UDL Educator Checklist

The following is the UDL Educator's Checklist that I completed for my lesson Using Dropbox to Store and Share Files.  

Using Dropbox to Store and Share Files (link to lesson)
James Dunn

UDL Guidelines - Educator Checklist
I. Provide Multiple Means of Representation	Your notes
1. Provide options for perception
1.1 Customize the display of information	Feature: Learners will be able to view the presentation live and afterwards via the recording.
1.2 Provide alternatives for auditory information	Feature: Learners will be able to watch a recorded version of the presentation with captions.
1.3 Provide alternatives for visual information	Feature: Learners will be able to listen to a recorded version of the presentation.
2. Provide options for language and symbols
2.1 Define vocabulary and symbols	Barrier: Learners will not have a list of pre-requisite terms in front of them.  A glossary would be helpful.
2.2 Clarify syntax and structure	Feature: The whole lesson is about how to use Dropbox.  The structure of Dropbox is inherently given throughout the lesson.
2.3 Decode text or mathematical notation	Barrier: There is no way to decode text other than for participants to ask for help.  A glossary of pre-requisite terms would be helpful.
2.4 Promote cross-linguistic understanding	Barrier: The entire presentation is in English.  It would be helpful to translate the lesson into other languages.
2.5 Illustrate key concepts non-linguistically	Feature: Learners will watch me go through the steps on the Promethean Board.
3. Provide options for comprehension
3.1 Provide or activate background knowledge	Feature: The Math Department has already completed a Technology Consultation and Questionnaire.  Every teacher has heard of Dropbox, shares files in one way or another, and rated themselves as “average” or “above average” when asked about technology proficiency.
3.2 Highlight critical features, big ideas, and relationships	Feature: The interactive quiz(zes) will highlight the important information.
3.3 Guide information processing	Barrier: This is a stand-alone lesson.  No formal instruction will have occurred before or will occur after.
3.4 Support memory and transfer	Feature: This lesson will lay the groundwork for the Math Department’s new file sharing system.  They will use Dropbox everyday to save, edit, and retrieve files.

II. Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression	Your notes
4. Provide options for physical action
4.1 Provide varied ways to respond	Barrier: Learners must complete the online quiz by answering multiple choice and short response questions.  There is currently not a way built in for them to speak their responses.  Something like this may be helpful.
4.2 Provide varied ways to interact with materials	Feature: Learners will be able to watch the presentation live and later via the recording.
4.3 Integrate assistive technologies	Feature: The entire presentation will be closed-captioned.
5. Provide options for expressive skills and fluency
5.1 Allow choices of media for communication	Barrier: All learner responses will be typed.
5.2 Provide appropriate tools for composition and problem solving	Feature: Learners will create their accounts and begin using Dropbox immediately.  They will also answer questions on a quiz.  I see these tools as “appropriate.”
5.3 Provide ways to scaffold practice and performance	Feature: When learners answer questions incorrectly, the quiz will redirect them to the appropriate section to learn the material in another way.
6. Provide options for executive functions
6.1 Guide effective goal setting	Barrier: It may be a good idea to help learners set goals regarding Dropbox usage and adoption.
6.2 Support planning and strategy development	Barrier: It may be a good idea to help the Math Department create a plan to migrate existing files to Dropbox.
6.3 Facilitate managing information and resources	Feature: The whole lesson is about managing (sharing and accessing) resources.
6.4 Enhance capacity for monitoring progress	Barrier: This lesson is a “one and done” shot.  The learners are not students in a class.

III. Provide Multiple Means of Engagement	Your notes
7. Provide options for recruiting interest
7.1 Increase individual choice and autonomy	Barrier: Learners are being told that they are switching to Dropbox.  While some learners were on the committee to find a file sharing system, the decision is being forced on them.
7.2 Enhance relevance, value and authenticity	Feature: In my demonstration, I will show them specific examples of documents that have been shared with me, documents that I have shared, and documents that I have kept private.  This is an authentic, relevant task.
7.3 Reduce threats and distractions	Barrier: No attempt is made to reduce threats or distractions.  Dropbox’s site is, however, ad-free.
8. Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence
8.1 Heighten salience of goals and objectives	Feature: The objectives are given in writing and orally at the beginning of the lesson.
8.2 Vary levels of challenge and support	Barrier: For this lesson, all learners will be asked to complete the same tasks.
8.3 Foster collaboration and communication	Feature: A part of this lesson requires learners to create a document and share it in one of the shared folders.
8.4 Increase mastery-oriented feedback	Feature: All learners are asked to email themselves their username and password.
9. Provide options for self-regulation
9.1 Guide personal goal-setting and expectations	Barrier: It may be helpful to encourage goals regarding Dropbox usage and adoption.
9.2 Scaffold coping skills and strategies	Barrier: No attempt is made to call learners attention to the help section.  Call their attention to the help section!
9.3 Develop self-assessment and reflection	Feature: Learners were already given a self-assessment questionnaire.