What can our Instructional Design team do for you?

The Office of Instructional Design’s goal is to help you enhance your instructional strategies in order to create an exceptional, engaging, student-centered learning environment in resident, hybrid, or online format.

Preparation

Course Design or Re-design

Whether you are starting from scratch or looking to redesign your current class experience, we’d welcome a chance to discuss your learning objectives as well as instructional and assessment strategies that meet your needs. We can assist you with redesigning a course whether it is face-to-face instruction, hybrid, or completely online delivery.

Syllabus Development

We can guide you toward creating a thorough, complete syllabus that manages student expectations and establishes classroom continuity. For help creating your course syllabus, please reference the Syllabus Information provided.

EdTech Integration

We can suggest technology tools that help you meet course and learning objectives and engage your students. We directly support all University-adopted technologies including but limited to Zoom, Canvas, Top Hat, iClickers, VoiceThread, Sites, and Yammer.

In the Classroom

Student Engagement

In keeping with your teaching style, we can help to craft ideas that promote active learning both inside and outside the classroom, encouraging student class preparation, participation, and reflection.

Learning Outcomes and Assessments

We can help you align your program, course, and lesson objectives while creating a variety of assessment strategies that allow you to observe and measure student learning.

Collaborative Learning

In considering student engagement, we can discuss methods of building peer-to-peer interaction, including group work, peer evaluations, and discussion strategies.

Classroom Management

Various methods of classroom management can encourage active student learning. We can help you pick one that fits your teaching style.

Support

Canvas Integration and Support

We can guide you toward effectively integrating Canvas tools into your instructional strategies. Our focus is on enabling you to apply effective teaching practices using the learning management system.

Multimedia Creation

We can discuss and help develop your multimedia assignments, and connect you and your students with a consultant for training, support, and resources if necessary.

Accessibility

We can help guide the process of making documents and other student resources universally accessible.

Faculty Development

We also facilitate monthly workshops around topics of interest to a broad faculty audience. Please contact us with ideas for workshops for small groups or the entire instructor community.