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Consider starting with these key steps, presented in a recommended order, along with essential resources and links.
Have time to dive deeper? Explore the full pathway guide.
- Communicate course expectations
- Syllabus Guidelines: Review the basic information on what to include in your syllabus to set clear expectations from the start.
- Definitions and Glossary: Familiarize yourself with key vocabulary related to courses and curriculum to ensure alignment with institutional standards.
- Grading Policies: Access the reference guide on grading policies to establish fair and consistent evaluation methods.
- Semester Schedule: Check the academic calendar for sessions A, B, and C to plan your course activities and assessments effectively.
- Academic Integrity: Integrate comprehensive guidelines for academic integrity into your course to uphold the highest standards.
- Final Exam Schedule: Ensure your final exams are scheduled in accordance with university guidelines to minimize conflicts.
- Explore essential teaching tools
- Canvas: Leverage ASU’s main platform for managing course content, assessments, and student engagement, providing essential tools for a seamless teaching and learning experience.
- Google Workspace: Collaborate in real-time with tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Integrated with Canvas, it streamlines group projects and course management, enhancing both in-person and online learning.
- Zoom: Conduct live, interactive sessions and office hours to maintain direct student engagement.
- Create an inclusive learning environment
- Student Accessibility and Inclusive Learning Services (SAILS): Partner with SAILS to ensure your course materials meet accessibility standards.
- ASU Web Accessibility: Leverage ASU’s resources to make your online content accessible to all students.
- Ally: Utilize the Ally tool in Canvas to evaluate and enhance the accessibility of your course materials, ensuring all students can fully participate.
- Accessibility within Canvas: Follow best practices to ensure your course meets or exceeds accessibility requirements.
- Cultivate engaging learning experiences
- Slack: Facilitate real-time communication and collaboration among students, fostering an interactive learning environment.
- EdDiscussion: Promote active discussions and problem-solving with this interactive discussion tool.
- InScribe: Support peer-to-peer learning and build a growing library of course resources.
- Yellowdig: Engage students with a gradable discussion forum integrated with the Canvas Gradebook.
- iClicker: Promote active learning through Student Response Systems (SRS) with tools for polling, quizzing, and grading.
- X-Kit: Save time with editable plug-and-play Canvas assessment templates for engaging learning activities
- Maximize multimedia tools
- Screenpal: Create narrated screencasts to guide students through complex concepts or course materials, providing a valuable reference.
- PlayPosit: Make your videos interactive by embedding quizzes, polls, and other activities to promote active engagement.
- Digital Portfolio: Showcase your projects, achievements, and skills in a dynamic and engaging way!
- Key resources: Faculty Portfolios, ASU Digital Portfolio Help Resources
- MediaPlus: Manage and embed multimedia content—videos, audio, and more—directly in Canvas to enrich the learning experience.
- Academic Integrity Unlocked
- HonorLock: Monitor academic integrity for online assessments. Best for fully-online ASU iCourses and oCourses.
- Respondus: Deter cheating by restricting access to other programs during the assessment.
- Questions about proctoring services? Connect with proctoring@asu.edu.
- Library Guides
- Library Tutorials: Provide students with guides on navigating the research process, from finding sources to citations.
- Library Guides: Access over 700 guides for discipline-specific resources to support your teaching.
- Ask a Librarian: Get quick, expert help via chat, email, or text for research or library-related questions.