Teaching Resources and Support
Center for Transformative Teaching
The Center for Transformative Teaching provides leadership and support for the enrichment of teaching with resources, workshops, and symposia for learning about evidence-based practices to use in the classroom. Faculty can contact an instructional designer assigned to their college for one-on-one assistance. Below are additional, helpful teaching resources.
Additional Teaching Resources
- Teaching@UNL – this Canvas course provides information on academic polices, processes, and resources presented in modules that cover a myriad of topics related to teaching and classroom management.
- Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning – this resource helps instructors design course materials in ways that serve the diverse needs of a wide variety of students, including ensuring digital course materials are compliant with Title II of the American with Disabilities Act.
- Faculty-led Inquiry into Reflective and Scholarly Teaching – FIRST is a professional development program that provides a model for how faculty can document, assess, and make visible their teaching and their students’ learning.
- Global Experiences – provides resources to help faculty propose and develop a faculty-led program outside the U.S. that supports the curricular goals of their department and college.
- Successful Teaching with Affordable Resources – helps faculty use open educational resources and inclusive access texts that promote quality learning and make course content more affordable for students.
- Syllabus Policy – lists the information that must be included on all course syllabi. Instructors have the option to include the required university-wide information by providing the link go.unl.edu/coursepolicies in their syllabi. An optional, fillable syllabus template is also available.
- Teacher Connect – a monthly newsletter throughout the academic year that shares information for teaching and professional development, university-wide resources, and programs that can be shared with students.
- University Registrar – provides resources and step-by-step tutorials on submitting grades, Course Leaf Section Scheduler, FERPA guidelines, academic reinstatement, and more.
- Writing Center – consultants work with writers at all levels, from all disciplines, at all stages of the writing process, offering collaboration opportunities with faculty and students on the individual and class level.
Teaching Technology
Academic Technologies has created many resources to help you with teaching-related technology. For Canvas support, you can also click on the help icon in the left menu of the platform and select "Submit a local/UNL ticket."
Video and Recording
- HuskerTech Studio – an easy-to-use video recording studio.
- Light Board – for online class recordings and in-class lectures.
- Yuja Academic Video | Yuja self-paced training
- Zoom | Zoom self-paced training
Online Course Exams
- Digital Learning Center – provides testing, proctoring, and evaluation services.
- Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor
