Strategies for the first six weeks of class
As we start a new semester, let’s focus on how we, as faculty, can better support students. Whether they’re just …
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Recentering relationships for learning
Students thrive in our classrooms when they connect with each other, with the subject matter, with themselves and with us …
Best Practices for Marketing your Course
Do you have a new course you would like to advertise? Want to get more enrollment for an established class? …
How Canvas supports universal design principles
One of the many benefits of using Canvas LMS for course delivery is the platform’s strong focus on universal design principles and accessibility. This Teaching Tip highlights Canvas features based on the seven universal design principles which improve the learning experience for the broadest set of users.
Supporting your students with CARE
UAF utilizes CARE to assist students experiencing hardship due to academic, behavioral, or health concerns through targeted intervention and support. CARE reminds us to Connect with, Advocate in, Refer to, and Educate within our communities.
Updating your syllabus with current requirements
A syllabus is the document that frames the scope of the semester, outlines objectives, and points students to support resources. In addition to the information we want to include in our syllabi, there is information that is required by the UAF Faculty Senate.
Revising a course as a process, not a product
“There are no rules, no absolutes, just alternatives. What works one time may not another.” – Donald Murray No matter …
Gather for a “Feast of Learning”
The Rural Human Service (RHS) certificate program is designed to support adult Indigenous students with a refreshed educational experience. Many …
Connecting with students in rural or low-bandwidth settings
To ensure that students with slow internet connections can keep up in your class, offer alternatives, recordings of class sessions, and be flexible with ways to deliver classes and exams. Most of all, encourage your students to reach out if they have trouble with internet connections, and reassure them at the start of the course that you will find alternative ways to get the class content to them.
Spotlight on placement exams at UAF
UAF has many initiatives and resources to assist students in their academic success. One of the most important is getting students placed into the correct math and writing courses. With Spring registration on the horizon, this is a good time to let faculty, staff and students know of upcoming changes to course placement at UAF. Math courses will require proctored ALEKS Math placement exams. This Teaching Tip covers the requirement that will go in effect in November.