Faculty Compass: Teaching
Prepare Your Course
Get started with planning your course using these recommendations for structuring your syllabus, selecting readings, and designing and organizing your course.
Countdown for Course Preparation [1]
Syllabus Design [2]
Course Materials and Readings [3]
Course Design Process [4]
Learning Objectives [5]
Online Learning [6]
Teach Your Course
Make the learning process more active and engaging by incorporating research-based strategies, learning activities, and best practices to increase students' learning and deepen mastery of what they learned. Learn how to address common teaching challenges.
Active Learning [7]
Teaching Strategies [8]
Teaching Challenges [9]
Lectures and Presentations [10]
Best Practices for Teaching [11]
Expectations Management [12]
Clinical Teaching [13]
Assess Student Learning
Strategies and techniques for assessing student learning.
The Importance of Assessment [14]
Grading Student Work [15]
Classroom Assessment Techniques [16]
Planning Quizzes and Exams [17]
Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions [18]
Planning Major Projects [19]
Rubrics [20]
Academic Integrity [21]
Evaluate Your Teaching
Strategies for evaluating and improving your teaching
Teaching Consultations [22]
Course Evaluations [23]
Self Evaluation [24]
Peer Review of [25]Teaching [25]
Teaching Portfolios [26]
Faculty Support
Resources and support services that can assist you with your teaching.
Instructional Design Services [27]
MGH Institute Help Desk [28]
Workshops and Events [29]
Online Tutorials [30]
Teaching Resource Library [31]
Snow Day Guide [32]
Teaching Development Domains [33]
Teaching Tips [34]
Peer Review of Teaching [25]
