Teaching Tips

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - accessible documents

4 September 2025

Create Welcome and Introduction videos for your course

8 August 2025

Videos help to humanise you and your course to students who may naturally perceive you as an unknowable authority figure.

Your teaching and facilitation of learning contributions

8 August 2025

Continuing the theme of the last two tips related to preparing your Teaching Portfolio, this week we focus on telling your story through "Your teaching and facilitation of learning contributions".

Reflections on, and assessment of, your teaching

8 August 2025

"Reflections on, and assessment of your teaching including self-reflection and improvements" is one of four sections in the Teaching and Facilitation of Learning achievement area in the Promotion Process.

First impressions count - Planning for Day One

8 August 2025

Please remember that first impressions do count! This is equally true in face-2-face as well as online classes.

Preparing for Semester 2

8 August 2025

Are you starting to prepare for your teaching in Semester 2?

Marking rubrics - are they the answer?

8 August 2025

Marking rubrics provide benefits for both students and teaching staff including providing clear guidance and increasing the consistency and efficiency of marking.

Copyright, course readings and Leganto

8 August 2025

Do you have any course readings to upload to your Akoraka | Learn course page for Semester 2?

Try a virtual reality headset

8 August 2025

LTL now offers state-of-the-art VR headsets that provide an immersive virtual reality experience, perfect for a wide range of activities.

Borrow 4K Video Cameras

8 August 2025

Elevate your teaching by borrowing 4K video cameras from LTL.

Encouraging students to do the readings (and other preparation work)

8 August 2025

Why don’t students do the readings? Why don’t they come to class? Or even if they do come to class, why aren’t they prepared to participate?

Preparing tests and exams

8 August 2025

When preparing tests and exams it is very important that you keep in mind what learning outcome/s you are trying to assess as this will guide you in deciding the types of questions to include.