ADCET UDL Symposium: Designing Academic Integrity for All - A UDL Journey in Building an Inclusive Academic Integrity Module
Pre-recorded Gallery Presentation
Mandatory academic integrity modules are often compliance-focused, text-heavy, and difficult for diverse learners to navigate. At Griffith University, a cross-functional team of Learning Advisers, Librarians, and a Digital Capability Adviser undertook a redesign of a compulsory Academic Integrity module guided by Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to reduce barriers and better support learner variability, recognising that students engage with academic integrity concepts in different ways and require multiple pathways to understanding.
The gallery video presentation will share our UDL design journey, highlighting how accessibility and inclusion were embedded through early collaboration with Disability Services rather than retrofitted. The module was intentionally developed to support both scaffolded and self-guided learning, enabling students to move through content at their own pace while building understanding through progressively structured activities.
Key design features include Auslan interpretation, high-contrast visual design, accessible H5P elements, and responsive layouts that enable seamless use across desktop and mobile devices. Authentic case studies contextualise academic integrity challenges and encourage students to apply principles in realistic scenarios, providing multiple pathways for engagement and meaning-making. In 2025-26, the module recorded 24,830 student completions, highlighting its scale and impact as an accessible, institution-wide resource supporting academic integrity learning.
The gallery artefact will take the form of a short video presentation offering a visual walkthrough of the module and the decisions that shaped its development. The goal is to illustrate how UDL-informed design can transform mandatory institutional resources into accessible, engaging learning experiences that support learner agency, flexible pathways to understanding, and academic success at scale.
Presenters
Ameeta Prakash, Jennifer Kemp Smith and Margaret Hunn are experienced learning and digital capability advisers at Griffith University. Collectively, they bring over two decades of expertise in higher education teaching, academic skills development, and student support. Their professional interests span digital and information literacy, data literacy, academic writing, and the ethical use of educational technologies. They are particularly focused on supporting students to develop transferable skills and to communicate research effectively to diverse audiences. Together, they have contributed to scholarly publications and conference presentations on embedded information literacy and digitally enabled learning in higher education.
(June 2026)