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Effective Design Principles and Accessibility for Gamifying Your Classes

Effective Design Principles and Accessibility for Gamifying Your Classes

by Ziting Wang | Nov 8, 2023 | Digital Accessibility, How-tos, Instructional design, Pedagogy

Want to engage your students by incorporating gamification into your classes? This blog post shares four design principles for creating gamified activities and discusses factors to consider in order to design with accessibility in mind. Design Principles Breaking down...
Seeking Early and Midterm Student Feedback

Seeking Early and Midterm Student Feedback

by Joe Olivier | Oct 17, 2023 | How-tos, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Surveys and Feedback

If you teach at UChicago, you are probably familiar with how students can provide formal feedback on the courses you teach towards the end of the quarter. The University Registrar administers the Course Feedback process, and you are able to add customized questions,...
Five Tips for Using Canvas as a Student

Five Tips for Using Canvas as a Student

by Kinley LaBerge | Oct 5, 2023 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Student

UChicago Canvas is your one-stop shop for accessing and organizing your classes as a student at UChicago, but are you using it to its full potential? Ensuring that you’re comfortable and familiar with the platform will allow you to get the most out of your courses and...
New Quarter FAQs: How to Create Your Canvas Course, Copy Content, and More

New Quarter FAQs: How to Create Your Canvas Course, Copy Content, and More

by Michael Hernandez | Feb 28, 2023 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Uncategorized

For instructors here at UChicago, preparing for the new quarter can be a hectic process. In order to make the technology side of that process as quick and stress-free for you as possible, we’d like to offer a few handy resources for some of the most common concerns...

Link to Library Resources in Canvas

by Thomas Keith | Feb 17, 2023 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos

Note: This post was guest-authored by Rebecca Starkey, Head of Research and Instruction Services at the UChicago Library. Would you like to link to assigned readings in your Canvas course? Most Library resources allow you to create links that go directly to a book or...

Create Positive Classroom Relationships with NameCoach

by Cheryl Walker | Jan 20, 2023 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos

Using NameCoach to learn student names and correct pronunciations is a low-stakes way to foster community and inclusion. Using this simple tool can have a positive impact on the students’ experience in your classroom. NameCoach can help all students (especially those...
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