Category Teaching Tips

Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Addressing discrimination in learning environments

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We can never guarantee total safety or know what feels safe to all students. However, we can do our best to promote conditions of relative safety. Why is establishing relative safety in our learning environments so important? Let’s start with…

UAF CTL Staff
September 28, 2021

Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

Canvas mobile apps for teachers and students

As an instructor, you'll be able to stay on top of what is happening in your courses and to be able to communicate with your students from your mobile device.

Chris Beks
September 20, 2021

Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

Reinvigorate online discussions with Hypothesis

Hypothesis is a collaborative annotation tool now available in all UAF Canvas courses. Hypothesis merges the tasks of reading and discussion through the act of annotation, allowing students to hold contextualized discussions and share their reading experience.

Nathan Feemster
September 13, 2021

Emerging ideas, Teaching Tips

Innovating through repair

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Turning inward as a community, sharing used resources and repairing as needed is an Alaskan way of life. Just as transfer sites are a physical manifestation of this, we can create and find places online that allow us to share and reuse discarded resources for teaching and learning.

Nathan Feemster
September 6, 2021

Best practices, Teaching Tips

Support online class engagement through guided communication

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Students are more likely to engage in online courses when they understand expectations for communication. To support course engagement, instructors can create both formal and social discussion spaces, share expectations, and affirm student contributions.

Elle Fournier
August 27, 2021
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Best practices, Teaching Tips

Strategies for better first-week student engagement

It's the first week of class. Do you know where your students are? It can be a rocky time for students the first week, even for those who are experienced. Here are some tips for helping them get up to speed as quickly as possible.

Moss
August 20, 2021

Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

Quick guide to Canvas

UAF begins our transition to Canvas in earnest this semester. This Teaching Tip is a quick reference guide to help you stay oriented as we make the move.

UAF CTL Staff
August 17, 2021

Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

Communicating to students as UAF adopts Canvas

Both Blackboard and Canvas will be in use this semester. Learn what the university is doing to help students have a smooth semester start, and make your own communication plan.

Clara Noomah
August 9, 2021

Emerging ideas, Teaching Tips

Make interactive open content for your class with H5P

H5P is a tool you can use to easily create attractive interactive content for your class without writing code. It is integrated into Canvas for quick creation without leaving the LMS.

Moss
August 2, 2021

Best practices, Teaching Tips

Transitioning from on campus to online

Your use of Canvas can help you translate your face-to-face course into an enjoyable online experience for you and your students. Here are a few steps to get you started, including how to build a template to use for each week or module and how to add your lectures right inside the editor.

UAF CTL Staff
July 26, 2021

Best practices, Teaching Tips

Reimagining feedback to be feedforward

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Feedback can be a powerful influence on achievement, particularly when students are able to participate in the conversation. Find out how Canvas allows for quick, easy, personalized 'feedforward' collaboration in the gradebook.

Jenn Pedersen
July 16, 2021

Canvas, Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

Building good instructions in Canvas

Clear, easy-to-follow instructions for quizzes, assignments and discussions within your course are key in guiding learners through the assessments you ask them to complete. Find tips for writing good instructions in this Teaching Tip.