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Quick teaching tips, topical articles, and collected news from the Stanford teaching and learning ecosystem.
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Students and instructors reflect on virtual fall quarter language instruction
Language classes remained virtual during WQ21 due to the difficulties of masked language instruction.
December 09, 2021
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Stanford launches first class taught completely in virtual reality
A report back from the first class taught entirely in VR at Stanford.
December 07, 2021
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Inclusive Instructional Practices: Course Design, Implementation, and Discourse
To make STEM more inclusive, it is important to identify instructional practices that maximize effective learning for all
November 19, 2021
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Student Reflections on Online Learning
Recommendations based on student feedback for enhancing face-to-face instruction.
October 26, 2021
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Back to School Guide
A collection of resources and promising practices to prepare for the start of the quarter.
October 20, 2021
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October 18, 2021
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Organization Strategies for Students
Share these strategies with your students to help them stay organized and reduce stress.
October 06, 2021
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Inclusive Pedagogy in a Masked Classroom: Reflections and Strategies
Strategies for teaching in a masked classroom from the TEACH Symposium workshop facilitated by Dr. Lisa Swan and Dr. Jennifer Johnson.
September 30, 2021
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How to organize learner-centered course material
Options and tips for organizing class materials and resources, using a learner-centered Canvas compatible approach
September 24, 2021
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Strategies if Students are Unable to Attend in Person
Pedagogic recommendations and policy notes for when students are unable to attend in person in Autumn Quarter 2021.
September 13, 2021
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Course Guidance for AY 2021–22
Stanford's Teach Anywhere site has issued extensive guidelines for the return to in-person teaching in Autumn Quarter 2021
September 08, 2021
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September 07, 2021
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Canvas course organization: Recommendations and templates
A guide on how to use and import premade modules and templates to quickly set up a Canvas course
August 24, 2021
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Slack as a teaching tool
Leveraging interaction-rich online discussion boards to optimize instruction
August 24, 2021
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Hosting a Zoom event
Technical setup and organization for a small- to medium-sized remote audience
August 24, 2021
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Telling your students how to use Slack for your class
Recommendations for supporting students using Slack (Part 3 of 3)
July 16, 2021
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Maintaining privacy in non-Canvas Slack workspaces
Take these steps to assure student privacy when using Slack outside of Canvas
July 14, 2021
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Setting up a Slack workspace for your students
Should you use Slack with Canvas or separately from Canvas? (Part 2 of 3)
July 13, 2021
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Best ways to use Slack for teaching
These recommendations will help you determine if Slack is the right tool for your situation (Part 1 of 3)
July 12, 2021
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Online Q&A forum tool Ed Discussion available Summer 2021
Ed Discussion adopted as alternative to Piazza
June 15, 2021
