Best Practices in Teaching

Design

Student engagement & learning begins
with strong course design.

Basics of Course Design
Inclusive & Equitable Teaching
Teaching in Different Formats
Creating Accessible Courses
Bloom's Taxonomy

Build

Once you’ve designed your course,
use a variety of tools to build a course
that accomplishes your goals.

Teaching in Different Formats
Creating Accessible Courses
Flexible Teaching for Emergencies

Teach

Make your course design come to life
as you work with your students.

Inclusive & Equitable Teaching
Teaching in Different Formats
Flexible Teaching for Emergencies

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Improve

“The best teaching is critically reflective”
Stephen Brookfield

Inclusive & Equitable Teaching
Reflective Teaching

Additional CAFE Resources for Course Design

Building an Effective, Inclusive, Syllabus for CPP

Inclusive syllabus checklist - Insure that you are using best practices in creating an inclusive syllabus.
Annotated Sample Syllabus - View a sample syllabus with anotated information describing its structure.
Syllabus Template (customizable) - Save time building your syllabus by tailoring this template to fit your course.

Student Resources for Your Syllabus or Canvas Course

Learning and Support Resources - Shortcuts to student services and campus technologies.
Technology Support - Find tutorials, guides, and get support with Canvas.
University Policies - Accessibility, privacy, data security, student conduct, and academic catalog.

Publicly Available and Self-Enroll Courses

This series of courses in best practices are self-paced, non-facilitated, asynchronous courses available either publicly or to self-enroll with your CPP Bronco credentials.

Course Name and Description	Course Link
Intro to Teaching with Canvas (Self-Enrollable) If you’re new to Canvas or you want a refresher on basics, the self-enroll Intro to Teaching with Canvas Course will allow you to walk through basic steps for using Canvas to offer a good experience for your students (and therefore an easier experience for you.	enroll
Fundamentals of Accessibility eCertificate All students should have the joy of learning, the freedom to grow, and the benefits of education! Accessibility of course materials and Universal Design for Learning helps make that vision a reality. In this self-paced, self-enrollable, certificate course get background and practical strategies, and also develop empathy for the needs of all students.	enroll
Course Design for Cal Poly Pomona The goal of Course Design for Cal Poly Pomona is to support faculty to create courses that are informed by knowledge of the Cal Poly Pomona student body and our institutional mission and values.	public

Course Name and Description

Course Link

Intro to Teaching with Canvas (Self-Enrollable)

If you’re new to Canvas or you want a refresher on basics, the self-enroll Intro to Teaching with Canvas Course will allow you to walk through basic steps for using Canvas to offer a good experience for your students (and therefore an easier experience for you.

enroll

Fundamentals of Accessibility eCertificate

All students should have the joy of learning, the freedom to grow, and the benefits of education! Accessibility of course materials and Universal Design for Learning helps make that vision a reality. In this self-paced, self-enrollable, certificate course get background and practical strategies, and also develop empathy for the needs of all students.

enroll

Course Design for Cal Poly Pomona

The goal of Course Design for Cal Poly Pomona is to support faculty to create courses that are informed by knowledge of the Cal Poly Pomona student body and our institutional mission and values.