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Extra Resources
- 12-Step Checklists for Meeting Quality Matters Standards
- Course Design Zen Infographic
- Time Management Strategies for Online Teaching
- Create an Inclusive Class Climate Online
#LEX Advanced
Instructors who work through the #LEX course, honing their Brightspace skills and learning some of the better practices for remote and online teaching, can expand their horizons even more through our advanced series of workshops. Here's a list of our #LEX Advanced workshop recordings:
- Timesaving and Transparent Rubrics (1:06:37)
- Set Students Up for Success Using Release Conditions in Brightspace (56:26)
- Automate Communications Using Intelligent Agents in Brightspace (42:24)
- Level Up with User-Friendly Brightspace HTML Templates (45:36)
- Achieving HTML Literacy (50:43)
- Engage Students using Awards in Brightspace (51:45)
- How to Make Excellent Video Lectures (42:36)
- Customize Your Course Homepage in Brightspace (44:57)
- Utilize Brightspace to Help Students Stay on Track (56:04)
- Allow Learners to Reflect on Their Learning in Brightspace (54:37)
- Engagement Strategies for Online Discussions in Brightspace (49:09)
- Facilitating Group Work in Your Brightspace Course (42:05)
- Using VoiceThread to Enhance Lectures and Discussions (53:12)
Online Teaching Tips
We’ve compiled some tips, words of wisdom, and things I wish I knew when teaching my first online class from some of the 2013 - 2014 cohort of the Faculty Communities of Teaching Scholars (FaCTS) initiative. The theme for AY 2013-2014 was “Engaging Students in Online Courses.”
Dr. Krista Mincey, Assistant Professor Public Health Sciences, on setting up discussion boards to make grading easier:
Dr. Krista Mincey gives advice on setting up DBs for easier grading [01:05]
Dr. Krista Mincey video transcript (PDF)
Dr. Mark Gstohl, Associate Professor Theology, on making better videos for online teaching:
Dr. Mark Gstohl gives advice on making better videos [02:53]
Dr. Mark Gstohl video transcript (PDF)
Dr. Cary Caro, Assistant Professor Division of Business, on the importance of a start here page and checklists:
Dr. Cary Caro gives advice on start here page and checklists [01:42]
Dr. Cary Caro video transcript (PDF)
Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer, Director Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development and Psychology Professor, gives advice on scheduling due dates and a word of caution about automatic captioning:
Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer gives advice on assignment due dates and a word of caution about automatic captioning [02:37]
Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer video transcript (PDF)
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