The Peralta Equity Rubric is a research-based course (re)design evaluation instrument to help teachers make online course experiences more equitable for all students. The rubric’s criteria include: addressing students’ access to technology and different types of support (both academic and non-academic); increasing the visibility of the instructor’s commitment to inclusion; addressing common forms of bias (e.g., implicit bias, image and representation bias, interaction bias); helping students make connections (e.g., between course topics and their lives; with the other students); and following universal design for learning principles.
The Peralta Equity Training is a professional development course. The Peralta DE Team created 8 training modules–one to address each rubric criterion–that follow the same pattern:
Learn: Review what each criterion is, why it matters, and how to address it.
Analyze: Explore a sample course element to determine which equity rubric criteria it addresses and to discuss how to make it better.
Build: Create your own materials, activities, or course elements to address equity issues in your own courses.
You may download the Online Equity Training course from the Canvas Commons, either from your campus implementation or the Instructure Canvas Commons site. (NOTE: Enter the keyword ‘equity’ in the Canvas Commons search box.)
If you have comments or questions about the Equity Training, contact dekici@peralta.edu or equity@peralta.edu