The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Course Design
Plan a Course
What should you include in a syllabus? This resource also includes sample Brown syllabi
What are approaches for designing and developing courses?
What do you want your students to know and be able to do upon completing your course?
When effective, classroom assessment is informative for both the students and the instructor of a given course. For students, educative assessment offers an opportunity to receive feedback to shape effort in support of their own learning. At the same time, it signals to instructors that additional instruction or a revised pedagogical approach on a particular topic may be warranted.
If you are interested in learning more about CUREs, or thinking about how to incorporate authentic research experiences into your own course, here are some helpful resources.
Resources for faculty teaching a WRIT course
Featuring instructor mentoring and UTA teaching strategies, including online and hybrid contexts
Authored by Stefany Garcia ‘20
Authored by Stefany Garcia ‘20
Revise a course to adjust for unanticipated disruption
For reasons that include weather, travel or illness, there are times when course plans need to be adjusted. This resource offers creative approaches to making these adjustments, through both lower and higher tech means.
These guides from Digital Learning and Design suggest ways to use digital tools like Google, Panopto, Zoom and Canvas to maintain key teaching and learning functions.