{"id":43,"date":"2020-07-13T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/cdr\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2022-04-05T19:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:07:50","slug":"design-consistency-and-access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/cdr\/module1\/design-consistency-and-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Design, Consistency, and Access"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Stacey M Johnson<\/strong>, Assistant Director for Educational Technology, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching, and Rhett McDaniel<\/strong>, Director of Instructional Technology and Online Course Development, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n

Cite this guide: <\/strong>Johnson, S.M., & McDaniel, R. (2020). Design, Consistency, and Access.\u00a0<\/em>Vanderbilt University Course Development Resources.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/cdr\/module1\/design-consistency-and-access\/<\/h2>\n

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Building on previous sections, the next consideration is the collection of design choices that affect our students’ experience. When students encounter our modules, will they be able to navigate and make sense of the structures we have put in place?<\/p>\n

As instructors putting our course content online, we make a few big choices about module design as well as a host of tiny ones, perhaps without even realizing it! Two elements to consider as we make those choices are consistency<\/strong> and access<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ACCESS<\/h4>\n

As we build our modules and make design choices, we’re going to try to approach that work from the perspective of Universal Design for Learning, or UDL.<\/p>\n

Watch this short video about UDL from our colleagues at AHEAD Ireland.<\/p>\n