Category: Teaching
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Accessibility Tip #2 for Teaching
Suggestion 2: Help students stay engaged and focused during class. Examples: Benefits for students: Positive side effects for instructors: Instructor Tip: On a PowerPoint slide I have the agenda up when students arrive in class. Instructions for every in-class activity or discussion are also on a slide so students can refer back to it as…
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All Fall 2025 Course and FYWS Proposals Due Sept 27
The Course Proposal Forms for Fall 2025 courses (including new First-Year Writing Seminars) are due Friday, September 27. (Please see the FYWS guidelines below.) If you taught a First Year Seminar (FYS), prior to 2020, you will need to submit a course revision and address the four questions below to transition the course to a FYWS. At the…
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Building Community in the Classroom from Day 1
by Teresa Thompson, Sept 4, 2024, Read the full article here. Personal connections lead to success. As educators, it is our responsibility to make space in our classrooms for all students to feel welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our community. Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the…
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Accessibility Tips for Teaching from the Accessibility Task Force
Why is Accessibility Important? Bowdoin strives to be inclusive to all members of our community. Considering accessibility enhances the experience of all participants. Increasing all students’ comfort level and ability to participate—regardless of established disability—results in a more inclusive and more productive learning environment for everyone. These suggestions were developed with common disability accommodations in…
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New Study Explores Alphabetical Ordering of Last Names and Grading Fairness
Link to full article An analysis of more than 30 million grading records from University of Michigan finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. This is due to sequential grading biases and the default order of students’ submissions in Canvas—the most widely used online learning management system—which is based on the alphabetical rank…