Online Teaching Tools & Tips Tutorials

• How to take attendance on Zoom
• How to create a journal in Blackboard
• How to create a discussion board post in Bb
• Getting Online Fast
• How to use Whiteboard in Zoom
• Using the Polling Feature in Zoom

Blackboard Tutorials

• Creating an Assignment Submission Folder in Blackboard
• How to add a tool link to your Blackboard class site
• How to upload a Youtube video
• Embedding Videos into Your Course
• Creating Assignments

Active Learning

• Active learning is a learner-centered approach to teaching where the instructors are facilitators of learning rather than providers of information.
• Active Learning Techniques Booklet

Flipped Learning

• Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space.

Learning Outcomes

• A learning outcome answers the question: what will students know or be able to do at the end of this lesson, block, or program. The learning outcome informs what you will teach.

One-Minute Preceptor

• Learn about the five microskills of the One-Minute Preceptor.

Presentation Tips

• Tips on how to make your presentation great.

Resources from Outside Sources

• How to Hold Better Class Discussion
• How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
• Useful resources from other sites, including those outside the UCR School of Medicine.
• Recommended reading list on teaching.pdf

Teaching Physician

• TeachingPhysician.org is an online resource dedicated to supporting community preceptors and faculty as they train the next generation of physicians.

Writing Effective Test Questions 

• How to design assessments and write test questions. 

Additional Online Teaching Resources

• The National Teaching & Learning Forum publishes an online journal with a wealth of information on teaching and learning. When reading it on campus, I was able to get full access to all articles through the UC library.  Check it out.
• A great article from James Lang, author of Small Teaching on How to Teach a First Day of Class
• Some excellent advice on how to get writing into a busy teaching schedule. The Worst Writing Advice in the World.
• This is a great, short piece on how to make sure you get student buy-in for the content you are teaching. Focus Your Lectures with the One-Sentence Lesson Plan.
• This narrowly focused study looks at whether or not the use of active learning strategies had a negative impact on student evaluations of teaching. (Spoiler alert - they didn't!) Will my student evaluations decrease if I adopt an active learning instructional strategy?
• Interesting article from Medical Education: The knowledge paradox: the more I know, the less I can clearly explain