Guides
Browse Pathways
Choose a pathway based on your needs and follow an ordered sequence of modules that build upon each other.
I’m just exploring my options
Explore how online learning and teaching is different from emergency remote teaching.
I’m ready to start designing an online course
Walk through the basics of the process for designing an online course.
Tools and strategies for student communication
Understand the tools we use for communication and build a plan for when to use them.
Explore on your own
Short, on-demand guides to help you better understand particular concepts related to effective online teaching.
Ready to Go Blue – Fall 2020 (R2GB)
Preparing for Fall 2020 U-M faculty and GSI’s are re-envisioning fall classes in a variety of engaging formats including in-person, remote, and hybrid. Ready to Go
Online course planning blueprint
How this will help: Discover tools to help plan an online course using design strategies The basics If you do any search for “online course
Inclusive teaching
How this will help: Define inclusive teaching and CRLT’s 5 principles of inclusive teaching. Discover concrete inclusive teaching strategies for online teaching. The basics Promoting
Accessibility for facilitating
How this will help: Describe the key features of an accessible course. Identify ways to ensure a course you are teaching, but didn’t design, is
Creating authentic assessments
How this will help: Define the term authentic assessment. Describe the value of authentic assessments. Brainstorm ideas for authentic assessments that might work in your
Using collaborative reading tools
How this will help: Introduction to social annotation reading tools. How to use social annotation in an online class. The basics We know students may
Create or curate? I need content for my online course