The guides below cover a variety of topics important to our work. In each guide, we highlight connections between evidence-backed practices and our teaching, learning, and technology ecosystem within L&S.
Making Lectures More Interactive
See strategies for interactivity and examples of how instructors across L&S disciplines can add interactivity to their lectures.
Using Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
Consider working with, instead of against, AI in your classroom. Read others’ ideas for how you and your students might use AI in service of learning goals and contribute your own ideas.
More Transparent Canvas Assignments & Grading
Transparent assignments and grading practices make expectations clear to all students. See simple tips to make sure your Canvas Assignments and grading practices are as clear as possible to your students.
Interpreting Student Feedback
Whether you’re reviewing student feedback during or after a semester, using a few strategies can make this process less stressful and more valuable.
Writing Learning Goals
Review examples, tips, and taxonomies for writing or revising your learning goals. Clear Program Outcomes, Course Outcomes, and unit- or activity-level objectives benefit both instructors and students.
Make Your Syllabus More Inclusive
A syllabus is one of the first ways students experience your course. Review 12 evidence-based ideas for making your syllabus more inclusive, and choose 1 or 2 to try now.
Canvas Course Orientation 2.0
Building on our course orientation from 2020, this new template version aligns with recommendations for creating a more inclusive classroom environment. Course orientations can help students in in-person, blended, or online courses be ready to start the semester.
Past Features
Awarding Extra Credit in Canvas
Instructors often want to incorporate extra credit at the end of the semester. See our recommendations for the best way to integrate extra credit into your existing Canvas grading arrangement.
Mid-Semester Feedback
Implementing a short survey in the middle of the semester is a way to gather qualitative information from your students beyond assignments and grades to ensure success in the second half of the semester.
Absorb, Do, Connect Framework
This framework from William Horton can help guide activity design, creating a course rhythm, and other decisions in structuring active learning.
Our OUD Course Design Process
If you will be working with an IDC designer on a new course for an Online Undergraduate Degree Program, this Orientation is a great way to learn more about our process and is an essential part of onboarding.
Remote Teaching Resources
Two toolkits, created in 2020 and 2021, provide foundational resources for instructors teaching remotely. Access these for Canvas templates, design documents, and technology recommendations.