Resources
This page brings together key resources to support faculty teaching in online and blended learning environments. These materials include guidance on course design, teaching practices, technology tools, and strategies that help promote student engagement and success in online courses.
Getting Started with Online Teaching
Resources that introduce the fundamentals of teaching in an online environment and prepare for course delivery.
- How Online Teaching is Different (4 minutes, 20 seconds)
- How the Online Environment Impacts the Instructor Role
- How the Online Environment Impacts the Student Role
- Preparing for your first day
- Canvas-Ready Checklist
Course Planning & Organization
Guidance for designing course outcomes, assignments, and organizing course content before the course begins.
- Why Design? (2 minutes, 58 seconds)
- Learning Outcomes (3 minutes, 11 seconds)
- Learning Outcomes Guide
- Assignment Plan (6 minutes)
- Assignment Plan Guide
- Content and Organization (7 minutes, 6 seconds)
- Learning Materials Guide
- Organizing your Course Guide
- Online Rigor
Student Engagement & Interaction
Strategies for building instructor presence and fostering student participation and community.
Feedback & Assessment
Resources related to evaluating student work and aligning assignments with learning outcomes.
- Assignment Plan (6 minutes)
- Assignment Plan Guide
Teaching Tools & Technology
Step-by-step guidance for using Canvas and creating instructional media.
- Customize the Course Menu
- How to Attach the Syllabus and Course Schedule
- How to Copy (Reuse) Course Content
- How to Import the Kent State Online Template
- How to Create a Course Introduction Video
- How to Create a Course Overview Screencast
- How to Create an Instructor Introduction Video
- How to Create a Narrated Presentation Using PowerPoint & Kaltura
- Usable Media for Online Courses
Course Templates & Instructor Materials
Downloadable templates and example materials that instructors can adapt for their courses.