Center for Excellence in TeachingPromoting intrinsic motivation
A collection of strategies for increasing student intrinsic motivation, organized by three motivational factors.
Resources: Motivation
Sample assignment descriptions
A collection of assignment descriptions from actual USC courses. The assignment descriptions follow best practices in terms of connecting the assignment to the course learning objective(s), providing a narrative overview of the assignment, indicating the steps required to complete the assignment, and referencing how the assignment will be graded.
Introducing your course with video
Recommendations and tips for making an introductory video for one of your courses, which can be shared with students via email or through an LMS, such as Blackboard. Also included is a sample script template to help structure the video content.
Effective instructor feedback
An introduction to instructor feedback, including examples.