Instructional Support
Instructional Support
Cohort Resource Sites
If your CIS cohort sponsors a course-specific resource site for instructors, you will learn more about its content and how to access it at your summer professional development workshop. Ask your faculty coordinator about your cohort's resources.
Create Inclusive Learning Environments
Foster a climate of belonging by creating learning environments that support a broad range of learners and represent a diversity of scholars and perspectives. Consider the accessibility of all aspects of your course.
Accommodations, Access & Inclusion for Students with Disabilities (presentation slides)
Transparency in Teaching: Working with First Year College Learners (Ilene Alexander, 2022-23)
On Effortful College-Level Learning(four short videos with transcripts available)
Check out the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI), recordings of CEI workshops regarding online teaching to enrich your students' experience in the classroom.
Demystifying College-Level Learning (Ilene Alexander, 2021-22)
Complete a self-paced, online 30-minute professional development module: Inclusive Teaching for the Multilingual Classroom: Content Delivery
Academic Integrity Resources
The International Center for Academic Integrity defines academic integrity as: a commitment, even in the face of adversity, to six fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage. From these values flow principles of behavior that enable academic communities to translate ideals into action. - The Fundamental Values (2019) from the International Center for Academic Integrity
When reviewing the U of M Student Conduct Code on the syllabus, these resources can define and illuminate the importance of academic integrity:
Academic Integrity Resources for Instructors
Contract Cheating and Academic Integrity
AI and ChatGPT in Teaching: Context and Strategies (Center for Educational Innovation)
Software & Technology Resources
Learning Management System (LMS) / Canvas
The University of Minnesota’s LMS is Canvas. Instructors may choose to use another LMS that is supported by their high school.
Locate Canvas at either canvas.umn.edu or MyU (open the “Key Links” menu and select “Canvas”). Your dashboard will show all Canvas sites you may access.