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Careful planning and implementation of assignments will help your students produce what you expected.

The goal of assignment sequencing is a stepwise development of students’ skills (i.e., movement from preliminary to higher level critical thinking or disciplinary skills)

Designing a course is a significant task, but following a proven strategy can help. The following design sequence is one possible order of completing a course design.

Use this checklist to guide you toward creating accessible face-to-face presentations.  Start with practices that you find quick and easy, then build from there. 

Use this checklist to guide you toward creating accessible MS PowerPoint slides.  Start with practices that you find quick and easy, then build from there.

Use this checklist to guide you toward creating accessible MS Word documents.  Start with practices that you find quick and easy, then build from there. 

Active learning is based on constructivism, a learning theory that asserts that learners construct their own understanding of a topic by building upon their prior knowledge

Questions are the simplest form of interactive teaching tool, particularly in large classes, and are useful in any discipline.

When designing a course, it's essential that the intended learning outcomes, the assessments, and the learning activities are aligned with one another

Both asking and answering questions are important parts of effective learning and teaching.