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Including well-designed library-based assignments in your courses can help build students’ research and thinking skills.

Classroom participation is a feature of many course designs

Resilient course design is a framework for understanding how to design courses that are less susceptible to disruption

This Teaching Tip Sheet provides guidance on how to select and organize content for your course. Keywords: course design, learning outcomes, open educational resources, OER, copyright, diversity, Indigenization, decolonization, organization, reflection.

While stress can be a normal part of the university experience, instructors can design courses that focus on learning while reducing the unnecessary hurdles that can increase stress and interfere with learning

The University of Waterloo’s Student Course Perceptions (SCP) survey includes ten core questions (individual faculties may seek to add additional questions)

A blended course sometimes reduces face-to-face "seat time" so that students can pursue additional teaching and learning activities online.

Good course design involves considering the strengths and needs of all learners. 

Instructors often focus on content when embarking on course design, but it's equally important to think about the net result of a course: student learning. It is helpful to consider essential requirements when creating your ILOs.