CEITL’s teaching resources help you design courses, engage students, assess learning, and grow as a teacher. Each guide is grounded in research and written for teaching at 91ÁÔÆæ. Start with any topic, or schedule a course design and teaching consultation for one-on-one help.
Plan Your Course
- Preparing for a New Term: a checklist for getting your Canvas course ready, from copying content to setting up your Gradebook
- Course Design and Alignment: backward design, alignment matrices, and curriculum mapping
- Writing Learning Outcomes with Bloom’s Taxonomy: how to write measurable outcomes, with verbs, assessments, and questions for each level
- Syllabus Design: using the Citadel syllabus template and setting clear expectations
- Universal Design for Learning: building flexibility into your course from the start
Teach and Engage
- Active Learning Techniques: active lecture, thinking routines, and techniques you can use in any class
- Evidence-Based Teaching Practices: the Seven Principles for Good Practice and strategies with strong research support
- Designing Real-World Learning: the Rigor/Relevance Framework and authentic assessment
- Classroom Management: preventing problems, starting strong on the first day, building rapport, and de-escalating tense moments
- Online and Hybrid Teaching: course formats, regular and substantive interaction, and instructor presence
Assess Learning
- Assessment, Grading, and Rubrics: varied assessments, rubrics in Canvas, exam design, and grading practices
Teaching in the Age of AI
- Teaching in the Age of AI: deciding how AI fits your course, designing assignments, and building students’ AI literacy
- AI for Teaching and Learning: 91ÁÔÆæ’s AI policies, guidelines, and events
Grow as a Teacher
- Reflecting on Your Teaching: student feedback, peer observation, and the scholarship of teaching and learning
- Teaching & Learning Showcase: visit or host a class to share teaching ideas with colleagues
- Professional Reading Series: read and discuss books on teaching and learning with colleagues
Policies and Plans
- Distance Learning Handbook: 91ÁÔÆæ’s policies and expectations for online, hybrid, and hi-flex courses
- Continuity of Instruction Plan: how instruction continues during an emergency or campus closure
Evaluation Guides
- Evaluation Guide for Face-to-Face Teaching at 91ÁÔÆæ (PDF)
- Evaluation Guide for Adjunct Face-to-Face Teaching at 91ÁÔÆæ (PDF)
- Evaluation Guide for Online Teaching at 91ÁÔÆæ (PDF)
- Evaluation Guide for Adjunct Online Teaching at 91ÁÔÆæ (PDF)
Have a question? Contact CEITL by phone, email, or in person in Bond Hall, Room 363.