Access to your class syllabus is vital for the success of an ever-evolving diverse population of JMU students. The course syllabus provides a semester roadmap for students and serves as a crucial learning guide both inside and outside of the classroom. In this session, JMU faculty are invited to take an approach based on universal design for learning (UDL) to explore the multiple paths of representation for an inclusive and accessible syllabus. After taking this workshop, you can also request follow-up consultation, co-design, or co-development services to prepare your courses for summer sessions.

Taking this workshop will allow you to:

• Develop appreciation of an accessible syllabus
• Identify design features that enable inclusive access of a course syllabus in digital format
• Evaluate alternative ways of presenting your syllabus to students for inclusive access
• Discuss possible language and directions for responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) to be included in your yllabus 

Facilitators

Abiodun Stephen Ijeluola, Chelsey M. Bahlmann Bollinger, Jessica Lantz, Zhenhuan “Henry” Yang, Nathaniel Taeho Yu, and Juhong Christie Liu

Acknowledgement

Contributions from JMU faculty members, for example, Dayna Henry (Center for Faculty Innovation and CHBS) and Daisy Breneman (Center for Faculty Innovation and CAL/Justice Studies), are greatly appreciated.

Joining this hybrid workshop

This workshop will be hybrid: held both in person in Rose Library Room 3311 and on Zoom.The Zoom link and password will be sent in the registration and reminder emails to all enrolled participants. The email will come from "LibCal." If you choose to attend in person, read about parking near JMU Libraries. 

Schedule note

This workshop will also be offered on February 6 (10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. on Zoom), April 10 (12:45-2 p.m. on Zoom or in Rose 3311), and April 11 (10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. on Zoom). You are invited to choose the one that fits your schedule the best.