Do you have the foundation for an effective course? Let's make sure, by checking that your goals, assignments, and tests align. By the end of this lesson, you'll know exactly where you stand—something your students will appreciate! Please have your syllabus as reference. We'll have plenty of examples AND a template in the workbook. 

In Part 1 of your syllabus training, Dr. Eng argues for a new approach to the syllabus. HINT: It’s not a contract. Instead, set the tone for students from Day 1 with THIS approach. He also reveals the first step to creating an engaging syllabus. 

In Part 2 of your syllabus training, Dr. Eng goes over Steps 2 through 4 to upgrading your syllabus. Each step walks you through areas of the syllabus that are critical to engaging students in your course. 

In Part 3 of your syllabus training, Dr. Eng reveals the last two steps, including formatting and designing your syllabus—without the degree in graphic design. He also includes 2 templates (a simple text-based version and a fancier, graphics-based version) for you to use. 

Dr. Eng reveals his proprietary and popular One-Sentence Lesson Plan, a simple and focused method to boil down your lesson, so that it engages your students meaningfully. 

In Part 2, Dr. Eng delves deeper into the power behind the One-Sentence Lesson Plan, as well as three considerations to help you plan transformative lessons. 

In Part 1 of Developing Asynchronous Lessons, you will learn the W.I.S.E. lesson format, a simple go-to structure that will engage students in non-live events.  

In Part 2, Dr. Eng provides 3 recommendations that will help you take your asynchronous lessons to another level. 

In the first part of this lesson, you will find out the answer to the question: When should I teach synchronously? (As opposed to asynchronously.) Dr. Eng reveals the 4 conditions that suit synchronous lessons best. Are you unnecessarily meeting live—or not enough?

In Part 2, you will learn the four phases of the W.I.R.E. format for live teaching sessions, including examples from actual lessons that will engage your students. Do you include these elements? Find out. 

In Part 1 & 2 of this lesson, Dr. Eng discusses the pre-assessment phase, which most professors ignore. He argues that you have to create the conditions to help students succeed before you assess them. Here he reveals 4 ways to do this. 

In Part 2, Dr. Eng reveals the three more ways to help students succeed, which will result in higher assessment/test scores. Pay particular attention to Method #7—an absolute game-changer that leave professors thinking, I kinda knew that yet . . .

Part 3 focuses on the actual assessment process, including tests and assignments. Dr. Eng discusses 6 ways to grade more efficiently and with less frustration. He also uncovers the best practices for testing students online.  

Try Dr. Eng's quick test to see if your slides are any good. More importantly, he reveals a novel way to approach slide presentations and demonstrates how most professors bore their audience with too much information. How can you make slides more dynamic and focused? This is Dr. Eng's masterclass-level training on focusing your slide presentation. 

Are you frustrated that students don’t read or come prepared to class? The answer is to make reading more social, by interacting virtually with classmates via questions, responses, comments, highlights, and even upvotes. Dr. Mark Dust gives a step-by-step tutorial on one social annotation tool called Perusall, including how to set up, upload your readings, and grade your students’ interactions. A must-have tool to build engagement and accountability.

How can you make your course more accessible to students with special needs? Some may have difficulty hearing, seeing, or speaking. Others may have less visible challenges. As a result, adding captions, transcripts, and/or multiple modes of instruction can help. Yet, accessibility is more than an ADA compliance issue. It’s realizing that all students can benefit from an optimized learning experience. Instructional designer and accessibility expert Karen Sorensen walks us through what to do.

Learn: 1) how to prepare yourself for the camera; 2) what kind of tech gear you need to optimize your video; 3) how to record yourself so you come across professionally and authentically; and 4) what to do post-production—i.e., editing, posting, and storing your videos. The concise yet definitive guide. Led by Tatiana Rodriguez, professor and video creation expert.

Most of us have used the web conferencing platform Zoom. But there is so much more beyond screen sharing and breakout rooms. For example, did you know you can quickly unmute yourself using the space bar? Or that you can share your smartphone screen? Or that you can pause one shared screen and start another? Professor, corporate trainer, and video creation expert Tatiana Rodriguez shows us the exact steps to do all this and A LOT more.

Dr. Mark Dust, a photography, tech expert, and professor of public health, gives you his top recommendations for a basic video tech set-up, intermediate, and advanced. Whichever way you go, you will be sure to teach online like a pro.