Center for Excellence in TeachingFaculty decision guide
This document is a job aid to assist faculty, including online faculty, with supporting students who may be in the following situations. For each situation, required or recommended actions are specified.
Resources: Gen Ed courses
Facilitating a rubric norming session for TAs
A description of a norming session, and a recommended facilitation process for holding a norming session that trains multiple TAs of the same course to grade consistently using a rubric.
Effective instructor feedback
An introduction to instructor feedback, including examples.
Trauma-informed teaching
A compilation of teaching techniques and strategies that can minimize unproductive stress in students and support students who are dealing with trauma.
Hybrid streaming course design model
This resource provides an explanation of a hybrid streaming course design model, sometimes referred to as HyFlex, and faculty considerations for course planning and design.
Discussion types
A review of instructor and student-led types of academic discussion, and specific processes for how each type may be conducted during class.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
An introduction to Bloom’s Taxonomy and its use in designing course learning objectives and assessments.
Assignment description template
This template ties an assignment to the course learning objective it is meant to measure, briefly describes the assignment essentials, outlines the steps to complete the assignment, and references the grading rubric that will be used to assess the assignment.
Active learning for the large classroom
A description of five in-class activities that promote active learning in classes with large student enrollments. Though the activities work particularly well in large classes, they may be used in any size class.
Academic integrity in online assessment
This resource offers recommendations and suggests considerations when planning and implementing assessments for remote students.