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Course Design Institute
This series of four workshops guides you through the basic elements of course design, and strategies to define learning outcomes, align assignments and activities, evaluate student learning, and create a student-centered syllabus.
Backward Course Design: Developing LOs
- When: Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- Where do you start when developing a course? Creating learning outcomes and aligning them with assignments and assessments is an effective place to start. This workshop introduces key steps for designing learning outcomes.
- Register for Backward Course Design: Developing LOs.
Developing a Syllabus from Scratch
- When: Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- How do you create a syllabus focused on student learning? This workshop will provide a useful syllabus design template and explore resources for designing and aligning course goals, learning objectives, instructional activities, and assessment strategies.
- Register for Developing a Syllabus from Scratch.
Designing Assessment of Student Learning
- When: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- Assessments do not have to be anxiety-inducing exams! In this workshop, we will explore a variety of assessment strategies and discuss which are appropriate and effective for your course.
- Register for Designing Assessment of Student Learning.
Final Session: Peer Review
- When: Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- This workshop is for those who have completed the earlier workshops and would like a letter to document their participation in the Course Design Institute. This capstone experience is an opportunity for you to develop a draft of a syllabus for a course you might teach in your field and receive peer-feedback.
- Register for Final Session: Peer Review.
Read more about the Course Design Institute.
Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Students
This interactive workshop invites you to reflect and connect with graduate students and postdocs to share knowledge, explore how and why social identities come into play in the learning environment, consider how to remove barriers and increase accessibility, and create a plan to support student learning.
When: This institute includes an in-person session on Friday, November 7, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., and an online 90-minute follow-up session, held via Zoom. Registrants will choose from the following options for the second session:
- Monday, November 10, from 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, November 11, from 9:30-11:00 a.m.
- Wednesday, November 12, from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Register for the Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars. Registration closes at the end of the day on November 4th.
Read more about the Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars.
If you have any questions, please contact Melina Ivanchikova (md734@cornell.edu) at the Center for Teaching Innovation or Colleen McLinn (futurefaculty@cornell.edu) at the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office.
Teaching Resources
Teaching Assistant Online Orientation
The TA Online Orientation, designed to prepare new graduate teaching assistants for success in their first few weeks of teaching, is a series of self-paced, asynchronous modules that introduce teaching essentials and resources available to support them while at Cornell.
Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Online Course:
Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a four-week, self-paced online course for anyone with teaching responsibilities at Cornell, at any level of diversity expertise. Modules explore social identity and self-reflection, strategies for inclusive course design, and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference.
Teaching Portfolio Program
A portfolio encourages you to document and reflect on your teaching at Cornell. Register at any time to be part of CTI’s Teaching Portfolio Program and gain access to resources, consultations, and support for your teaching.
Teaching with Technology
If you're interested in resources to incorporate technology, CTI offers Upcoming Teaching with Technology Workshops.