Choice Board Designer

Topic 1 on UDL Resources: an article and two posters about why UDL matters and what it is. Open in a new tab: Why UDL and What Is UDL?

Topic 2 on UDL Resources: a quick tour of the UDL Guidelines, the Access row and the UDL Gears. Open in a new tab: The UDL Guidelines: A Scaffold, Not a Checklist

Topic 3 on UDL Resources: design with LUDIA, start with goals, and find the barriers in the design. Open in a new tab: Design with UDL: Goals and Barriers

Six short parts with Beth Stark as your guide. About 30 minutes, at your own pace. Open in a new tab: UDL Resources: A Guided Tour

An article about where the idea of the average came from and why UDL starts with variability. Open in a new tab: Who Is Martha Skidmore?

A poster that connects learner agency, the goal of UDL, to the brain networks and the UDL principles. Open in a new tab: Why UDL? The Goal of UDL Is Learner Agency

A poster that names five things we mean when we talk about Universal Design for Learning. Open in a new tab: What We're Really Talking About When We're Talking About UDL

The three principles, nine guidelines and 36 considerations of the CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0, with links to CAST and to resources on this site. Source: CAST UDL Guidelines version 3.0 (CAST, 2024). The principle, guideline and consideration names are CAST's own words. The UDL Guidelines are © CAST. Open in a new tab: UDL Guidelines Explorer

An abridged poster of the CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0. It focuses on the Access row: Welcoming Interests & Identities, Perception, and Interaction. Source: CAST UDL Guidelines version 3.0 (CAST, 2024). The UDL Guidelines are © CAST. Open in a new tab: Prioritizing Access: Creating the Conditions for Learner Agency

Goals, assessment, methods and materials: what each one is, what UDL asks of it, and questions to ask about your own design. Open in a new tab: The Four Design Elements

Flexible verbs for writing learning goals that leave room for more than one way to show learning, and inflexible verbs to avoid in goals. Verb lists shared with permission from Dr. Patti Kelly Ralabate, author of Your UDL Lesson Planner (2016). Open in a new tab: Flexible Verbs for Crafting Goals

Sort 20 cards, ten at a time. Each answer explains why the card is a barrier in the design or an important factor. Open in a new tab: Barrier or Important Factor? Card Sort

One barrier example with its clues, ways to reduce it, and the UDL Guidelines and Considerations behind it. Open in a new tab: The Barrier Is in the Design: A Sample

Three professional learning routines for your next staff meeting or UDL professional learning community (PLC), with accessible slides. Open in a new tab: The Barrier Is in the Design: Three Starting Points

Two short reads from the UDL Essentials LiveBinder. Each summarises a CAST webinar on the UDL Guidelines 3.0, with questions to ask about your own design. Short reads from the UDL Essentials LiveBinder by Beth Stark and Dr. Loui Lord Nelson. Open in a new tab: Addressing Bias and Designing for Identity

A self-paced guide to the accessibility collection, with Beth Stark as your guide. About 30 to 45 minutes. No sign-in, no tests, no scores. Open in a new tab: Aiming for ALL: A Guided Tour

Learn why accessibility matters for everyone. Open in a new tab: What About Curb Cuts?

Learn how accessibility honours our human rights. Open in a new tab: Foundations

Discover ways to make school and school life accessible. Open in a new tab: Accessibility for Learning Communities

Learn about putting access for everyone at the centre of learning. Open in a new tab: Critical Frameworks and Curriculum Resources

Choose an online accessibility course that is right for you. Open in a new tab: No-Cost Courses

Try no-cost tools that support accessibility. Open in a new tab: No-Cost Digital Resources

Read 12 everyday barriers. Sort each one by the four POUR principles, then see a way to reduce it. Open in a new tab: POUR Barrier Sort

Solve rhyming riddles to find the tools in pathway 6. Each hunt hides a secret word. Open in a new tab: No-Cost Digital Resource Riddle Hunt

A five-piece jigsaw. Everyone starts with the centre piece, then picks one more and shares it with the group. Open in a new tab: Jigsaw Professional Learning Choice Board

Pathway 3 resources under the CAST UDL Guidelines Access considerations. Open in a new tab: UDL Access and Aiming for ALL Crosswalk

The collection in short sentences and pictures. Open in a new tab: Easy Read Guide

The acronyms, organisations and key terms used across the collection, grouped by pathway. Open in a new tab: Glossary by Pathway

Think through UDL with LUDIA for your own class, school and learners. No account is needed. By Beth Stark and Jérémie Rostan. Open in a new tab: Meet LUDIA

Recognition, research, articles, school stories, videos and podcasts about Beth Stark's work with UDL and LUDIA. Open in a new tab: Articles & Media