Teaching Onboarding: Getting Started with Evidenced-Based Course Design & Teaching

This webpage provides you a series of evidence-based resources to support the design and teaching of learner-centered courses at UofL in all course modalities. Below you will find:

• A UofL Teaching Onboarding Checklist to help get you started.
• Self-paced online modules you can access at any time to help you navigating teaching at UofL.
• Links to course design, teaching, and grading resources.

Teaching Onboarding Checklist

Download this checklist of resources and information to set you up for teaching success at UofL.

Self-Paced Modules

These “how-to” online modules walk you through foundational strategies for designing. teaching, and improving courses in any modality. These are the same modules that are integrated into the Teaching Onboarding Online Course, but available to anyone at any time.

• Available Modules
  • Designing a Learner-Centered Syllabus
  • Teaching with Blackboard
    1. Blackboard Original
    2. Blackboard Ultra
  • Teaching with UofL Technologies
  • Transparent Assignment Design
  • Creating an Inclusive Course Environment
  • Using Student Feedback to Inform Your Teaching
  • Active Learning Strategies
  • Creating a Web of Support for UofL Students
  • Teaching Information Literacy

Online Resources for Getting Started with Course Design & Teaching

The following websites provide you with some great, easy-to-digest strategies that promote good course design and teaching. Note that many also provide examples so that you can get a sense of how other instructors’ have integrated these strategies into their practice.

• Syllabus and Course Design
  • Kevin Gannon. (2018, September 12). How to Create a Syllabus. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • Stanford University. (n.d.). Foundations of Course Design | Teaching Commons. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Delphi Center (UofL). (n.d.). Designing an Online Class—University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
• Assignment Design
  • Transparent Assignment Design Template and Checklist from the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TiLT) website.
  • Best Practices for Designing and Grading Exams | CRLT. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • DePaul University. (n.d.). Assignment Design | Teaching Guides | Teaching Commons | DePaul University, Chicago. Retrieved July 17, 2023
  • Resources for Teaching in the ChatGPT Era — University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2023.
• Lesson Planning
  • University of Waterloo. (n.d.). Planning a Class | Centre for Teaching Excellence. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • University of Michigan. (n.d.). Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning | CRLT. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • University of Michigan. (n.d.). Sample Lesson Plans.
• Active Learning
  • Delphi Center. (n.d.). Active Learning at UofL — Teaching Innovation Learning Lab. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Cornell University. (n.d.). Getting started with active learning techniques | Center for Teaching Innovation. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Tufts University. (n.d.). Engaging Students in Active Learning Asynchronously – Teaching@Tufts. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Riggs, S., & Linder, K. (n.d.). Actively Engaging Students in Asynchronous Online Classes | IDEA. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
• Integrating Learning Technologies
  • Bruff, D. (January 17, 2017.). Intentional Technologies – Agile Learning. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Georgetown University. (n.d.). Teaching with Technology —Cndls website. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Delphi Center. (n.d.). Technology Tools — University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
• Rubrics & Grading
  • Delphi Center (UofL). (n.d.). Recording/Posting Grades in Blackboard. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Carnegie Mellon University. (n.d.). Grading and Performance Rubrics —Eberly Center—Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Palenque, V. S. P. and S. M. (2015, February 2). Ten Tips for More Efficient and Effective Grading. Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.
  • University of Calgary. (n.d.). Consistent and Effective Grading. Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Assigning a Valid and Reliable Grade in a Course | IDEA. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2023.
• Assessing & Improving Your Teaching
  • Yale University. (n.d.). Feedback on Teaching. Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  • Payette, P. R., & Brown, M. K. (January 1, 2018). Gathering Mid-semester Feedback: Three Variations to Improve Instruction | IDEA. Retrieved July 17, 2023.