How can we help?
The Faculty Commons Partners offer a wide variety of instructional assistance services. Below is a list of areas where we provide support. If you have a question about a topic listed below, please contact us for specific information or to book a consultation.
If you are looking for a service that is not listed on this page, please contact us and we will do our best to connect you to the right resource.
We are here to help you and your students succeed.
We can help you…
- Integrate Campus Resources into Your Courses
- Support and Assess Courses and Programs
- Integrate Technology
- Online program management and support for the design of online courses
- Meet the campus-wide challenge of addressing diversity in the classroom
- Incorporate multimedia and digital humanities projects
- Use technology effectively in the classroom
- Explore active learning strategies including
- Models and resources for the X-BLs (problem-, project-, and design-based learning)
- Inquiry-based learning
- Create innovative course materials by
- incorporating original research into a course
- holding workshops for students about primary resources
- learning about Library Special Collections
- engaging with content area experts
- hosting student instruction in assessing the validity and bias in websites and other resources
- accessing subject area databases
- incorporating original research into a course
- Support all students by using best practices for inclusive pedagogy
- Collect and interpret course data for promotion and tenure
- Develop a teaching portfolio
- Map curriculum
- Create common assessment tools
- Design effective courses by
- developing clear learning objectives
- creating effective strategies for online and blended learning
- harnessing the principles of Universal Design for Learning
- Improve your classroom experience through
- Consultations on specific issues in your teaching
- conducting classroom observations
- conducting student interviews
- conducting one-on-one assessments
- Record video, in or out of class, using UD Capture
- Create student websites using WordPress or Google Sites
- Host video conferencing through Zoom
- Determine appropriate technology resources for instructional grants
- Get started with a Learning Management System (LMS) using Canvas
- Employ assessment tools in Canvas
- Generate and monitor discussion in Canvas
- Engage students with student response systems using i>clicker
- Explore multimedia options using the Student Multimedia Design Center
- Design and develop online programs
