4.3 Peralta Online Equity Rubric

The Peralta Equity Rubric Links to an external site. is a research-based course (re)design evaluation instrument to help instructors make online course experiences more equitable for all students.

The Equity Rubric is designed to be used in conjunction with the OEI Course Design Rubric.  The Peralta Equity Rubric’s criteria are as follows.

• E1: Technology: Assessing students’ access to technology in the course.
• E2: Student Resources and Support: Assessing students’ access to different types of support (both academic and non-academic) in the course.
• E3: Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Assessing how well the course follows universal design for learning principles.
• E4: Diversity and Inclusion: Assessing the course and instructor’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• E5: Images and representation: Assessing image and representation bias in the course.
• E6: Human Bias: Assessing implicit bias and interaction bias in the course.
• E7: Content Meaning: Assessing content and its meaning in the course.
• E8: Connection and Belonging: Assessing how well the course helps students make connections (e.g., between course topics and their lives; with the other students).