In April 2024, HCDE instructors Sarah Coppola and Sourojit Ghosh led a community workshop on adapting visually-based courses for blind and low-vision students.

In the workshop, Coppola and Ghosh overview best practices around creating accessible course content, the basics of universal design for learning and instruction (UDL/UDI), configuring courses for hybrid and hyflex learning, and share specific adaptations they made adapting a design course for blind and low-vision students. The session concludes with a group activity to crowdsource ways instructors can bring to their classes to make them more inclusive.

Workshop leaders

	Sarah Coppola Dr. Sarah Coppola is an assistant teaching professor in HCDE and has a background in mechanical engineering, human factors engineering, and ergonomics. In HCDE, Coppola has led courses on user-centered design and inclusive design.
	Sourojit Ghosh Sourojit Ghosh is a fourth-year PhD candidate in HCDE and has experience teaching several HCDE courses and adapting them for different needs. In his PhD studies, Ghosh researches generative AI and the ways in which it may produce harmful outputs.