Passport to Teaching Excellence

The world of teaching and learning is vast. We invite you to expand your knowledge and travel with us to revisit previously explored topics, or venture into experiencing evidence-based teaching strategies that are shown to positively impact and improve student learning outcomes. 

Our destinations are aligned with UW's foundational design standards and principles.  You can earn passport stamps as you elevate your teaching knowledge and implement best practices into your course delivery and design. Here is how it works:

• Explore and choose a destination that meets your current or future teaching area of interest. 
• Work through the curriculum associated with the stamp, which may include text content, video presentations, and other items. This is a great time to reach out to us if you have questions, need a sandbox site in Canvas, etc.
• Complete the required stamp activities, again consulting with us as needed. We want to work with you to make the activities as productive and relevant as possible.
• Earn your passport stamp by submitting evidence from your course and answers to reflective questions.
• Pay it Forward - Share your experience, expertise, and knowledge by leading a workshop, contributing to a DL blog post, or showcasing a teaching idea or strategy!

Available Destinations

Use these links to learn more about each topic and earn stamps:

• Fundamentals of Learning Objectives and Alignment
• Open Pedagogy and Renewable Assignments
• Organizing Assignments & Weighting Grades in Canvas
• Pre-Flight Checklist
• Early Engagement & Ice-Breakers
• Canvas Module Requirements
• Creating Accessible Canvas Pages
• Inclusive Teaching: Basics
• Facilitating Engaging Online Discussions
• Student Publishing with Google Sites
• Engaging Students with Peer Review
• Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom
• From Feedback to Feedforward
• Drop the Exams: Using Reflective Essays as Authentic Assessments of Student Learning
• Collaborative Annotation with hypothes.is (better than discussion?)

Schedule and Destinations

Teaching Tips Live (TTLs) are one-hour synchronous sessions, in a variety of formats, using Zoom. Recordings are made available for later use.

Teaching Tips (TTs) are asynchronous materials and activities.

(schedule subject to change based on availability of collaborators and campus need)