Category: Teaching & Learning Resources
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Highlights from the 2021 Instructional Development Institute
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Each January CATL and the Instructional Development Council host the Instructional Development Institute, a conference for faculty and staff that promotes the continued development and application of best practices for teaching and learning. The conference was held virtually this year on Jan. 19 and 21 and consisted of a variety of synchronous and asynchronous presentations…
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Backward Design
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What is backward design? Backward design is a three-stage process for designing a course: Identify outcomes or the desired results of learning. Determine what counts as acceptable evidence of learning. Plan learning experiences or instruction that will lead students. to achieve your outcomes and provide evidence of learning. Instructional designers call this process “backward” because…
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Canvas: Rich Content Editor
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The Canvas Rich Content Editor (RCE) is an editor for Canvas pages, assignments, discussions, quizzes, and announcements. If you’ve ever edited a Canvas page or added a description to an assignment, you’ve already used it! The RCE allows you to add and format text, insert photos and videos, and link web content in many areas…
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Facilitating Online Student Presentations (Synchronous)
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This article contains strategies for preparing your students to give awesome presentations in synchronous online classes over videoconferencing programs. While many of the fundamentals of making strong in-person presentations apply to presenting online, the online element adds an extra layer of technical competencies and media-specific best practices for your students to consider. The aim of…
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Event Follow-Up: “Academic Integrity Live Panel & Workshop”
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Bill Dirienzo, Mark Olkowski, Nichole LaGrow, and the CATL team led a conversation around academic integrity for our campus on Nov. 13, 2020. Below are some clips from the panel that helped steer our discussion, as well as related resources. Video Segments from the Panel Resources to Continue the Conversation