New Instructor Guide

This section will provide you with essential information to navigate campus life. Discover campus facilities, services, and resources, including administrative offices and academic support systems. Engage with the campus community through networking opportunities, committees, and events.

• New Senate Faculty:  Provides information to support your transition and success, such as an onboarding checklist, housing, benefits, etc.
• Supported Learning Tools: Provides information on Berkeley supported tools such as bCourses, Ed Discussion, Gradescope, etc.
• Quick Support Options: Provides information onservices to support the needs of instructors and researchers, such as classroom technology support, bCourses support, Center for Teaching & Learning consultations, etc.
• Instructor Guide to Disabled Students' Program: Provides guidance on accommodating students with disabilities (recording lectures, assignment extensions, etc.)
• Academic Senate: The Academic Senate oversees admissions and degrees, advises the Chancellor on budgets, supervises courses, and provides input on faculty matters.
• Research, Teaching, and Learning Instructional Events: Series of instructional events thoughtfully designed to enhance your academic success.

This section will guide you through effective course design and proactive planning to cater to the needs of your students. Explore resources and strategies for creating a student-centered learning experience that anticipates and addresses their requirements.

• bCourses: bCourses is UC Berkeley’s local brand for the Canvas learning management system.
  • Create a bCourses Site
  • Organizing Your bCourses Site
• Core Template: Using bCourses' built-in course construction and management tools, Core Template offers a consistent organization founded in best practices in online pedagogy.
  • Import the Core Template
  • Weekly Landing Pages: Weekly landing pages are an excellent way to keep your course organized so that students have easy access to relevant course content.
  • Knowledge Checks and Formative Assessments: Utilize quizzes, discussions, assignments, and collaborations in the Core Template to assess student understanding.
• Teaching Strategies
• Understanding Academic Technology
• GenAI in Teaching