Before you start recording your lectures to PowerPoint, future proof your slide decks by making sure they are fully accessible. Open your PowerPoint and click on the Review tab. Next, look for the “Check Accessibilty” button in the Review tab ribbon. Go on, click it! It will open a panel on the right-hand side of… Read more »
This post was written by the CITL’s Madeleine Gonin and Emily Esola from the Kelley School of Business Introduction by Madeleine Gonin I have invited Emily Esola to share her approaches and experiences with writing inclusive syllabi. Emily and I will be co-facilitating a workshop on December 17 and January 8 where we will take… Read more »
One of the questions I receive most often as an Instructional Consultant is about office hours. Students are struggling with coursework, but they are not coming to office hours. Instructors are teaching large classes and would love to get to know their students more, but students are not coming to office hours. Students are missing… Read more »
When I was teaching introductory composition, my students often warned me early in the term that they were “bad at writing,” or “just not that good at English.” These statements were frustrating—who wants to begin a semester with unenthusiastic students? However, they also demonstrated a prevalence of what psychologist Carol Dweck dubs as the “fixed… Read more »
All IU campuses now have access to the 3rd edition ebook of Classroom Assessment Techniques: Formative Feedback Tools for College and University Teachers. This book describes over 50 techniques to help instructors quickly gauge student learning, indexed by teaching goal, cognitive goal, or discipline. One popular technique is the Background Knowledge Probe (p. 125-129), used… Read more »
This post was written by the CITL’s Eric Brinkman (they/them) and guest author MarChé TiShaun Daughtry (they/them) We often think about how to accommodate the needs of students, but instructors can also need accommodations. With so many offices on campus, it can be particularly difficult for graduate instructors—in their dual roles as both students and… Read more »