Resilient Teaching

Notre Dame Learning units (the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence & Office of Digital Learning) along with OIT’s Teaching and Learning Technologies team are offering drop-in online office hours, group consultations, online workshops for all Notre Dame instructors. Click here to learn more or register. In addition, we have developed a self-paced Mini-Course on Resilient Teaching designed to accompany you as you plan for the teaching.

For guidance on how to teach effectively online, please see the Effective Online Teaching guide. More information can be found in the Resilient Teaching Playbook and in the online mini-course. Additional information can be obtained from ND Learning workshops, open office hours, and individual consultations. 

The decision on whether or not to record your class is up to the instructor. Having a recording of your class to share with students can be extremely advantageous if, for example, a student was unable to attend due to illness, connectivity issues, etc. However, privacy considerations should be taken into account before recording a class. Information and guidance on privacy as it relates to recording your class can be found under the “Recording Live Classes (including sensitive subjects)” section of the Intellectual Property & Privacy Considerations chapter in the Preparing for Fall Teaching playbook.

To begin, we recommend reviewing the Re/Designing for Equitable Resilience section in the playbook. The Creating & Integrating Media, Worked, Example, & Screencasts chapter provides information on best practices, recommended tools, etc. for producing screencasts and worked examples. To learn more about creating learning materials for resilience, consider signing up for or reviewing a recording of the “Selecting and Creating Asynchronous Content” workshop.

ND Learning and the OIT Teaching and Learning Technologies group offer a number of workshops on Sakai, such as "Creating Assessments in Sakai", and "Optimizing Sakai for Resilient Teaching". Additionally, the OIT has compiled many useful Knowledge Base articles on setting up and using Sakai effectively. See Workshops & Programs for the workshop schedule and recordings of previous workshops. 

For guidance on administering exams, please see the Assessment Planning chapter in the Preparing for Fall Teaching playbook. For additional guidance, please avail of the ND Learning workshops, open office hours, and individual consultations. 

https://resilientteaching.conductor.nd.edu/policies-practices/spring-2020-v-fall-2020/For information on what technology will be in your dual-mode classroom and how to use it, please consult the Fall 2020 Registrar and Departmental Classroom Technology List and the Using Dual-Mode Classroom Technology in Fall 2020 guide.

There are a variety of ways that the experience for instructors and students in the Fall semester will differ from Spring 2020. This table provides a useful comparison. 

The Office of the Registrar has published revised course schedules and classroom assignments in InsideND via Class Search. If you have questions about your new classroom assignment or meeting time, please contact your dean’s designee for fall scheduling matters, typically an assistant/associate dean. Please note that the classroom assignments are not yet final, as adjustments will be made as the registrar learns which faculty members will be teaching online during the fall semester.