 4: No-Cost Digital Resource Riddle Hunt
Solve rhyming riddles. Each answer is a no-cost digital tool, and each hunt hides a secret word.
Try This
- Solve one riddle hunt.
- Choose a tool you found.
- Try it with something you need this week.
Open the activity: No-Cost Digital Resource Riddle HuntDownload PDF (6 pages, 165 KB): No-Cost Digital Resource Riddle Hunt
Come Back Together
When time is up, meet again. Go around the group and answer these three questions.
- Question 1What did you find?
- Question 2How does it connect to the three barriers you wrote down?
- Question 3What will you try, and who will it help?
Plan any change with the people it is for. Learn more in Nothing About Us Without Us.
CAST (2024). CAST Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 3.0. Retrieved from https://udlguidelines.cast.org (opens in a new tab)