Instructor Resources

Resources

Advertise Courses

Click the button to open a flyer template you can customize to your upcoming course.

Instructor Timeline

This graphic shows a timeline of instructor tasks leading up to the start of a new semester. Note that there are tasks 12 weeks before a semester that help students plan, and avoid a rush when students are added (3 days before is the default).

Tech Tool Selector BETA

Syllabi Template

SGSUP Syllabus Template




Directions:

This is the same syllabi template that is in Canvas. If you prefer working in google docs, consider using this version.

File --> Make a copy

Rename to Year_Semester_YourName_Class#

Teaching Journal

Teaching Journal

SGSUP Template

There are SGSUP Templates for online and in-person courses available in the Canvas Community Commons. Use this image hotspot to find out more about the SGSUP Template home page.

Dashboard Images

Canvas Dashboard Image

PhET Simulations

This site has some Earth Science simulations that you can embed in a Canvas Page. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/earth-science

GeoGuessr

A Street View-based geography quiz availble at https://geoguessr.com/

Tour Creator

Tour Creator makes it easy to build immersive, 360 tours right from your computer. https://vr.google.com/tourcreator/

Unsplash

Freely usable images. https://unsplash.com/

Emojipedia ๐Ÿคฉ

Grab emoji's to use in Canvas. Just find the one you want, and copy it. Then paste it into a Canvas page/announcement/quiz/assignment title or body. You can even paste in module titles. https://emojipedia.org/

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Infographics

Grading

If it's too hard to read, click "Download" below for full-sized version to view or print.

Discussion Post

Everything we learned about discussion boards is wrong. By Kena Ray and Marisa Ruiz

First DAy of Class

Start your course off right with these techniques from ACUE Effective Teaching Practices

Using Feedback

Which of these techniques are you using, and which are new? From ACUE Effective Teaching Practices.