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  • Academic Integrity

    Encourages fostering a culture of honesty, fairness, and respect in teaching and learning, with strategies for promoting trust and designing assessments that reduce opportunities for misconduct. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Academic Misconduct: Self-Care for Instructors

    Offers guidance for instructors on managing the personal and professional impacts of academic misconduct cases, with strategies for emotional well-being and self-support during and after incidents. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Accessibility Tools

    Built-in tools like UDOIT, SensusAccess, and Microsoft Immersive Reader can help identify and reduce barriers in course materials. They offer instructors simple ways to create more inclusive learning environments and address accessibility from the start. 📘 TLC Guide Available

  • Active Learning

    Engages students directly in the learning process through participation and reflection, improving outcomes while deepening understanding of course material. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Addressing Critical Current Events

    Provides strategies for engaging students in thoughtful dialogue about critical current events, fostering inclusive discussion spaces while attending to emotional impacts and supporting both student and instructor well-being. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • AI and Academic Integrity

    Guides instructors in identifying, addressing, and documenting suspected misuse of generative AI tools in coursework, offering practical steps for evidence gathering, student meetings, and official reporting. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Articulation 101

    Explains the process of creating articulation agreements between California Community Colleges and UCSC, outlining key considerations, procedures, and benefits for curriculum alignment and student transfer success.

  • Assessment

    Covers strategies for designing clear assessments that measure progress toward learning outcomes and provide meaningful feedback to guide student growth. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Campus Resources for Supporting Students

    Connects instructors to campus services for supporting students’ academic, personal, and well-being needs, organized by area of support for quick referral. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Canvas

    UC Santa Cruz’s learning management system centralizes course materials, communication, assignments, and grading to streamline teaching, increase accessibility, and support student engagement and success. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Canvas Gradebook

    Learn how to set up your Canvas Gradebook so it reflects the grading structure and policies in your syllabus, giving students timely and accurate information about their progress. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Class Discussions

    Promotes active participation, listening, and reasoning through structured dialogues that deepen understanding and build a collaborative learning environment. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Collaborative Learning and Group Work

    Leverages peer-to-peer learning to enhance understanding, foster diverse perspectives, and build student networks through effective, accessible group work design. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Community-Building in the Classroom

    Outlines approaches for fostering student belonging and mutual respect, including co-created community agreements, peer collaboration, and structured activities to strengthen learning communities.

  • Course Communication Structures

    Outlines methods to establish clear, equitable communication channels in courses, fostering transparency, engagement, and a sense of community. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Coursera for UCSC

    Introduces the campus-wide Coursera partnership, offering free access to thousands of online courses and specializations for UCSC students, faculty, and staff to support personal growth and skill development.

  • Critical Incidents in the Classroom & On Campus

    Supports instructors in responding to emotionally charged campus or classroom incidents with compassion and boundaries, while connecting students to appropriate support services.

  • Designing for Accessibility

    Encourages proactive, inclusive course design based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, reducing barriers for students and ensuring materials are accessible to diverse learners from the outset. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • DesignPLUS

    A Canvas design toolkit for creating visually consistent, accessible, and engaging course pages. Instructors can use DesignPlus to structure content clearly, highlight key learning goals, and improve navigation to support student success.

  • Ed Discussion

    An online discussion platform for classes of all sizes and modalities, integrated with Canvas to support organized Q&A, collaborative problem-solving, and peer learning. Instructors can use it to extend classroom conversations, encourage student leadership, and provide timely feedback.

  • Equity-Minded Teaching

    Promotes teaching practices that address institutional barriers and foster belonging for marginalized students, grounded in inclusive design, active learning, and equitable assessment approaches. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Faculty Emergency Preparedness Guide

    Provides faculty with protocols and resources to prepare for and respond to campus emergencies, covering communication, safety procedures, and classroom-specific contingency planning.

  • Generative AI-Use Policy for Your Course

    Helps instructors draft clear syllabus policies on generative AI by defining acceptable uses, attribution expectations, and approaches to supporting academic integrity. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Giving Student Feedback

    Highlights best practices for delivering constructive, actionable feedback that supports learning, motivates students, and fosters self-assessment. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Google Suite

    A set of collaborative tools for creating, sharing, and editing documents, slides, spreadsheets, and forms. Instructors can use Google Suite to facilitate group work, peer review, and real-time feedback that build community and active engagement.

  • Gradescope

    A grading platform for assignments and exams that supports consistent, transparent feedback. Instructors can use Gradescope to speed grading, provide richer feedback, and analyze patterns to adjust instruction and improve student learning outcomes.

  • Guide to Teaching, Logistics, and Technology

    A comprehensive reference for teaching at UCSC, covering campus support, teaching logistics, technology use, and student referrals. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Hypothesis

    A collaborative annotation tool that lets students highlight and comment directly on digital readings. Instructors can use Hypothesis to foster active reading, critical thinking, and peer-to-peer dialogue around course texts. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Labor Actions

    Offers guidance for adapting course plans during strikes or other labor actions, ensuring transparent communication with students and alignment with learning outcomes.

  • Learning Outcomes

    Guides instructors in creating clear learning outcomes that shape course design, connect assessments to goals, and help students understand and track their progress. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Lecture Capture

    Allows instructors to record in-class lectures for student review, offering flexibility and accessibility while supporting different learning needs.

  • Lecturer Academic Review Template

    Provides a structured template for reviewing pre-six lecturers’ teaching effectiveness, including guidance on interpreting evidence and documenting performance.

  • Lesson Planning as a TA

    Provides guidance for TAs on designing engaged lesson plans that use active learning, foster belonging, and align with course goals. Includes resources and templates to support effective section planning. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Online Teaching

    Shares strategies for creating equitable, inclusive online learning environments in both synchronous and asynchronous formats, emphasizing community and accessibility.

  • Peer Mentorship

    Describes tools and practices for effective peer-to-peer mentoring, focusing on program navigation, resource sharing, and fostering a sense of belonging among graduate students.

  • Peer Observation of Teaching

    Encourages reflective teaching through structured peer observations, offering protocols and discussion strategies for meaningful professional growth. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Preparing Community-Engaged Teaching Files

    Guides faculty in documenting community-engaged teaching for review processes, aligning with UCSC’s guidelines for tenure, merit, and promotion. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Reporting and Support Resources

    Helps campus community members locate appropriate reporting tools and support resources when facing harmful, confusing, or intimidating situations.

  • Research Mentorship

    Provides resources for building effective faculty–student research mentorships, including goal-setting tools, communication strategies, and templates for agreements and development plans.

  • Rubrics

    Guides instructors in developing and using rubrics to promote clear expectations, consistent grading, and meaningful student learning. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • SETS (Student Experience of Teaching Surveys)

    Encourages use of Student Experience of Teaching Surveys to gather feedback for improving instruction and preparing for professional reviews. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Student Input and Feedback Surveys

    Provides tools for gathering early and ongoing student input through pre- and mid-quarter surveys to understand student needs, adapt instruction, and support learning outcomes. Includes sample survey language. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Supporting First-Gen Students

    Promotes understanding and support for first-generation college students, highlighting strategies to leverage strengths and address institutional challenges.

  • Supporting Multilingual Students

    Highlights the linguistic and cultural assets multilingual students bring to the classroom, with inclusive teaching strategies that support learning and leverage diverse communication strengths.

  • Supporting Non-Participating Students

    Outlines strategies for identifying and assisting students who disengage from coursework, including communication tips, support options, and considerations for special circumstances. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Supporting Students in Distress

    Equips instructors with tools to recognize signs of student distress, communicate supportively, and connect students with appropriate campus resources.

  • Supporting Transfer Students

    Addresses the unique needs of transfer students through inclusive practices, targeted resources, and strategies for fostering belonging and academic success. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Sustainable Teaching with Resource Constraints

    Recommends strategies for maintaining equitable learning and high-impact engagement when instructional resources are limited, leveraging design, technology, and student participation. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Syllabus Template

    Provides tools for designing learner-centered syllabi that set clear expectations, build transparency, and serve as a central communication tool for students. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Teaching During Unplanned Events

    Prepares instructors to navigate disruptions to teaching, offering planning, communication, and technology tips for maintaining continuity and student support. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Teaching Mentorship

    Supports faculty in mentoring Teaching Assistants and students, focusing on professional growth, equity, and inclusive teaching practices.

  • Teaching Statements & Portfolios

    Explains how to create teaching statements and portfolios that showcase instructional approaches, effectiveness, and educator identity through curated evidence and reflection. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Trauma-Aware & Wellness-Oriented Teaching

    Integrates trauma awareness with wellness-oriented teaching strategies to create supportive, equitable learning environments for all students and instructors. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • What’s the College Core Course (College 1)?

    Introduces UCSC’s first-year core course, designed to build college-level learning skills, promote equity, and foster student voice and collaboration.

  • Working with TAs & Teaching Teams

    Outlines the roles of teaching assistants and other instructional staff, highlights the value of collaboration within teaching teams, and provides guidance for building and supporting effective course teams. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • YuJa

    A media platform for hosting and sharing instructional videos, with captions, transcripts, and interactive features. Instructors can use YuJa to increase accessibility and integrate multimedia to enhance student engagement and retention. 📘TLC Guide Available

  • Zoom

    A video-conferencing tool for synchronous or hybrid instruction. Instructors can use Zoom’s breakout rooms, polls, and screen sharing to enable active learning, peer collaboration, and inclusive participation for students in diverse locations and circumstances. 📘TLC Guide Available

Last modified: Sep 09, 2025