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News and Announcements, Teaching Tips | July 23, 2026

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Top 20 Teaching Principles: From Psychology for PreK-12 Teaching and Learning

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Assessment, Course design, Pedagogy

The American Psychological Association's Top 20 Principles From Psychology for PreK-12 Teaching and Learning brings together decades of research on student development in one accessible resource for educators.

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Teaching Tips | December 19, 2025

3 Things to Know Before Submitting Your Final Grades

By Justin Tricarico and ACERT
Topics : Uncategorized

Treat Ungraded Items as 0

By default, Brightspace will drop ungraded items from your students’ Final Calculated Grade. This is equivalent to the “Calculate as Running Total” option for the Weighted Total grade on Blackboard. This is designed to give …

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Teaching Tips | August 22, 2025

Colleagues at Hunter wave from their Zoom boxes at our Lunchtime Seminar "What I Wish I Had Known Before I Started Teaching at Hunter" on Aug 21, 2025.

Advice for New Instructors at Hunter

By ACERT
Topics : Course design

Are you a new instructor at Hunter College? Welcome! Your ACERT team is here to support your teaching and research, and we have an abundance of resources for you, including advice from your colleagues.

In 2023, we asked Hunter faculty …

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Event Capsules, Teaching Tips | November 10, 2024

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ACERT Fall 2024 Lunchtime Seminars (Resources and Recordings)

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Assignments & exams, Course design, Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Technology

In case you missed it, you can find the resources and recordings of this past semester's lunchtime seminars here.

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Event Capsules, Teaching Tips | August 26, 2024

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Start of the Semester Resources

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Hunter Resources, Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Technology

A collection of our resources on AI in the classroom, Blackboard essentials, first-day strategies, and the syllabus.

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Event Capsules, Teaching Tips | April 25, 2024

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ACERT Spring 2024 Lunchtime Seminars (Resources and Recordings)

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Assignments & exams, Course design, Hunter Resources, Online classes, Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Technology

In case you missed it, you can find the resources and recordings of this past semester's lunchtime seminars here.

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Event Capsules, Teaching Tips | December 31, 2023

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Year in Review: 2023 Resources

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Assignments & exams, Course design, Flipped classroom, Hunter Resources, Hybrid classes, Online classes, Pedagogy, Social and sharing, Student Engagement

A collection of resources from our 2023 programming – for you to explore or revisit at your own time and pace.

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Event Capsules, Teaching Tips | December 11, 2023

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ACERT Fall 2023 Lunchtime Seminars (Resources and Recordings)

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Assignments & exams, Course design, ePortfolios, Flipped classroom, Hunter Resources, Hybrid classes, Online classes, Pedagogy, Social and sharing, Student Engagement, Technology

In case you missed it, you can find the resources and recordings of this past semester's lunchtime seminars here.

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ACERT Connections, Teaching Tips | October 14, 2023

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ACERT Fall Read / Watch / Listen List

By ACERT
Topics : Hunter Resources, Pedagogy, Research

Cozy up for fall with these timely reading, watching, and listening recs!

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ACERT Connections, Teaching Tips | September 5, 2023

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Advice for new instructors at Hunter

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Hunter Resources, Opportunities, Pedagogy, Student Engagement

Are you a new instructor at Hunter College? Welcome! We asked some of your colleagues what advice they would give to you.

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