What is this page? On this page we share many of the resources created by ACERT and the Center for Online Learning during the past semesters, organized in a way to help you address specific interests and needs for your in-person, hybrid, or online courses.
What are these resources? We’ve collected recordings and presentation materials shared at the ACERT lunchtime seminars, blog posts from the ACERT website, and resources created by the Center for Online Learning. Almost all these resources were created by Hunter faculty and staff! The full list of contributors is included at the end. You can also find quick links to faculty support and services, and to student support services and opportunities.
How can I get more help? You can sign up for the Center for Online Learning’s technology workshops. For individual help with a tool or an activity, you can attend the Center’s virtual office hours. Meet with colleagues and educational technologists to brainstorm and talk through ideas during EdTech Brainstorm Hour. Or attend the ACERT Lunchtime Seminars where faculty and staff share approaches and insights from their own teaching and research with colleagues.
How do I learn about upcoming events? Subscribe to the ACERT mailing list (1-2 emails/week). Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @HunterACERT. We also post information about upcoming events on the ACERT website and calendar.
Please note: All Hunter/CUNY tools are marked with an asterisk, and you can find more information and instructions (including on how to access the tools) on this resource page from the Center for Online Learning. All links on this Resources for Course Design page open in a new tab.
Overview
Getting ready
Course materials
In the physical classroom
Assignments and activities
Feedback and grading
Inclusive teaching and learning
The tech and the tools
Get inspired!
Getting ready
I would like to…
- get my syllabus ready
- Innovative syllabus design – video and presentation slides
- “Practices and principles in syllabus design” – blog post with additional resources
- The Hunter syllabus checklist – link to checklist
- share information about Hunter resources with my students
- “Resources to share with your students” – blog post with additional resources
- Services and support to share with students – link to Resource Padlet
- create orientation (“week-zero”) materials
- Orientation modules: what, why, how – resource page
- Giving students a warm welcome – blog post
- prepare my Blackboard course site
- Start of the semester reminders – link to checklist
- Make my course site available (visible) to students – video demo
- How to create a course banner – link to instructions
- Copying course materials – link to instructions and video demo
- make my course and course materials accessible
- Using Blackboard Ally to improve the accessibility of my course materials on Blackboard – video
- Creating accessible PDF and Microsoft Office* documents – link to instructions
- Enabling live subtitles in PowerPoint* – link to instructions
- Video captioning in Zoom*, VoiceThread* and YouTube – link to instructions
Course materials
I would like to…
- record my lecture
- “12 tips for recording mini-lectures” – link to tips
- Record using Zoom* – video and presentation slides
- Record using VoiceThread* – instructions and examples; get started with “How to create a VoiceThread”
- Record using Loom – video and presentation slides (! instructors and students can get a free account)
- Record using Screencast-O-Matic – instructions and examples
- add subtitles to my videos
- How to add subtitles in Zoom*, VoiceThread*, and YouTube – link to instructions
- store and share large files (such as video lectures)
- Use Dropbox* to store and share files – video and presentation slides
- create asynchronous modules
- “Asynch Done Asynch” – an asynch module about asynch modules (featured tools: Blackboard Discussion Board*, Padlet*, hypothesis*, VoiceThread*, Zoom*, SnagIt*, Mentimeter, Playposit)
- How to create modules: a step-by-step guide – link to guide
- Some sample modules (Nutrition, Classics, Mathematics, Psychology, Economics, English) – link to modules
In the physical classroom
I would like to…
- get familiar with the equipment in my classroom
- Book a consultation with Classroom Technology Services (Audio Visual Center) – link to AV contact info
- create moments of student feedback and interaction during classtime
- “Creating Interactive Moments in the Physical Classroom” – blog post (featured tools: Poll Everywhere, iClicker*, Padlet*, Wordwall)
- “What Are They Thinking? Mentimeter for Student Engagement and Audience Feedback” – blog post (featured tool: Mentimeter)
- “Using Padlet to Bring the Zoom Chat into the Physical Classroom” – blog post (featured tool: Padlet*)
- “Engaging Larger Classes” – blog post (featured tool: TopHat*)
- host a virtual guest speaker
- Reserve a “Zoom kit” (wide-angle camera with tripod) at the Audio Visual Center – link to AV contact info
- Invite your guest speaker to your Zoom or Blackboard Collaborate room – Zoom* instructions, Bb Collaborate* instructions
Assignments and activities
I would like to…
- have my students write and/or work together
- Managing group work and collaborate writing during class time – video and presentation slides (featured tools: Google Docs, Google Slides, Blackboard Wiki*)
- Managing group work and presentations outside of class time – blog post with additional resources (featured tools: Google Docs, Blackboard Groups*, Blackboard Adaptive Release*, Padlet*)
- Collaborative reading and annotating with hypothesis* – video; instructions and examples; short video on designing a hypothesis assignment
- Sharing and collaborating with Padlet* – video and presentation slides; instructions and examples
- have my students learn from each other
- Engaging students through peer learning – video
- Self and peer review in classes of any size – video and presentation slides; resource guide on PeerMark (featured tool: Turnitin PeerMark on Blackboard*)
- Using hypothesis for self and peer review – video
- design creative assignments for my course
- Creating social media based assignments – video (featured tools: Twitter, Blackboard Discussion Board*, Instagram); article “Using Twitter for academic purposes: how to guide students”
- Using podcasts in teaching and research – video (featured tools: Spreaker)
- Creating game-like or playful activities – video (featured tools: Ivanhoe WordPress via the CUNY Academic Commons*, Digital Escape Rooms via Google Forms, Flippity); getting started with Ivanhoe; getting started with digital escape rooms; article “MEME: Motivating Engagement using Meme Examples”
- Creating shareable e-books – video (featured tools: Book Creator and CUNY Manifold*); quick overview of Book Creator; getting started with Book Creator; getting started with CUNY Manifold*
- create interactive (homework) assignments
- Asynchronous discussions with VoiceThread* and Blackboard Discussion Boards* – video and presentation slides (also mentioned: Blackboard Quizzes*)
- Flipgrid* – a short video on using Flipgrid* to facilitate video or audio discussions outside the classroom
- “Playposit: A remedy for the passive viewing of videos” – blog post
- add interactive moments to my synchronous online sessions
- Starting class with an icebreaker – video and presentation slides (featured tools: Zoom*, Padlet*, Mentimeter)
Creating polls – video and presentation slides (featured tools: Zoom*, Mentimeter, Poll Everywhere, Peardeck) - Adding “stop-and-react” moments in your classes – video and presentation slides (featured tools: Peardeck, Mentimeter, Kahoot!, Jamboard, Playposit, Edpuzzle)
- Written discussions in live class sessions – video (featured tools: Google Docs, Slack, Discord)
- Starting class with an icebreaker – video and presentation slides (featured tools: Zoom*, Padlet*, Mentimeter)
Feedback and grading
I would like to…
- streamline my grading
- Some tips and tricks for using the Blackboard Grade Center* – video and presentation slides
- Organizing, standardizing, and automating grading using Gradescope* – video; blog post
- adopt different approaches to grading
- “Ungrading”: decentering grades and encouraging self-reflection and self-assessment – video; blog post; Susan Blum, ed., Ungrading; further resources
- design an alternative to the final paper
Inclusive teaching and learning
I would like to…
- create an inclusive classroom
- Incorporating student identity, purpose, and belonging in the classroom – video and project descriptions (1, 2, 3)
- Teaching for social justice – video and presentations slides (1, 2, 3)
- Addressing multigenerational needs in the digital classroom – video and presentation slides
- Offering students choice in assignments – video, an example of a choice board, and “Choice Boards 101” (Catlin Tucker)
- facilitate difficult conversations
- Discussing controversial issues in the classroom – video and Michael Lewis, “Norms of Engagement” handout
- Leading critical conversations on race, identity, and social equity – video; handout on critical talk moves; handout on critical listening exercise; M. Schieble, A. Vetter, K. M. Martin, Classroom Talk for Social Change
The tech and the tools
I would like to…
- learn more about ChatGPT and AI tools in the classroom
- Introduction to ChatGPT (January 2023) – video and presentation slides
- Examples of how CUNY instructors have used ChatGPT in assignments and activities in Spring 2023 – blog post
- Classroom policies for AI generative tools – instructors share their policies in this resource
- find the right tool for my assignment
- Matching tech tools with pedagogical purposes – video and presentation slides (1, 2)
- Technology tools for the online classroom, based on Bloom’s taxonomy – Natasha Nurse-Clarke, Technology Teaching Toolkit
- learn more about Hunter / CUNY tools
- Find out what they are: Blackboard | Blackboard Collaborate | Camtasia | Dropbox | Gradescope | hypothesis | Labster | Office 365 | Padlet | SnagIt | Top Hat | VoiceThread | Zoom
- Get more information and instructions – Technology Tools page by the Center of Online Learning
- Take a workshop – Technology Workshops page of the Center for Online Learning
- Get individualized help – attend the Online EdTech Consultations
- Brainstorm with colleagues and educational technologists – attend Brainstorm Mondays
Get inspired!
Get ideas and inspiration from your colleagues across Hunter who shared their teaching innovations during our 2021 Teaching with Tech Faculty Showcase and our Transforming our Teaching Showcase in 2023!
Get inspired by this interview with Gina Riley, the winner of the 2022 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Get inspired by this interview with Antonia Schroeder, the winner of the 2022 Cecile Insdorf Award for Excellence in Teaching for Part-Time Faculty.
Contributors
In alphabetical order; authors/presenters are also listed on the individual contributions
Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning)
Adina Mulliken (Social Work and Libraries)
Aiesha Turman (English)
Allen Strouse (English)
Amber Alliger (Pyschology)
Andie Silva (English, York College; Digital Humanities, Graduate Center)
Andrea Saenz (Nutrition)
Anna Shilova (Romance Languages)
Antonia Schroeder (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology)
April Kisamore (Special Education)
Arabella J Pollack (Economics)
Austin Bailey (English)
Barry Cherkas (Mathematics and Statistics)
Blondie Natacha L.N.E. Pawa (Romance Languages)
Carmen Brown (Curriculum and Teaching)
Catlin Tucker (Pepperdine University)
Charles Tien (Political Science)
Chris Wells (Environmental Studies/History, Macalester College)
Christine Rosalia (Curriculum and Teaching)
Daniel Chan (Office of Accessibility)
Darlene DeFour (Psychology)
Dennis Robbins (Curriculum and Teaching)
Devra Golbe (Economics and Accounting)
Dongshin Chang (Theatre)
Elizabeth Klein (Special Education)
Ellen McCabe (School of Nursing)
Gina Riley (Special Education)
Hossannah Asuncion (English, BMCC)
Ioana Wicker (German)
Iris Finkel (Libraries)
Ivana Stanisavljevic (Mathematics and Statistics)
Jack Kenigsberg (English; Rockowitz Writing Center)
Jared Simard (Liberal Studies, NYU)
Jaya Rachwani (Physical Therapy)
Jeff Allred (English)
Jennifer Newman (Libraries)
Jillian Báez (Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies)
John Bandman (International English Language Institute)
Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages)
Kahdeidra Monét Martin (Urban Education, Graduate Center)
Kate B. Pok-Carabalona (Sociology)
Katherine St. John (Computer Science)
Katherine Volkmer (Romance Languages)
Kathie Cheng (English)
Keith Okrosy (Career Development)
Kelle Cruz (Physics and Astronomy)
Kevin Currie Knight (Special Education, Foundations, and Research, ECU)
Kirsten Grant (Chemistry)
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching)
Lauren Schnell (Special Education)
Leila Gastil (Psychology)
Marcia Liu (HCAP and Asia American Studies Program)
Maria Hernandez-Ojeda (Romance Languages)
Melissa Schieble (Curriculum and Teaching)
Michael Fisher (Women and Gender Studies)
Michael Lewis (Social Work)
Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center)
Natasha Nurse-Clarke (Nursing, Lehman College)
Nga Than (Sociology)
Nina Merolle (German)
Partha Deb (Economics and Accounting)
Paul McPherron (English)
Philip Johnson (Political Science, Graduate Center)
Randye Rutberg (Geography)
Rebecca Huselid (Psychology)
Renee Schaller (English)
Roberta Kilkenny (Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies)
Samantha Sheppard-Lahiji (Biology)
Sandi Clarkson (Mathematics & Statistics)
Sarah Bonner (Curriculum and Teaching)
Sarah Ward (Libraries)
Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere (Psychology)
Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning)
Sissel McCarthy (Film & Media)
Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages)
Vicki Lens (Social Work)
Virginia Gryta (Special Education)
Vivian Louie (Urban Policy and Planning / Asian American Studies Center and Program)
Yang Hu (Curriculum and Teaching)
Last updated: May 2023
