Tag syllabus

Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Updating your syllabus with current requirements

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The end of fall semester is rapidly approaching and soon we’ll be planning our classes for spring. Of course, part of this process is refreshing course syllabi. A syllabus is the document that serves as the key to the course…

Christen Booth
November 30, 2021

Inclusive Practice, Teaching Tips

Creating a learner-centered syllabus

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Research shows that a learner-centered syllabus increases positive student perception of the course and instructor, and generally leads to better learning outcomes. Here are specific ways you can update your syllabus to be more learner-centered.

UAF CTL Staff
May 3, 2021

Best practices, Teaching Tips

Scheduling for success

Course schedules are tried-and-true tools that provide a bird’s-eye view of your course, and can effectively communicate to students your plan for the semester. A well-crafted course schedule clarifies structure, facilitates planning and explains pacing.

Christen Booth
June 22, 2020

Best practices, Teaching Tips

Effective syllabi – tips for success

As you prepare your syllabus for Summer or Fall semesters, why not give it a thorough critical look-through to make sure it looks great, functions well, that it meets all UAF requirements, and, for CTL-supported courses, that it has all of the components helpful for the online student that are included in the syllabus template your instructional designer provides.

UAF CTL Staff
April 14, 2015

Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

It’s in the syllabus – part two

How many times do you find yourself answering questions whose answers are outlined clearly in your syllabus? Probably more than you’d like. So how do you get students to read the darn syllabus?

UAF CTL Staff
September 8, 2014
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