For Instructors

College Resources

• CIE Contact Information
• Printing Services
• Main Campus Safety

Teaching Resources

• Standard Syllabus Template

Accessibility

• Creating Accessible Documents (PDF)
• Read Ten Simple Steps Toward Universal Design of Online Courses (Website)
• UDL Short List (PDF)
• Captioning Why and How (Video)

Best Practices Documents

• Managing Your Online Course (PDF)
• Best Practices in Online Instruction (PDF)
• Copyright Fair Use Handout (PDF) It's important that you follow copyright law.  This attachment contains the following documents addressing copyright law generally and the "fair use" exception (also called the "fair use doctrine") to general copyright law.

Discussion Forums

• Online Discussions: 10 Tips for Effective Online Discussions (Website)
• Online Discussions: Best Practices in Managing Online Discussions (Website)
• Mastering Online Discussion Board Facilitation (PDF)

The Syllabus

• Tonic for the Boring Syllabus (Website)
• Humanizing your Online Class (Website)
• Writing a Good Syllabus (Website)

• Formative and Summative Assessment in a Nutshell (Video) (Easy ways to think of formative and summative assessment)
• Learn about rubrics and why they are important (Video)
• Learn how to use rubrics in Blackboard (Video)
• Learn how to use rubrics in Blackboard (PDF)
• The Minute Paper - Really a Minute Note (Website) 

The 8 Characteristics of Successful Students

Student Success

• Student Success (PDF)
• Overview of Student Success (PDF)

Research indicates that there are eight characteristics of successful students:

1. Personal Responsibility
   1. What is a "victim mentality"? (Video)
   2. Student account re moving from victim mentality to "creator" mentality (Video)
   3. Broken Escalator (Video)
   4. Yoda and Luke "Do or do not. There is no try." (Video)
2. Self-Motivation
   1. The Power of Words (Video)
   2. Piano Stairs ("The Fun Theory") (Video)
   3. Jessica's Daily Affirmation (Video)
   4. Daniel Pink re What Truly Motivates Us (Video)
3. Self-Management
   1. The Time You Have - In Jellybeans (Video)
   2. Start with a Tiny Habit (Video)
   3. Marshmallow Test (Video)
   4. Ellen DeGeneres "Procrastination Help" (Video)
   5. Life Hack Your To-Do List (Video)
4. Interdependence
   1. Interdependence Video
   2. Runner Derek Redmond in 1992 Olympics ("Never give up!") (Video)
   3. One Student's Story - How she overcame her college struggles by asking for help (Video)
   4. Erik crosses a ladder that spans a crevasse (Video)
   5. Stand By Me | Playing for Change | Song Around the World (Video)
5. Self-Awareness
   1. It's Not About the Nail (Video)
   2. Advice to Yourself (Video)
   3. I'm worried about my grade (Video)
6. Lifelong Learning
   1. Father Guido Sarducci (Video)
   2. The Backwards Brain Bicycle (Video)
   3. Michael Jordan "Fail" Commercial (Video)
   4. Your Brain is Plastic (Video)
7. Emotional Intelligence
   1. Handle Feelings Before They Handle You (Video)
   2. You Aren't at the Mercy of Your Emotions - Your Brain Creates Them (Video)
   3. The Power of Words (Video)
8. Believing in Yourself
   1. Anthony Miller (UW Oshkosh) "I beat the odds" (Video)
   2. Patrick Henry Hughes (Video)
   3. Nick Vujicic - Are You Going to Finish Strong? (Video)
   4. Find Your Greatness - Montage (Video)