Resources
This page brings together key resources to support faculty teaching in online and blended learning environments. These materials include guidance on course design, teaching practices, technology tools, and strategies that help promote student engagement and success in online courses.
Getting Started with Online Teaching
Resources that introduce the fundamentals of teaching in an online environment and prepare for course delivery.
- (4 minutes, 20 seconds)
- How the Online Environment Impacts the Instructor Role
- How the Online Environment Impacts the Student Role
- Preparing for your first day
- Canvas-Ready Checklist
Course Planning & Organization
Guidance for designing course outcomes, assignments, and organizing course content before the course begins.
- (2 minutes, 58 seconds)
- (3 minutes, 11 seconds)
- (6 minutes)
- (7 minutes, 6 seconds)
- Online Rigor
Student Engagement & Interaction
Strategies for building instructor presence and fostering student participation and community.
- (4 minutes)
- Creating Presence in the Online Classroom
Feedback & Assessment
Resources related to evaluating student work and aligning assignments with learning outcomes.
- (6 minutes)
Teaching Tools & Technology
Step-by-step guidance for using Canvas and creating instructional media.
- How to Import the 91²Ö¿â Online Template
- How to Create a Course Introduction Video
- How to Create a Course Overview Screencast
- How to Create an Instructor Introduction Video
- How to Create a Narrated Presentation Using PowerPoint & Kaltura
- Usable Media for Online Courses
Course Templates & Instructor Materials
Downloadable templates and example materials that instructors can adapt for their courses.