Assignments Group work Syllabus 
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 30, 2024
Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In the final 20 minutes of class, I tend to shift focus to the syllabus. Since I reimagined “syllabus day” to “preview day,” I have seen some positive outcomes.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 30, 2024
Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In the final 20 minutes of class, I tend to shift focus to the syllabus. Since I reimagined “syllabus day” to “preview day,” I have seen some positive outcomes.
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Faculty Focus
MAY 29, 2025
This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males. Based on that feedback, the professor, Julia Parra, says she changed the assignment to make it broader, and more inclusive.
Edsurge
JANUARY 9, 2019
Dropbox Paper or Google Docs : these mainstream collaborative word-processing tools let instructors invite students to collaborate on assignments or group work. This past semester, each student submitted reading notes as an assignment in the LMS. Trello : a virtual stack of index cards where students can add their ideas.
Gaggle Speaks
APRIL 20, 2015
Group Work. Breaking students up into smaller groups is always a good way to make instruction and learning more palatable. By using your LMS, you can assign group spaces for students, which allow them to work together from anywhere. Assign assessments directly inside your LMS and track their progress.
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Individual Work: Individual assignments and assessments are an expected part of any college class as we must ensure that students independently have an understanding of the course concepts.
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