Teaching Essentials Guide
This teaching essentials guide assumes that you, the instructor, have previously completed the design and development of the following items for your course:
- Course syllabus (e.g. text of course policies & expectations), use the inclusive and learner-centered syllabus guide
- Some course content (e.g., PDF files, videos, images), check that course materials are accessible
- Ideas for major assessments (e.g., quizzes, tests, project prompts, rubrics), use the assessment and evaluation page.
Once you have those items, the steps below will provide guidance for teaching at Iowa State University.
Before the semester
What are the best teaching strategies for all of your students and your course?
What elements are must-haves in your Canvas course? Are you using the ISU Course Template?
Create your Canvas course, specify course settings, and make your course available to students.
What ways will you design and facilitate activities for delivering content for all environments?
What steps will you take to prioritize equity and inclusion in your course?
How will you provide accessible course content and teaching to accommodate your students?
What steps will you leverage for precise, frequent messaging, and thoughtful planning?
Ongoing
How can you identify what is going well and what needs to be changed?
How do you record the relevance and evolution of your teaching efforts?
How can you identify what is going well and what needs to be changed?
What CELT professional development programs and events would help you?