Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. Others don’t necessarily come in with those values but understand that they need to do better, based on a complaint, evaluations, or an improvement plan of some sort. Effect of syllabus tone: Students’ perceptions ofinstructor & course. How do they feel in your class?

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2021

There are lots of proven methods of assessment and only a few rhyme with “quiz” or “test” Instead of turning to those old-fashioned approaches that scream of academics, evaluate learning in new ways. Let students know that you value their time and commitment to going to school over the summer.

Motivation 154

Motivation Schools Syllabus Students 154

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Instead of thinking about the LMS as simply a repository for course essentials (syllabus, contact information, etc.), Ensure content in the LMS course matches syllabus content and information (it’s ok to have information in both the syllabus and the LMS). This appreciation is often mentioned in end-of-term evaluations.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

And research shows that professors who collect early-term feedback, and who use it to make changes to their courses with the help of a consultant, can raise their end-of-semester teaching evaluations. It’s one of the most effective approaches for changing teacher practices,” Gorman says. “In

Feedback 187

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 187

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For example, at the beginning of a tutoring session, the tutor could ask students to review the assignment directions and the instructor’s syllabus. The conversation could go like this: “Let’s log on to the LMS and see if your professor said anything about ChatGPT in the syllabus or assignment directions.” How will you teach them?

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Technology is not always the answer, and the ID must evaluate each innovation thoroughly before implementation. IDs can build authentic assessments, rubrics, and evaluation strategies (graded or non-graded, formal or informal, formative or summative, metacognitive or content-driven) to gauge students’ knowledge and skills.

Schools 122

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 122

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

This includes the provision of electronic access to the course syllabus, reading and viewing materials, assessments, the course calendar, grades, course evaluations, discussion boards, and other important course materials. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

Technology 152

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 152

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For example, at the beginning of a tutoring session, the tutor could ask students to review the assignment directions and the instructor’s syllabus. The conversation could go like this: “Let’s log on to the LMS and see if your professor said anything about ChatGPT in the syllabus or assignment directions.” How will you teach them?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In a dramatic departure from convention, grading is not performed by instructors or TA’s, but by “evaluators,” experts who don’t interact with students directly. Students gain access to their courses — syllabus, main project, required engagements, discussion forum and other materials — a week prior to the start of class.

Teaching 166

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 166

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Later in life, after nearly three decades of teaching in higher education and serving my division as chair, which included professor evaluations, I came to believe that there were essentially two types of professors: ones who taught their discipline to students and ones who taught students their discipline.

Coaching 105

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Learning Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Five strategies to foster sense of belonging Be caring and authentic: Syllabus policies and language, as well as introductory comments on the first day of class, set the tone for an entire term. She was instrumental in establishing and evaluating a PDS in one of Santiago’s most vulnerable communities.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. Others don’t necessarily come in with those values but understand that they need to do better, based on a complaint, evaluations, or an improvement plan of some sort. Effect of syllabus tone: Students’ perceptions ofinstructor & course. How do they feel in your class?

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. Assessment and Evaluation Tools Rubric Generator : Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class. Need a YouTube video summarized or some awesome questions?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Technology is not always the answer, and the ID must evaluate each innovation thoroughly before implementation. IDs can build authentic assessments, rubrics, and evaluation strategies (graded or non-graded, formal or informal, formative or summative, metacognitive or content-driven) to gauge students’ knowledge and skills.

Schools 105

Schools Authentic Assessment Syllabus Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus. Patterns, 4 (7). Smolensky, P.,

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

Later in life, after nearly three decades of teaching in higher education and serving my division as chair, which included professor evaluations, I came to believe that there were essentially two types of professors: ones who taught their discipline to students and ones who taught students their discipline.

Coaching 98

Coaching Syllabus Confidentiality Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

The instructor typically arrives, distributes a syllabus outlining course policies and expectations, explains assignments and grading criteria, and may include a brief activity or icebreaker. It reframes the syllabus not as a fixed legal document, but as a living agreement shaped by both instructor expertise and student input.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Learning Discussions 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether it’s whipping up dazzling PowerPoint slides, rewording a syllabus, or designing a new and exciting lesson, AI has you covered. Assessment and Evaluation Tools Rubric Generator : Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class. Need a YouTube video summarized or some awesome questions?

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The dynamics undergo significant changes, particularly if students haven’t had an opportunity to socialize with one another before the start of the collaborative experience. 2016), and culturally responsive teaching is a powerful tool for creating robust learning environments (Byrd, 2016).

Culture 130

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 130

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments. be ready to provide support as appropriate.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

QM’s robust framework, encapsulated in the QM Rubric, evaluates various facets of online course design through eight categories, including learning objectives, alignment, assessment strategies, instructional materials, learner interaction, course technology, learner support, accessibility, and usability.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In addition to having these services available in your syllabus and throughout your course, a warm handoff to connect students with these services will likely build trust. Sally Baldwin, EdD, researches online course quality, online course design, and course evaluation instruments. be ready to provide support as appropriate.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The dynamics undergo significant changes, particularly if students haven’t had an opportunity to socialize with one another before the start of the collaborative experience. 2016), and culturally responsive teaching is a powerful tool for creating robust learning environments (Byrd, 2016).

Culture 110

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 110

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Five strategies to foster sense of belonging Be caring and authentic: Syllabus policies and language, as well as introductory comments on the first day of class, set the tone for an entire term. She was instrumental in establishing and evaluating a PDS in one of Santiago’s most vulnerable communities.

Syllabus 100

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 100

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

QM’s robust framework, encapsulated in the QM Rubric, evaluates various facets of online course design through eight categories, including learning objectives, alignment, assessment strategies, instructional materials, learner interaction, course technology, learner support, accessibility, and usability.

Feedback 110

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 110

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Regardless of your schools academic integrity policy, consider how a statement like the one below in your syllabus (Frontier, 2025) could clarify the importance of integrity as the basis for your partnership to effectively teach and learn. Evaluating the detectability of AI-generated texts among student essays. Tes Magazine.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus. Patterns, 4 (7). Smolensky, P.,

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

I do not imagine that our program is their only or top priority, but I also do not imagine that it is fair to let some make up months of past due work to improve a grade from a previous semester or give extra time on evaluations without medical justification. Am I being too much of a hard ass? —A

Disabilities 123

Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 123

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I typically don’t describe the idea in the syllabus. s note: End-of-course evaluations are an ongoing concern for faculty, even those who have tenure and long years in the classroom. I’d like to share one way to encourage more learning between class meetings.

Ethics 97

Ethics Minute Papers Syllabus Course Evaluations 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But I actually get the opposite in my student evaluations at the end of the course or if you check Rate My Professor or anything. Actually, yes I worry about that, especially there is research showing that student evaluations are correlated with the grades earned at the end of the semester. You have to actually care.

Teaching 105

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Syllabus 105

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Be clear with students about the purpose of office hours in the syllabus and each time an invitation is extended to join you. Each assignment should have a clear purpose, a description of the task, and associated criteria for how the work will be graded. We should bring that same emphasis on transparency into office hours.

Students 111

Students Syllabus Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations. Together, we weren’t just evaluating survey results. A reworded syllabus, an anonymous feedback survey, or a mid-semester check-in can shift a students entire trajectory. We were reframing how we think about student-centered learning.

Disabilities 64

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Two resources to help you get started with helping students critically evaluate AI tools are the Civics of Technology Curriculum and the Critical Media Literacy Guide for Analyzing AI Writing Tools.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Two resources to help you get started with helping students critically evaluate AI tools are the Civics of Technology Curriculum and the Critical Media Literacy Guide for Analyzing AI Writing Tools.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“Like, in my final evaluations they say, ‘I'm really glad that you do allow us to use our devices in class because I use it for note taking. The professor now has a line in his syllabus, he explained: “It says ‘beware that others can see what you're doing and stay on task.’

Lecturing 199

Lecturing Students Attention Syllabus 199

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com includes standards alignment in the Collection Details that can be found under the Syllabus tab. Prepare for the Praxis Exams , NES Exams (National Evaluation Series), California’s CSET or CBEST Exams , TExES Exam , and the FTCE Exam. Here’s more information on that option. Things to know.

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 83