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Design a Class
Begin with the End in Mind
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Create or Modify a Syllabus
4 Articles
Develop Class Content and Activities
4 Articles
Structure a Course
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Explore Backward Design
Backward design is a very useful model for designing courses for face-to-face, hybrid. or online settings. Wiggins and McTighe, in...
Connect Learning Outcomes and Backward Design
Compare Learning Outcome Models Wiggins and McTighe’s (2005) backward design model “Understanding by Design” also includes a taxonomy that integrates cognitive, affective,...
Structure Your Course
If you’re to the putting it together stage we’re going to presume you already have the following: Clear and measurable learning outcomes Assessments that...
Communicating Your Plan and Intentions
For a student, the beginning of a new semester can be both exciting to start fresh and frightening to not...
Use Flexible Canvas Course Templates
Teaching + Learning has designed and built course templates that incorporate principles from James Lang’s “Small Teaching” and a Flipped...
The Purpose and Structure of a Syllabus
A syllabus is both a map of your course and an agreement between you and your students. It’s a resource...
An Approachable Syllabus Writing Style
A syllabus serves many functions in a class. In The Course Syllabus: A Learning Centered Approach (2008, 2nd Ed.) Judith Grunert O’Brien,...
Develop or Revisit Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes guide your course design. They are the destinations on your course map. Once you know where you’re going, the...
Gather, Make and Structure Content
As you design your course based on your desired learning outcomes, it is important to think through what parts of...
Explore New Content Sources
It is usually easier to adapt or use existing materials than it is to design your own materials from scratch....
Design Active Learning Experiences
In the framework of Backwards Design, learning activities include any type of activity that students undertake to work with the...
Types of Teaching Presence
Teaching presence includes both the planning and forethought that go into building your course and what you do “in the...
Cognitive and Social Presence
Cognitive presence is central to successful student learning. The quality of cognitive presence reflects the quality and quantity of critical...
Communicating with Your Students
Communicating with your students is the core of an online class. Active and timely communication supports teaching presence and when...
Plan Your Course Outcomes, Activities, and Student Workload
The first step in creating/recreating your course is to establish or revisit the learning outcomes of the course. Establish Learning...
Decisions Regarding Recording Zoom Sessions
Recordings of live Zoom sessions are sometimes used to allow students to watch a missed class session, to review an...
Copy Your 8/2 Template Course and Change it to 8/1
This resource gives guidance on how to copy your 8/2 live session Template Course into another shell and then change...
Copy Your 8/2 Template Course and Change it to Asynch Online
This resource gives guidance on how to copy your 8/2 live session Template Course into another shell and then change...
Copy Your 8/2 Template Course and Change it to 16/1
This resource gives guidance on how to copy your 8/2 live session Template Course into another shell and then change...
Copy Your 8/2 Template Course and Change it to 16/2
This resource gives guidance on how to copy your 8/2 live session Template Course into another shell and then change...