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Toolkit Library

This full library contains our stand-alone resources, most of which are authored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). Here you will find templates, guides, handouts, and video tutorials that CTL has created for the Bloomberg School of Public Health. You will also find links to these items on various pages across our website. See the Toolkit Shelf for the items the CTL Instructional Design Team is spotlighting this term.

Our resources are extensive. We have organized them alphabetically for you to browse. However, you may also search the collection by resource title and/or key words.

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Facilitating Interactive Discussion Forums

[*.pdf]

Considerations for facilitating asynchronous online discussions.


Keywords: engagement, discussion forum, prompt

Faculty Procedures for Preparing New Courses

[*.pdf]

Overview of timeline for developing new courses starting nine months prior to a course’s opening date.

Faculty Procedures for Recurring Online Courses

[*.pdf]

Overview of timeline for developing new courses starting 16 weeks prior to a course’s opening date.

Getting Started with a PathFinder Activity

[*.pdf]

This document is a guide for anyone developing a CoursePlus PathFinder Activity. Refer to the accompanying template [.docx] to gather thoughts for your unique activity.

Getting to Know the New VoiceThread

[*.pdf]

An introduction to the new (Summer 2024) VoiceThread interface.

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Resources for Students Experiencing Stress (Slide for Students)

[*.pdf]

Can be used as part of a class introduction or just-in-time outreach to online or in-person classes.

Also available as a PowerPoint slide.


Also recommended: "Student Distress: A Faculty and Staff Resource Guide" and "Recognizing and Assisting Students in Distress".


Keywords: student well-being, TimelyCare, student crisis, BSPH CARE team, behavioral health, mental health student support

Responsibilities Decision Chart: Who Does What (A Checklist for Faculty and TAs)

[*.pdf]

Checklist for common tasks that a faculty team should consider prior to, during, and after a course is offered.

Setting Up Panopto for Your Course in CoursePlus

[*.pdf]

Instructions (updated 2024) from CTL and the BSPH Information Technology group on how to get started on integrating Panopto with an onsite or hybrid course.

Setting Up a Timed Drop Box Assignment

[You Tube Video]

Faculty Guide for the CP tool to supplement the CP Faculty Guide’s section on the Drop Box.

Setting Up an Activity Page for a Live Zoom Session in CoursePlus

[*.pdf]

Details the preferred practice for a virtual or hybrid course to share their synchronous sessions with their students using the CP standard page.

Sharing Recordings for Synchronous Zoom Class Sessions

[*.pdf]

Proposed plan of action for sharing Zoom recordings for synchronous class sessions, including lectures, that are not LiveTalks.

Sharing a File in One Drive with a Class

[*.docx]

Steps for creating and copying a link that can be shared for a file or folder in Microsoft OneDrive.

Should I Provide Synchronous or Asynchronous Lectures?​

[*.pdf]

Considerations for virtual teaching approaches to lecture delivery.

Steps for Creating a Sustainable and Powerful PowerPoint Presentation

[*.pdf]

Discusses “do’s” and “don’ts” of using accessible PowerPoint templates as well as pointers on SmartArt (don’t leave it in its original format!) and reusing slides from other presentations.

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