Suggestions for the first day of class, including how to assess students’ preconceptions about your field and their baseline knowledge of the subject (without making them feel like they’ve already failed a quiz).
Course Design
Inclusive course design is an iterative process that begins with adopting a reflective and equity-minded approach to teaching and learning. An equity-minded approach involves intentionally applying pedagogical strategies to curriculum development and assessment that engage students in meaningful, relevant, and empowering learning experiences as well as identifying and removing barriers to student success.
The last day of class carries outsized importance in both student learning and their lasting impressions of the course. Here we share possible goals for your last day along with sample activities that may help you meet each goal.
Multimodal assessments are alternative, often digital, assessments that allow students to demonstrate skills and knowledge in a new way by presenting them in multiple forms. Multimodal assignments can either stand alone as an independent assessment or ask students to re-envision an existing assignment, like an essay, into a different format, like a podcast or infographic.
Using a template helps you create a Canvas course quickly and efficiently. Developed by Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) and…
Course and university policies you choose to include in your syllabus are an opportunity to develop an inclusive and supportive…
Transparent design principles encourage instructors to reflect on how and why they are teaching specific subjects and, more importantly, to…
The UDL Guidelines operate as a tool for implementing inclusive teaching practices, particularly by encouraging instructors to provide multiple ways…
These resources compile information related to course design, assessment, active learning, and inclusive teaching. In them you will find ideas…