What is the hidden curriculum? The “hidden curriculum” or “invisible curriculum” refers to the unstated norms, policies, and expectations that students need to know to succeed in higher education but are often not taught explicitly. Your students might not know how to do things that seem quite rote and standard to someone more experienced, like… Read more »
Entries by Madeleine Gonin, Mary Helen Truglia, Sarah Pedzinski and Sean Sidky
Quick Tip: Get your gradebook ready for submitting final grades
It is almost time to submit your final grades. Here are a few steps you can take to get ready and to make sure your students are seeing accurate grades. Options for handling missing grades Excuse an assignment by typing EX in the gradebook cell. Enter a zero for a missing grade. Apart from manually… Read more »
Quick Tip: Oh no! I accidentally deleted something from my Canvas course!
Did you know there is a feature in Canvas that allows you to restore deleted items in your Canvas site? To see a list of all the items that you can restore, simply add “/undelete” to the end of your course URL that appears on your Home page. It will look something like this: https://iu.instructure.com/courses/1234567/undelete…. Read more »
Use CATME to Support Team Projects
This is an update to a 2018 post, with new details about ordering CATME through the IU eText program. Do you suspect some of your student teams are not performing at their best? Are your students reporting that they cannot find a time to meet with their group members? Are some complaining that not everyone… Read more »
Tips for Instructors of Large Multi-section Courses
A new instructor recently asked us for general tips and advice for teaching large multi-section courses. I reached out to our seasoned instructors and here’s what they passed on. First steps The main thing that comes to mind is to always keep the scale in mind. Otherwise it can become totally overwhelming! Take time to… Read more »
Strategies for Handling Absences in Labs
We know that instructors (and their students) are concerned about making up missed classes. This is particularly true for lab courses where it is not always easy to provide students with extra opportunities to complete missed labs and/or for students to take advantage of them. We have asked several IU lab instructors, as well as… Read more »