• Preparing A Course
• Tips for Faculty Teaching for the First Time 
• Course Workload Estimator
• The UDL Guidelines - "The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn."
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) from Office of Accessibility Services

Checklist For Conducting A Fair Use Analysis Before Using Copyrighted Materials from Cornell Univeersity Libraries- this will help you to determine if you can use copyrighted materials in your course within the limits of fair use under U.S. copyright law (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act).

Fair Use Checklist from Columbia University Libraries 

Guide to the TEACH Act 

Using Third Party Materials in Online Courses

• Rowan Syllabus Policy - check for "must have" syllabus content
• Rowan Recommended Syllabus Statements
• Rowan Generative Artificial Intelligence suggestions
• Rowan Faculty Center Syllabus Check List - an extensive list of suggestions
• Suggestions for Preparing an Effective Syllabus
• Accessible Syllabus - covers images, text, rhetoric, and policy

Professors have an important responsibility to build a culture of trust and honesty in the classroom to support academic integrity.  Learn what you need to know to create this environment, about violations, how to prevent violations, and what to do if you suspect a student of a violation. The articles and teaching tools on the Academic Integrity Teaching Resources page will help your students gain the skills they’ll need in school and in the workplace.

• Building Trust with Students—Even Before Class Starts: How to Promote Psychological Safety in Your Classroom
• How Student Learning Can Begin before the First Day of Class
• 101 Things You Can Do in the First Three Weeks of Class
• Learning Students' Names - 23 helpful methods
• Engaging Students on the First Day and Every Day: 7 Strategies for Connecting in the Classroom
• First Day of Class Activity: The Interest Inventory
• Connecting With Your Class - 10 steps to start connecting with your classes on the first day
• First Day of Class
• Establishing Ground Rules
• Icebreakers
• Icebreakers That Rock
• Scavenger Hunts for Encouraging Students to Read and Process the Syllabus

• Office Hours and Email
• Office Hours Alternative Resonates with Students
• Virtual Office Hours

• Don’t Look at Me in That Tone of Voice – 7 Tips for Better Communication
• The 7 Rules Of Handling Difficult Students
• 9 Strategies for Getting More Students to Talk
• Students Place a Premium on Faculty Who Show They Care
• Making Better PowerPoint Presentations
• Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
• Pecha Kucha, an alternative format for presentations

• Leveraging Bloom’s Taxonomy to Elevate Discussion Boards in Online Courses
• How Superheroes Can Bring Your Online Discussion Board to Life
• How to Use Discussion Forums to Begin, Center, and Produce Student Writing
• Effective Online Discussion Questions
• 5 Strategies for Effective Discussion Questions

• The K. Patricia Cross Academy Videos - provides 50 short videos on various teaching techniques that are practical to use and address many dimensions of learning.
• Increasing Student Motivation & Participation
• Project Zero's Thinking Routine Toolbox - A thinking routine is a set of questions or a brief sequence of steps used to scaffold and support student thinking.
• An Activity That Promotes Engagement with Required Readings, Even in Large Classes
• Increasing Student Participation 
• 50 Alternatives to Lecture
  
• Teaching With Your Mouth Shut
• What is Interactive Lecture?
• 289 Interactive Techniques - great pdf to save when you want something new
• 15 Active Learning Activities to Energize Your Next College Class
• Problem-Based Learning 

• Using Group Projects Effectively
• Implementing Group Work in the Classroom

• How to Reduce Eyeglass Glare on Zoom
• Ten Tips to Look Your Best on Video Conferences

• Supporting Transgender Students in the Classroom
• When to Tell Your Rowan Students about Disability Resources - helpful infographic from Academic Success. Some students qualitfy for temporary accommodations.
• Three Statistics that Will Change the Way You Think about Generation Z
• 5 Things to Say to Students Suffering from Anxiety
• Research Highlights How Easily, Readily Students Fabricate Excuses
• How to Teach Gen Z Students
• The First Day Of A New Semester...as Told by an Extremely Anxious Student

• The Beginning and End of Class
• The Five Minutes BEFORE Class Begins
• Small Changes in Teaching: The Minutes Before Class - 
• Encouraging students to read before class...is it hopeless?
• Teaching a Diverse Student Body
• Diversity & Inclusive Teaching 
• The 5 Second Solution for a Talkative Class
• Emergency Guide for Rowan Faculty and Staff: Helping Students in Difficulty - Counseling & Psychological Services (CPS) have developed this informational guide to assist faculty, staff, and the university community when dealing with troubled and/or troubling students.
• Emergency Preparedness Quick Reference Guide for Rowan Faculty & Staff (pdf)
• Creating a climate for learning: Five steps 
• Small Changes in Teaching: Last 5 Minutes of Class
• Eight seconds of silence that will transform your teaching (podcast)

• Alternatives to Traditional Testing
• Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
• Examples of Classroom Assessment Techniques
• The Guide to Assessment

• What is the difference between Positive and Negative scoring?
• Score with your scoring: 4 options for marking multiple-choice
• Fast and Equitable Grading - general strategies to save time
• Grading Class Discussion - including grading rubric
• The Problem with Grading - When it comes to how we show what students know, do traditional grading practices deserve an F?
• Final Grade Calculator - for students

• Beyond “the Grade”: Alternative Approaches to Assessment - specifications grading, contract grading, mastery grading, and ungrading
• Alternative Grading Methods: How do we determine the grade a student receives in a course? - specifications (“specs”) grading, ungrading
• To help new students adapt, some colleges are eliminating grades - focus on learning, not grades.

• Using Rubrics  - This article covers: 1) Why use rubrics? 2) How can you develop a rubric? 3) How can you incorporate rubrics in a course? 4) Online Rubric Resources
• Rubric for Assessing Student Participation
• QuickRubric - a tool to help create rubrics
• Performance Criteria - examples of rubrics and rating scales for different situations 
• Rubric for Assessing Student Participation - 

• Receiving and Giving Effective Feedback
• Essential Guide for Giving and Receiving Feedback

Feedback is different from grading:

• Feedback is a formative assessment tool that uses descriptive, constructive, and nonjudgmental language.
• Evaluation is a summative assessment tool that judges outcomes and allows for comparison against a standard of performance.
• Providing iterative feedback is preferable as this gives the recipients the opportunity to improve before taking part in the next activity and before a formal evaluation.
• Effective feedback is achieved by setting up a positive interpersonal relationship between the person providing feedback and the recipient, as this creates an environment that fosters development

• Rowan Mid Semester Focus - The MSF on teaching and learning is a mid-semester evaluation technique that provides instructors with rich and meaningful feedback from their students regarding the learning environment in a course. The process is entirely voluntary and data confidential. This process is conducted by members of the Faculty Center MSF team.
• Conducting a Mid-Semester Check-In
• How to Read a Student Evaluation
• Avoiding Bad Teaching Evaluations: Tricks of the Trade
• Student Evaluations of Teaching
• 5 Strategies to Manage the Hurt of Student Evaluations

• Six Things That Make College Teachers Successful
• Do You Suffer From the Curse of Knowledge? 

• Parting Ways: Ending Your Course
• Last Day of Class
• Making You Next Semester Easier
• Fizzle or Finale: The Final Day of Class
• Footnote, Endnote, Thank-you Notes

• Time Management Tips & Strategies
• Cut Your Email Time in Half

• Online Discussion Tips for Students - This PDF provides really effective discussion strategies for students to improve online discussions.
• 9 Awesome Study Tips for College Students
• AcademicTips.org - resource for students filled with college study tips, tricks, skills and guides to help them manage their time, take better notes, study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life.
• Three Tips on How to Help Your Students Study Online Effectively with a Smartphone
• How Faculty can Support Student Mental Health