Classroom Management & Student Engagement
- First Live Session: Setting Expectations
- Setting clear expectations creates a strong foundation for learning, particularly in an online setting. This reference guide provides recommendations for developing and communicating suggested expectations to your students.
- Unique Ways to Use the Rename Tool in Class
- The Rename tool can be leveraged in many ways to engage your students in the digital live classroom. We asked professor Amanda Warren, who frequently uses this feature, about some of her in-class strategies.
- 3 Reasons to Head to the Polls
- Polling is a great Zoom feature allowing you to gauge your students thoughts, opinions, and understanding. Here are three reasons why you should be using Zoom’s polling feature in your classroom.
- Breakout Room and Report Back Activities
- Small group activities provide opportunities for students to develop active listening, critical thinking, communication, and decision making skills while building relationships and mastering content. Here we explain the technical features of the breakout rooms, identify best practices for facilitating small group discussions, and provide some activity examples you can use during a live session.
Atrio Updates & Resources
- 5 Ideas on How to Supplement Student Learning with This New Tool
- One of the newest and most requested features of the 2U digital learning platform Atrio is the ability for every instructor to add material and content to their pre-existing asynchronous material through Supplemental Content. Take a look below at what Supplemental Content is, what it is not, and some ideas for how you can use it in your own course.
- *New* Wall User Guide
- Atrio’s Wall is a direct communication tool that provides faculty and students communication opportunities through media-sharing threaded conversations. This resource guide will introduce you to the new wall, where it’s located, and the new enhanced features it offers.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
- 10 Tips on Supporting Online International Students
- In this article, we address how to support online international students as they are exposed to a whole new set of challenges such as dealing with connection restrictions, time zone differences, feelings of isolation, as well as cultural and language barriers.
- Why Pronouns Matter
- Tune in to Kyla Hines' brief introduction to pronouns and the importance of considering them when building an inclusive classroom environment.
- Toward A More Equitably Engaged Class (3-part article series)
- Now more than ever it is crucial to reflect and reevaluate equitable engagement in our own classes so that our classes uplift the historically marginalized voice, hear the quiet voice, and make safe space for all to be heard, respected, and appreciated. Through this short series of articles, we would like to jumpstart and help guide your path towards a more equitably engaged class.
- 5 Steps Towards an Inclusive Syllabus for Online Graduate Courses
- Use this quick resource to get started with ensuring that your syllabi are inclusive and accessible for all students in your class.
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