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Teaching at Scale:
Teaching at Scale will include an in-person workshop, webinars, online guides, video interviews, and other resources. Rather than briefly addressing a range of needs in a single workshop or guide, this series allows us to more effectively support class prep, participation, grading, and teaching larger classes across modalities.
The series also offers multiple entry points and greater flexibility to engage with what you need most.
Engaging High-Enrollment In-Person Classes
Friday, March 20 1:15 - 2:30pm in MCL 710*
Engaging High-Enrollment In-Person Classes
Friday, March 20 1:15 - 2:30pm in MCL 710*
Join Nancy Chick (Executive Director of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship) for this workshop on engaging students in face-to-face classes** of 60 or more students. When in-person classes cross this enrollment threshold, taking attendance, learning names, and facilitating meaningful participation can seem exponentially more challenging. This workshop will help you develop strategies for planning and managing these activities.
Even if you’re not planning to teach a larger course, the workshop will offer ideas that can help make everyday teaching more intentional and sustainable.
* Dallas and Houston faculty may join via Zoom.
** See below for other parts of this series that support virtual classes and online engagement.
Efficient Grading Practices
Efficient Grading Practices
This guide provides research-based strategies for grading more efficiently, including assignment design, rubric use, peer assessment, and feedback practices. Read the guide here.
Engaging Students
in Large Classes
Engaging Students
in Large Classes
This guide addresses how to create a welcoming environment in large classes, manage workloads in large classes, incorporate effective lecturing practices into your teaching, and effectively assess student work in large classes. Read the guide here.
Efficient Preparation & Grading Strategies
Efficient Preparation & Grading Strategies
It’s easy to fall into "the teaching trap" of overpreparing for classes, spending countless hours developing extensive lectures, activities, and materials that consume. In this webinar, you'll learn about preparing an entire week's classes in one afternoon while maintaining engaging variety for students, efficient grading strategies, customizable class templates, time-saving grading systems, and concrete boundaries for course preparation that protect your time while actually improving your teaching effectiveness and student satisfaction scores.
Designing for Scale in Online Courses
Designing for Scale in Online Courses
April 9 @ noon
Teaching a large class doesn’t have to mean sacrificing meaningful interaction or drowning in administrative tasks. In this session, faculty will learn practical strategies to streamline course navigation, reduce grading time, and foster community—even in high‑enrollment courses. This session highlights best practices for structuring modules, managing announcements, organizing assessments, leveraging groups and discussions, and designing materials for clarity and accessibility.
Using AI to Scale Course Management
Using AI to Scale Course Management
April 23 @ noon
If you teach a large‑enrollment course—or simply want to work more efficiently—this session will introduce practical ways generative AI tools can streamline and even enhance your teaching workflow. In this webinar, faculty will explore how AI can support core elements of course management, including designing course materials, generating assessments, crafting communication workflows, facilitating meaningful feedback, and personalizing content for diverse learners.
Design Assessments for Scale
Design Assessments for Scale
Access the Assessment Tip Sheet
Manage Discussions & Interactions at Scale
Manage Discussions & Interactions at Scale
Access the Discussions Tip Sheet
Communication
that Scales
Communication
that Scales
Access the Communication Tip Sheet
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