The Impact of Visual Content: Meeting the Needs of the Neurodiverse Population - Thursday, July 11 at 11:00 am

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  1. As instructors in higher education, we are asked to meet the learning needs of a wide range of students, including the neurodiverse student population. The Universal Design of Learning framework calls for providing varied course content to achieve that. However, without clear guidelines, this can be daunting, especially for higher education courses that have been traditionally text-heavy by design.
  2. One way to vary course content is to shift some learning content from text to visual content. Visual content can improve student engagement, information retention, and problem-solving skills. 
  3. Increasing visual content in Canvas online courses does not need to be technically challenging and time-consuming. In this session, I highlighted easy-to-use tools that work well in Canvas courses. These tools can help instructors create interactive images, infographics, timelines, and resource organizers that can be linked or embedded on Canvas pages. 

The slides from this session are included in the resources below. I included examples and hints for using the various tools on the Commons site. 

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Presentation Slides

Presentation Resources on Commons