Welcome to Dartmouth! There are a variety of resources for New and Visiting Faculty that will help orient you to the unique teaching and learning context at the College. We’ve pulled some of them together here, with a particular focus on course design and Dartmouth’s educational technologies. In addition to these resources, you should be…
Category: Navigating the Term
Mid-Course Evaluations
Student feedback offered through mid-course evaluations provides a great opportunity to improve your course, both for yourself and your students. Read below to discover how to implement them in your class in five easy steps. Why collect feedback from students mid-stream? Evidence suggests that when students provide feedback mid-term, there can be meaningful improvements in instruction,…
Start of Term Guide
You’ve crafted learning objectives, designed your course, updated your syllabus, and set up your course Canvas site and now it’s the start of term. At this point, you may be wondering what else you can do to support your students and set the class up to run smoothly. In “How to Teach a Good First…
End of Term Guide
As you near the end of the term, you might be thinking about how you can wrap up your course successfully. In 7 Ideas to Perk Up Your Last Day of Class, Kristi Rudenga, director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame, notes that despite best intentions and due…
Middle of Term Guide
You have reached the middle of a fast-paced term, creating a class community and digging into your course materials and assignments, together. Now it’s time to check-in with your students and ensure that they’re on track to meet course outcomes (and their own learning goals) by the end of the term. In this guide, we…