UDC Services
- Consultation on how instructional materials may be structured or organized to be accessible and usable to individuals with various processing styles and physical differences.
- Training for web content editing staff supporting administrative websites in accessibility and usability.
- Training on website creation for faculty web pages and course syllabi pages using web templates or the web generator tools.
- Training to web developers on how to design-in and evaluate accessibility and usability for websites and applications in compliance with AccessibleTechnology Initative (ATI) related policies.
- Respond to questions related to accessibility and usability policies.
New ATI Coded Memo
Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Coded Memo - Issued January 29, 2013
Best Practices
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Web Site Functionality (DOCX, 80KB)
Technical Solutions
Title Attribute Accessibility (DOCX, 805KB)
Training and Collaboration Opportunities
The UDC staff is available to train individuals, groups and departments in Universal Design techniques and share ideas about business processes that support these efforts.
IT Training Calendar
Academic Technology
Provost Hellenbrand
Universal Design Center
© 2012 Universal Design Center Brochure (PDF)
Principles of Universal Design provide a framework for designing curricula that enables all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. Universal Design provides support for learning and reduces barriers to the curriculum while maintaining high achievement standards for all (CAST, 2009).
How does Universal Design relate to ATI?
The principles of Universal Design are based on teaching to all students regardless of their individual processing styles or characteristics. Disability is just one of many characteristics that an individual may possess. Designing ways to access information and technology in a fashion that is useable to everyone helps support the California State University's (CSU) ongoing commitment to provide access for individuals with disabilities. More information can be found at The Trace Center's Accessibility/Universal Design Information.
Universal Design Center Mission
Our goal is to assist the campus community to create pathways for individuals to learn, communicate, and share via information technology, regardless of their individual learning and processing styles, or physical characteristics. Based on designing-in interoperability, usability, and accessibility.
Accessibility Statement
The Universal Design Center is committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone. This website complies with standards defined by Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.
The Universal Design Center's website is tested regularly to identify any issues. Our current accessibility features include:
- Alternative text descriptions for non-text elements.
- Structural markup to identify headings.
- Lists are used to simplifying the web page.
- Association of forms with labels.
- Association of all data cells in a data table with their headers.
- Style sheets to enhance the appearance and functionality of the site.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact the Universal Design Center, as we are continually striving to improve this site for all users.
CSU ATI Mission
CSU Accessible Technology Initiative
Academic Web Page Generator Pilots
The Academic Web Page Generator are in the pilot phase of development. If you would like to use the generators, please select the links below and let us know if you have any questions or need assistance.
At this time Internet Explore is not compatible with the generators. The generators currently work in Safari and Firefox. We expect to resolve the Internet Explorer issue soon.
Contact Us
- Email: Universal.Design@csun.edu
- Phone: 1 (818) 677-5898
- Location: Oviatt 05