Seeing your course and materials from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with your content and organizational structure can help you to clarify important instructions and emphasize important concepts. Having someone else […]
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Improve Accessibility in Your Courses
By employing a few simple techniques when creating your courses and materials that maximize accessibility, you won’t be scrambling when a student needs an accommodation, because you will have done most of […]
Explore Tools for Interactive Teaching and Learning
It is tempting to fall into the habit of thinking that you have to use a lot of complicated technological tools to provide opportunities for meaningful active learning. You can […]
Using Video in Your Classes
You may ask yourself, ‘How should I do videos?’ The answer is, ‘it depends’. It depends on your learning objectives, your content, your activities, and your students. If you want […]
Make Videos That Students Engage With
While making even basic webcam video can be a scary process for some, personal video shows students that their instructor is an “active participant in the presentation of new material rather […]
Explore Canvas Basics
As a faculty member it is a good idea to make yourself familiar with Canvas so you can know what tools are available to you as you build your courses. […]
Assess Student Learning in Canvas
It is recommended that Canvas be used for all assignments and grading for your courses. Consistent use of these tools across all courses will help students be as successful as […]
Create and Organize Your Content in Canvas
There are a lot of excellent tools in Canvas to help you engage your students both inside and outside your classroom. Creating and organizing your content is much easier when […]
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 earlier session, or shared with a future class. Depending on […]
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 Outcomes Writing measurable learning outcomes for your course, module/unit, and […]