Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

Looking for an effective and efficient tool to help you grade? Check out Gradescope, a web-based tool with Canvas integration that streamlines the process of grading and providing meaningful feedback to your students. Provided by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Gradescope is available to all Stanford instructors. Give it a try today!

As an instructor, you may be looking for new ways to advance your teaching. The Center for Teaching and Learning offers individual consultations for Stanford instructors (including grad students). Schedule an appointment today and collaborate with CTL staff to develop a new course, redesign a course, integrate technology into your teaching, or interpret student evaluations.

No matter what your position on the Stanford campus, it's highly likely that you will interface with Canvas in some context. Whether student, TA, or instructor, this handy guide to Canvas from Stanford's Learning Technologies & Spaces team will help you learn the ins and outs of the site, and provide best practices and resources to help you make the most of this powerful tool. Check out this site to learn more about Canvas and learn how to enhance teaching and learning through it!

As teaching and course assistants, graduate students are often the first people to uncover possible Honor Code violations. To learn more about what the Honor Code does and does not allow, as well as tips for preventing Honor Code violations, check out this best practices page from the Office of Community Standards. 

This edition of the Speaking of Teaching newsletter draws from research on teaching and learning to help TAs and instructors plan and deliver engaging lectures. Includes strategies for getting and keeping students' attention and maximizing their retention of material. 

The CTL's iPads for Teaching and Learning Program explores the potential for iPads to impact teaching and learning. Each quarter, the program supports a select number of faculty and instructors with free iPads and software to support innovative means of teaching and learning with technology. If you are an instructor who is interested in exploring teaching, learning, and research on learning with iPads, apply soon!