This post was written by Dr. Polly Husmann, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, who attended a webinar by Dr. James Lang (session recording) in October 2024. We must solicit, encourage, and earn attention. Dr. Lang suggested strategies for physical classrooms, like moving around and encouraging interaction. However, many classes have shifted to… Read more »
Time for spring cleaning! Prep now and make importing your courses in the fall easier. One way to clean up your Canvas site is to use TidyUP, which will also improve your accessibility score! TidyUP gets rid of old files that are cluttering up your modules and folders (many of which may not be accessible… Read more »
Are your assignments transparent about how you would like students to use generative AI? Transparency is a highly research-supported teaching and learning concept that demonstrates that explaining why you do what you do in the classroom improves learning outcomes and increases equity. (To use AI to ease the burden of the labor of making the… Read more »
Teaching portfolios are large documents used majorly for academic job applications and promotion. They serve as collections for everything surrounding your teaching, including teaching statements, diversity statements, syllabi, activities, lesson plans, teaching evaluations, course descriptions, and fourth wall-breaking justifications or explanations for pedagogical choices. This daunting list can create some anxieties about where to start,… Read more »
One of the largest challenges in my “Introduction to Fiction” course was showing students how skills like close reading would serve them outside the classroom. I know many of my students will enter careers where their employers would never dream of having them analyze the works of Louise Erdrich, but I also know that their… Read more »
Along with recording your lectures in PowerPoint, you can alternately automate recording your live lectures to keep it simple. You can use the Kaltura Lecture Capture system to easily share the recordings with your students via Canvas. There are several reasons why you might want to save your lectures: to share with students who are absent, to… Read more »