Tips for Faculty, from Faculty

Have you ever experienced course envy? You see other professor’s courses and wish that you knew all their secrets. Never experience course envy again! The Center for Distributed Learning will be releasing ‘Tips for Faculty, from Faculty.’ Check back regularly for a new video from one of UCF’s great faculty members. Topics will range from accessibility all the way to student engagement.

Share Your Tips!

Share Your Tips!

Have a tip you’d like to share? Email us at idev@ucf.edu

Zoom Timers

“Having the timers is a way to help us  all manage our time and our bandwidth in Zoom.“

Dr. Christine Hanlon, Associate Lecturer, Communication

Kris Hestad, Multimedia Specialist, FCTL

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Lightboard

“With the Lightboard, I can draw arrows, I can draw circles around the model. I could just illustrate right on the spot in ways that I couldn’t have otherwise.“

Dr. Ann Miller, Professor, Communication

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Think Pair Share

“It gives them an opportunity to hear what their peers are thinking to see if their ideas are in alignment with their peers ideas.”

-Dr. Julie Donnelly, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

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Materia

“The benefit of using Materia in your classes is it’s a really easy and engaging way for students to interact with your course material.“

Dr. Jessica Waesche, Lecturer, Psychology

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Reflection

“I don’t really force them [students] to do anything, but that reflective moment makes a huge difference in their growth throughout the class.”

-Matt Dombrowski, Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts and Design

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OER Implementation

“If you find a good open access textbook the quality is as good if not better than the commercially-available ones because the people who are writing them are actually very dedicated to doing this.”

-Dr. Bruce Wilson, Professor, Political Science

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Discussion Strategies

“Be open-minded and innovative in your use of discussion prompts. There are two strategies that I’ve used in my classes that have been really effective with getting the students both engaged and thinking critically.”

-Dr. Beatriz Reyes-Foster, Associate Professor, Anthropology

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Syllabus Tool

“I post in that tool the top half of my syllabus. So, it’s the contact information, technology requirements, and other key pieces of information that they [students] need to know before they register.”

-Dr. Beth Nettles, Adjunct Instructor, College of Engineering and Computer Science

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Question Banks

“I heard it from a colleague of mine. She was showing me her test banks and I was like, that’s awesome, I’m stealing it. And now, I’ve applied it to all of my classes and it’s really helpful.”

-Dr. Sandra Wheeler, Associate Lecturer of Anthropology

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Video Captions

“The biggest tip I can give to people is to have a transcript already produced. Usually, when I do this, I write the transcript before I record my lecture. Then, I make edits to that transcript after I’ve already recorded and that way you already have it done.”

-Dr. Amanda Groff, Associate Lecturer of Anthropology

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Check back later!

We will have more tips coming soon!