Teaching Support

Consultations on Teaching

We are pleased to provide confidential one-on-one consultations for any UVic instructor on any aspect of their teaching. For an appointment please contact ltc@uvic.ca or 250-721-8571. Typical topics for consultation include:

• Teaching methods and tips including effective lecturing, facilitating discussions, enhancing participation, classroom management and balancing your time
• Curriculum and syllabus/course outline design, including a suggested Academic Integrity Statement and an Accessibility Statement for students with a disability
• Generating individual weekly/class outlines to help structure and organize your course
• Giving and receiving feedback to assist learning, including help with grading and guidance on giving effective feedback on written assignments
• Sample Feedback Questionnaire
• TA Support Services and graduate professional development programming
• Help conceptualizing scholarship of teaching and learning projects
• Consultation on UVic's Learning and Teaching Grants
• Successfully documenting teaching for tenure and promotion purposes using a teaching dossier
• Getting started with your teaching at UVic by attending the fall Orientation or Intensive Summer Teaching Institute
• Resources on teaching and learning issues
• Selected Resources Available for Instructors Linked to Individual CES Items

Instructional Resources

Do you want to know about the new grading policy at UVic?

• Percentage Grading

Do you want to borrow some books on teaching?

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Pedagogy for Higher Education
• Teaching with Technology
• Assessment
• Alternate Pedagogical Practices
• Change in Higher Education
• New Faculty and Graduate Students
• Student Retention
  

Do you want to know what the copyright rules say about sharing information in the teaching and learning context?

• Copyright Office – Instructional Materials

Do you want to access a resource online about Communication Strategies for International Graduate Students?

• Online Resource - Communication Strategies for International Graduate Students (CSIGS): Surviving and Thriving in Canadian Academia by Nadine Le Gros

Do you want to improve your teaching?

• Graphic Syllabus Example (PSY100 Marty Wall)
• LTC Library Teaching Topics
• Preparing Your Course Syllabus
• Syllabus Checklist
• Teaching Dossiers
• Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
• Using Videotaping to Improve Your Teaching
• Assignment Design and Effective Feedback

Do you want to improve your communication with TAs?

• The Instructor's Guide to Working with TAs
  
  
  

Do you want to know about the Course Experience Survey (CES)?

• Course Experience Survey (CES)

Do you want to know what publications and courses are available?

• Critical Incidents Videotapes & DVDs
• ED-D 600 - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (This course replaces ED-D 591A)
• Publications & DVDs

• Student Success Publication
  
  

Do you want to read about curriculum and pedagogy?

• Bibliography of Teaching-Related Journals
• Critical Pedagogy

• Internationalization of the Curriculum

Do you want to find out about policies?

• Academic Accomodation for Undergraduate Students
• Academic Integrity
• Copyright Office – Instructional Materials
• Department of Occupational Health, Safety & Environment, Classroom Safety, etc.
• Faculty and Librarian Evaluation Policies
  
  
  

Do you want to find out about using technology in teaching?

• Learning Systems - Instructional Technology Support

Online Workshops about Teaching and Learning for Faculty and TAs

• Webinar on Learning Communities: Creating Environments that Retain, Engage and Transform Learners
• Webinar on The Broken Spoon: Training Tutors to Develop Independent Learning Skills in Students
• Webinar on Managing Disruptive Classroom Behaviour
• Webinar on Providing Appropriate & Targeted Feedback to Today's College Student

Other Important Websites

• Alumni Excellence in Teaching, Awards and Winners
• Collaborative Learning-Small Group Learning
• Instructional Development Centres
• Learning Assessment
• Learning Through Technology
• Problem Based Learning
• Teaching Development Conferences