Center for Excellence in TeachingUniversal design for learning (UDL)
A brief overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and its connection to USC course design and teaching.
Resources: Clinical
TA decision guide
This document is a job aid to assist TAs with supporting students who may be in the following situations. For each situation, required or recommended actions are specified.
Summative peer-evaluation processes
Flowcharts outlining faculty peer-evaluation processes
Strategic questioning techniques for discussion
A guide on how to use the strategic questioning process and strategic questions, with sample questions for each step of the process, for class discussions that may become challenging because they touch on personal or social change.
Six myths about peer review of teaching
Let’s look at some common myths about PRT and explore the realities behind those myths.
Pedagogical planning for residential experiences
Examples of how residential experiences may be planned, and a list of considerations for instructors who will be teaching residential experiences—meaning that they will teach students in person in a physical classroom at least part of the time during the semester and following university and departmental guidelines for physical distancing.
Guest speakers as an active learning opportunity
An explanation of how to facilitate an in-class active learning technique using a guest speaker, either live or recorded, for any size class.
Planning online assessment
This document introduces some options for developing and administering online assessments.
Open-book or take-home exams online
Considerations for administering exams online as open-book or take-home exams.
First day of class for TAs
A checklist of the content recommended for the first day of holding a section in a new semester. The checklist is appropriate for both classroom and online courses.