Guidance and help

Resources to help educators design their courses and for thinking about and planning community building

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Alternative Approaches to Grading

Consider different approaches to grading and how they can affect the classroom atmosphere and more!

Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, Jasmina Najjar, Laura Gibbs, Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh, Arley Cruthers

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Choosing the Right Community Building Activity: Safety Tips

This page outlines safety considerations when choosing a community building activity for class. Learn some useful tips for setting a human-centered tone in your classes.

Kate Bowles

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Cognitive / Exam Wrappers for Metacognition

This activity helps students reflect on their exam or assessment experience to improve future learning and performance. By answering guided questions about what went well, what was challenging, and why mistakes happened, students develop self-awareness and strategies for growth and success next time.

Maha Bali

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Engagement Without Cameras in Online Classes

Practical tips and tool options to help educators run smooth, engaging live online classes, including breakout room alternatives and strategies to support all students, whether cameras are on or off.

Maha Bali, Autumm Caines

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Estimate Workload

This activity introduces an online workload estimator - a tool that helps both faculty and students assess academic workload and make informed adjustments to course design or study time.

Maha Bali

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Loglines

A fun, text-based way to warm up or cool down a session or topic.

Maha Bali

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Office Hour Scheduling via Google Calendar

Particularly helpful to facilitate the scheduling of office hours with students for teachers who need to meet students individually in short timeslots.

Fikry Boutros

Teach-in Against Surveillance event

The purpose of this video is for educators to know about some of the dangers/harms of online proctoring/surveillance technology.

Maha Bali

Tips For Increasing Engagement In Discussions

A collection of top tips for educators to engage their students in discussion in any modality.

Maha Bali

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Torrey Trust’s Technology is Not the Solution to Cheating

This is a useful infographic for thinking through how to build trust and reduce cheating in your courses - recognising that technology will not solve your problems.

Maha Bali

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Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist

This checklist has been prepared for higher educators as a tool to reflect on their teaching and courses, regardless of modality.

Karen Costa

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Trauma-Informed Pedagogy & How is Your Heart?

In this video, Maha Bali and Mays Imad explore ways educators can help students succeed in the classroom during periods of trauma.

Mays Imad, Maha Bali

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Wheel of Life for Wellbeing

Support individuals in reflecting on their overall wellbeing and satisfaction across different areas of their lives, helping them identify where they might want to make changes or improvements.

Maha Bali