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Begin the Semester with Classroom Community Building Activities to Increase Student EngagementThe importance of integrating community building activities for students to participate in and feel safe and comfortable.

Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda | Faculty FocusAgendas are an easy, inexpensive, and flexible instructional strategy that will benefit both the instructor and students.

End of Semester Tips: How to Get Students to Love Your CourseAs we are nearing the end of the semester, do you ever wonder how you should wrap up the end of the semester on the last day of class? Do you just have your students complete the school-wide end-of-the-semester questionnaire and hope that they rate you well? We all know that this is not a true instrument to assess your teaching abilities, and often they don’t provide the feedback that you need that tells you what students found useful in your class, or things that they did not, or things that they learned. Instead, you want your students to provide feedback that you could utilize to help improve your teaching practice, but also have your students leave your class on a positive note.

Faculty Must Bend to Students’ Needs in Virtual Learning EnvironmentsIn teaching virtual courses, faculty can bend to the students’ needs without breaking the most fundamental rules of instruction and the goal of engaging our students in learning.

Assessments in a Virtual Environment: You Won’t Need that Lockdown Browser! | Faculty FocusThe following are recommendations to improve the use of assessments in online environments and decrease concerns regarding cheating.

Incorporating Virtual Instructional Strategies that Increase Student EngagementThe pandemic has changed how faculty design courses. The challenge now is how to keep students on-task and engaged with the content.

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Six Tips for Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Higher Education Classroom at the Beginning of Each Semester | Faculty FocusTrauma-informed strategies you can implement seamlessly into the first week of your course and set the tone for the rest of the semester.

Ashley Herr-Perrin is the Program Director for the Partnership Site Human Services program.

Finding the Funk: 3 Ways to Add Culturally Responsive Critical Thinking to Your LessonsCritical thinking should not be reserved for only advanced classes. Here are three ways to add it to any lesson.

Active/Engaged Learning During a Pandemic: Yes, It Can Be Done6 suggestions on how to engage students in an in-person classroom during a pandemic. There are many ways to engage students in a face-to-face format that do not require pairing to talk or to work in small groups.

Students Who Don’t Participate in Class Discussions: They Are Not All IntrovertsTodd Zakrajsek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a faculty developer, research showing that both active and engaged learning leads to better long-term learning outcomes (Freeman, et al., 2014) is omnipresent in my mind.

Fun Icebreaker Jamboard Templates for Back to SchoolTry these fun back-to-school icebreaker Jamboard templates with your students. You'll be amazed at how quickly you'll get to know them.

The importance of injecting fun and humor into classes (opinion)COVID has created a dearth of social experiences, but classes can be a venue for meeting new friends and making learning an enjoyable experience, write Sharon Lauricella and T. Keith Edmunds.

11 Compelling Reasons To Use Exit Tickets11 reasons to formatively assess your students using exit tickets. Exit tickets can be used to document learning, plan for differentiation, guide future instruction, and so much more!

How to Improve Assessments in a Virtual Teaching Environment - Center for Teaching and LearningMany instructors are changing the way they deliver assessments during virtual teaching. “If faculty try to assess their students the same way they did in a face-to-face setting, they will most likely find themselves frustrated, as well as frustrating their students,” write Laura McLaughlin, EdD, and Joanne Ricevuto, EdD, in […]

How to Turn Rubric Scores into GradesMany teachers are confused about how to convert rubric feedback into grades or points. Even if you are moving away from traditional grades, you still may be required to supply them. Here's my process.

Designing Self-Care Practices for This Academic Year As we ready ourselves for the start of the academic year, many of us are returning to campus after a long stint of working remotely. Amanda Irvin makes three suggestions for developing a plan of self-care care practices to promote personal well-being.

Weekly Guidelines for Students in Asynchronous Online Courses | Faculty FocusReasons we might consider augmenting our online syllabi, assignments, and course modules in an asynchronous setting with weekly guidelines.

In Our First Interactions With Students, We Need To Be the LearnersIn Our First Interactions With Students, We Need To Be the Learners

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