Getting Ready for Fall 2022
With the Fall 2022 semester quickly approaching, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching has compiled a list of tools, tips and resources to help Faculty & Instructors navigate the start of the term.
Back to the Classroom: A Checklist
Whether you will be in a new space this year, or returning to a familiar one, use this guide to prepare yourself before your first in-person class.
Featured workshop:
In-Class Teaching
Thursday, September 1, 2022
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Consultations
Faculty and Instructors are able to request a consultation on course design and teaching strategies. Topics such as Course Design, Assessments, Content Delivery, Blended Delivery, Accessibility, Working TA/GAs, Tech-Enhanced Teaching and Inclusive Teaching.
Best Practices in Teaching Guides
The Best Practices guides cover how to design a course, tips for implementing instructional strategies that enhance student learning, and templates for creating assessments and rubrics.
Featured Guides: (google doc) Best Practices in The First Day of Class (external link) , (google doc) Best Practices in Active Learning (external link) , (google doc) Best Practices in Classroom Management (external link)
Large Class Survival Guide
A large-sized class can have its unique set of challenges in teaching and learning. Organized by the key phases of your course during a semester, this guide covers important tips for preparing and delivering your large-sized course.
Featured resource: (google doc) Setting the Stage for Student Success (external link)
Tech for Teaching
The Centre’s ‘Tech for Teaching’ hub connects the TMU teaching community to important resources for using technology to deliver content, and to keep students engaged, as well as activity suggestions and templates for producing course content using a ‘keep-it-simple’ approach.
Featured resources: Tech for Teaching Studio Tour, (external link) (google doc) Using the Student Technology Survey for your class (external link) , Workshop Recordings: Teaching with Google (external link) , (google slide) Tech for Teaching Google Forms Template Library. (external link)
Focus on Accessibility and Inclusion
Providing flexibility and considering the needs of all students from the beginning can help you and your students have a more positive learning experience.
Featured resources: Centring Equity and Inclusion video series, (google doc) Using Universal Design in the University Classroom (external link) , Creating inclusive visual content: Tips to make teaching materials for all students, Reflect & Resist Series: Exploring Anti-Black Racism through Live Actor Simulations.
Indigenous Resources
The Centre’s Indigenous Education page was compiled by the 2021 National Indigenous Peoples Day organizing committee, organized by Aboriginal Student Services in partnership with the TMU Library, the School of Early Childhood Studies and the School or Midwifery and Human Resources. It is regularly updated, so faculty and instructors are invited to check back often for new resources.
D2L Brightspace Basics
Sessions developed for instructors who plan to teach using Brightspace at TMU for the first time! The resources cover the very basics of getting a course shell and the first few things instructors should do.
Featured Resources: Build a learning path in D2L Brightspace, D2L Brightspace Basics.
Featured workshops: D2L Brightspace Assignments + Grades, D2L Brightspace Course Communication Tools
Academic Integrity Faculty Resources
The Academic Integrity Office offers resources with information about academic standards at Toronto Metropolitan University, and how to integrate policies into the classroom.
Featured Resources: (google doc) Contract Faculty Quick Guide (external link) , (google doc) Faculty: AIO Comprehensive Guide (external link) , (google doc) AIO FAQs (external link)
Digital Media Toolbox
Access a selection of supported tools by Digital Media Projects, Computing and Communications Services, and Toronto Metropolitan University. Instructors can explore these resources and learn how they can integrate these tools into the classroom.
Featured Tools: D2L Brightspace, Google Workspace, Zoom.
Featured workshop: Tech Tools for Assessment
