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Pedagogical Resources

Planning your courses (face-to-face, hybrid, online) is not an easy and quick task, but following a backward course design framework will help you take the right steps to achieve your goals.  

In the pages below, we offer guidance and evidence-based practices for each step in the backward design process.  

COURSE PLANNING

Start here for pedagogical resources related to overall course design, setting learning goals, and crafting an effective syllabus. Here you'll also find a course design template to structure your 16- and 8-week courses in Brightspace.

ASSESSMENT

After establishing the foundation of your course design, look here for pedagogical resources about choosing the right type of assessment, using rubrics, and designing assessments with academic integrity in mind. 

CREATING CONTENT

Once you have devised assessments to measure student understanding, you can begin creating content that prepares students to succeed on their assessments.  In this page you'll find tips for creating learning materials and instructional videos and using Open Educational Resources (OER).

ACCESSIBILITY

As you develop content for your course, consider whether the materials are equally accessible to all students. This page offers resources to help you design with accessibility in mind. 

INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT

Interaction is at the center of the teaching-learning process.  Throughout your course planning, select teaching strategies that encourage students' interactions with you, with each other, and with the content.  Review this page for ideas to support meaningful interactions that promote student engagement and success. 

TEACHING TIPS

Need some inspiration or ideas for teaching?  Explore this page for Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), strategies to Support for First-Year Students, along with a variety of short videos in which faculty describe their strategies for promoting student success. 

EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHING

During emergency situations and prolonged campus or building closures, faculty might need to switch to Remote Teaching. To find out more click the Emergency Remote Teaching link above.

Please check the "How to Design Your Course" guides in Brightspace.