• Quick Reads: Assignment Instructions via Quiz; Backcasting
• Portfolio Guidelines & Preparation Documents
• CETL Consultation and Books
• Missed recent CETL events? View the materials.
• Resources for Teaching
• Calendar of events

Quick Reads

• Deliver Assignment Instructions via Quiz (Bayraktar, 2021) (1 min read): Consider using the Blackboard quiz tool to help students preview the assignment expectations step-by-steps.
• Backcasting: The one strategy I use most often (Varol, 2021) (2 min read): Similar to Backward Design for course/lesson planning, this approach can be applied to other areas of our lives.

• Self-study of Teaching, Exam Review Sessions, Dictation Tools (June 14), Reconsidering our teaching approach, Scaffolding, and 7 Types of rest (June 1)
• Collaborative Note-Taking, Course Value, and Study Skills (May 17)
• School's Out; Two-minute rule (May 10), Thinking and Decluttering (May 3), Take a Breath (Mar 15), Responding to Microaggressions (Apr 19)
• Reading the Online Room, Inclusive Teaching, Reducing Cheating (Mar 22), Why Students Can't Focus (Oct 5)
• Rethinking Assessments (Nov 9), Assessment Ideas, Cognitive Wrappers, and 7 Principles for Remote Learning (September 21), Late work and Email tips (Feb 15)

Portfolio Guidelines & Preparation Updates

• Portfolio Guidelines (updated June 2021)
• Portfolio Checklist/outline (updated June 2021)
• Portfolio FAQs: a supplement to the Guidelines (updated June 2021)
• Guidelines for Preparing for Electronic Submission of the portfolio (new, June 2021)
• Optional Covid Impact Statement (new, June 2021)
• CV template (this is a guide)
• Application form and Appraisal forms
• Calendar for Personnel Decisions (updated May 2021)
• Slides from the June 2021 webinars on portfolio preparation provided

CETL Consultations and Support

Materials from Recent CETL Workshops

• Time Management and Well-being for Faculty: slides and resources
• SoTL Workshop with Laura Cruz (Penn State): resources
• 5th Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium: 
  • Sessions Slides
  • Keynote Slides: Balancing Flexibility and Rigor to Support Student Success
• First Week of Class: Setting the Stage for Learning: slides
• Fostering Student Motivation and Engagement: slides
• Transparent Assignment Design: Small Changes to Boost Confidence: slides and handouts
• Assessment for Student Engagement: slides

Teaching Resources 

• Syllabus Template (August 2020; updates later this summer)
• Faculty Planning Calendar for 2020-2021
• Guidance for Faculty for Fall 2020 from the Provost's Office (this is being reviewed for Fall 2021) 
• Materials from the recent CETL teaching and learning workshops
• Online Learning's website with resources to support your online instruction, including the Instructional Services Request form and technology instructions to share with your students. 
• Tech Takeaways brief videos with tips on using instructional tools from Online Learning, Rice Library, and Disability Resources