Resources

Course Design: Guidance in thinking through what you want your students to learn, designing the course to get them there, and assessing how well you've succeeded.

Syllabus: Drafting a syllabus that provides all the required information, and makes students excited to be in your class.

Teach your Course: Ideas for teaching methods and for handling particular teaching contexts.  This section also links to articles that provide resources for teaching in particular disciplines. Includes: teaching methods, teaching situations, discipline-specific ideas.

Pedagogical Theory: Learn more about the research and theory that underlies principles of good teaching.

Teaching with Technology: Technological tools can help faculty engage students in active learning, make presentations more vivid, and help with the mechanical tasks of teaching.

Tips and Suggestions: Read these suggestions and reflect on what a TA does, the characteristics that make a great TA, as well as what you need to do to get started. 

Assess Student Work: Ideas for giving students feedback that will help them improve their learning, using rubrics, grading student work, and encouraging students to be self-reflective learners

Reflect on your Teaching: Learn how to gather feedback from students (mid-semester feedback & anonymous feedback box) and peers and use that feedback to make teaching more effective and enjoyable 

Our Students: Learn more about SMU undergraduates (and today's college students generally), and see what resources SMU offers for student engagement and support

SMU Policies on Teaching: Information on federal law, university policy, and other guidelines that relate to our role as teachers.

Support for Department Chairs: A list of web resources to help department chairs mentor junior faculty members. 

Inclusive Teaching

We offer a range of resources to help you make your courses more inclusive.