🎯 Learning Intention

I will organize, validate, and analyze my team’s field data to evaluate how well our campus supports accessibility and Universal Design principles.

✅ Success Criteria

• I can identify and correct errors or inconsistencies in our GIS data.
• I can tag features with meaningful Universal Design notes.
• I can explain how the data reveals patterns of inclusion or barriers on campus.

🌍 Why We’re Learning This

GIS isn’t just about maps — it’s about systems that reflect people’s experiences.

By visualizing accessibility, we practice ethical design: using data to improve how spaces work for everyone.

⏰ Warm-Up (10 min)

“Think about the last time you saw someone struggle to move through a public space.

What part of that environment could have been designed better?”

Students share one quick example (ramps, doors, signage, lighting).

Then review Universal Design principles: equitable use, flexibility, simplicity, perceptibility, tolerance for error, low effort, and space for approach.

🧠 Mini-Lesson (15 min) — Data Quality + Universal Design in GIS

1. Open your Accessibility Field Map or QuickCapture layer in ArcGIS Online.
2. Instructor demo: how to
   • Spot duplicate or incomplete records.
   • Edit attribute tables (category, condition, description).
   • Add a Universal Design Notes field if missing.
3. Connect each data type to a design principle.
   • Lighting → Perceptible Information
   • Ramp slope → Low Physical Effort
   • Signage → Simple & Intuitive Use
   • Door width → Size & Space for Approach