Student
engagement
Designing and facilitating student engagement activities
Activity options for engaging classroom activities in person, mixed modalities, hybrid, and online.
Expand the blocks below to learn more about how TLC can help improve student engagement for your course.
In Class Activities
Delivery Design is the important process of planning lessons. This is a great opportunity for a partnership between faculty and Instructional Designers. Instructors bring the content, and we can bring the form!
In-Class Activities – Structured and proven techniques for class time that is well spent.
Instructor Guides – More formal write-ups to help faculty integrate technology, overcome challenges of teaching and learning with masks, and adapt activities to the assigned classroom.
Zoom Screen Share
Zoom is still used for class time in some hybrid classes. Zoom has built-in engagement tools like a whiteboard, annotate tools, breakout rooms, and polling.
Zoom Engagement Tools and Teaching Tips – Blog post
First Impressions
The first day of class is an opportunity to make a good impression. Some studies have found that the first impression is often a lasting impression!
Create a Meaningful First Day – Infographic
Ice breakers! – Blog post
Soliciting Student Feedback
Formative Assessments, or soliciting student feedback, is so important in a course! We have lots of ways to implement, from mid-semester surveys, to live polling.
Ideas for Generating Student Feedback – Help develop exit tickets or mid-semester surveys using Brightspace, Google Forms, or Qualtrics.
Ode to Formative Assessment – Ideas for low and no stakes interactive assessment techniques (blog)
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We did the stretch & flex activity in class yesterday and was incredible to see the difference in engagement and energy Tuesday versus prior classes. There were even a few giggles!”