Tips for Teaching Professors

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Tip: Specs Grading
Grading is time-consuming and anxiety-producing. Specs grading allows instructors to focus on quality feedback while making assignment expectations…
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Creative Syllabi
Making syllabi more effective pedagogical documents: jumping on the infographic bandwagon.
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tech Thursday: Wheel of Names
Random student name selector
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Don't Require Cameras On
Think about why we would want our students to leave their cameras on, and focus on other ways to address these concerns than requiring cameras.
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Using a Jigsaw Activity
A cooperative learning activity with roots in anti-racist and inclusive pedagogy.
 • Breana Bayraktar
TIP: AI Syllabus Statements
If we thought integrating AI-powered tools like ChatGPT into higher education was a steep learning curve last year, the pace of change shows no signs of…
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: ChatGPT edition...
“ChatGPT is learning, and ChatGPT is an infant. In a month, it will be smarter.”
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Give "Wise" Feedback
Tell students: “I have high standards” + “You can meet them” + “I will support you”
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Setting Up a Weekly Schedule
Helping students set reasonable expectations for what their semester will look like.
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Feedback Students Actually Read
Navigating the sneaking sense that students haven’t even read your comments, much less revised their work.
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Time Management
As we settle in to new routines with our students, I wanted to share a resource that I use each semester to help set student expectations.
 • Breana Bayraktar
Tip: Work Planning Template
Keep non-teaching tasks active through the magic of color-coded planning.
 • Breana Bayraktar
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