Kimberly Roff

It is so important to be able to reflect on the courses that you have created. An instructor should always continue to be reflective. To be stagnant as an instructor is the worst thing possible. How do you avoid this?

I always use rubrics and even give my students the rubrics in advance so they know exactly how things are being graded and their are no surprises. Once an assignment has been submitted I always provide feedback. I always give my students detailed feedback about the positives and negatives that they have done in their assignments. It is important to refer to the rubric when deducting points and issuing points.

Creating a dynamic syllabus is the key to drawing the students in. Describing all your expectations of the students as well as the expectations of yourself is very important. I always tell my student what they should expect from me and in turn what I expect from them. I also include a description of the course and the assignments. The last element is ways that students can contact me. I list a lot of different options so that students feel comfortable to contact me in many ways.