Faculty Resources

Fall 2021 Resources

Supporting Students in the Return to the Classroom

Many students have not been on campus at all since mid-March, 2020. Even 2nd-year students will be "new" to campus in many regards. And all members of the community will be challenged in different ways with a return to in-person, place-bound learning and working. Supporting Students in the Return to the Classroom  provides suggestions for you as an instructor to help your students adjust to the return to in-person learning. Included are recommendations for pre-course communications, suggestions for developing your syllabus, ideas for first-class meeting activities, ideas on (re)setting expectations, planning for flexibility, and supporting students. Faculty are also encouraged to review:

• Strategies for teaching to remote students in a traditional classroom created by the IDEAS team
• How do I teach with a face mask? created by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
• Some Useful Tips for the Fall 2021 Classroom created by CNS Undergraduate Education. 

Migration from Box to OneDrive

• As a reminder, Box has been retired and all existing Box content was migrated to Microsoft OneDrive.
• The migration of content from Box to OneDrive happened automatically, however, links that currently exist within Blackboard and Moodle that point to Box content will need to be updated manually. 

OneDrive Resources:

• Access screencasts and tutorials on how to use OneDrive and Teams.
• View the learning options provided by IT. 
• View the Get Started with One Drive video guides
• Visit the Microsoft Teams Help Site - Includes training videos, short courses, and other help resources. 
• Access training on LinkedIn Learning - contains many different training courses on Teams. The Microsoft Teams Tips Weekly course is updated frequently and is highly recommended! This short screencast demonstrates how to access LinkedIn Learning and how to locate and subscribe to a course.