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: STEM
Summative peer-evaluation processes
Flowcharts outlining faculty peer-evaluation processes
Six myths about peer review of teaching
Let’s look at some common myths about PRT and explore the realities behind those myths.
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.
Group work
A comprehensive guide to using group work in courses. This resource contains strategies planning, facilitating, and evaluating effective group assignments and activities, as well as quick tips for some common challenges in group work.
Keywords: group work, assignments, active learning, collaboration.
CET review of instructor assessment practices template
This is a guide for both the instructor submitting student work samples, and the reviewer evaluating the instructor’s graded student work samples.
Writing course-specific policies
A description of the process for writing or revising course-specific policies, and examples of communication, technology, and in-class work policies.