Quick Tips from our vault: align your Gradebook with your syllabus (and save time), mitigate cheating (and make final exams more student-friendly), and activities for the last day of class. New idea: have students work together to create a study guide - an asynchronous strategy for any modality.

Get support: Schedule a Canvas Gradebook Review Consultation with an instructional designer, or check out our upcoming workshops.

Looking for ideas to support stressed students at the end of the semester? Check out these ideas from the faculty-focused Lecture Breakers FB group:

Giving students time in class to map their end-of-semester tasks in Outlook, and encouraging them to book time with campus support offices before the appointments fill up (this professors also suggests students take time off of work in the last few weeks, if possible).
Dropping a reading or assignment
Giving them time to work in class
Recording a lecture or lesson and encouraging students to listen while walking
Introducing stress-reducing strategies in class (mindfulness activities; movement; chair yoga; sharing appreciations, jokes or music, etc.)
Share infographics like the ones from Todd Finley (below) to help them manage stress

Good luck with your end-of-semester tasks!

Abby Machson-Carter, SSU Instructional Design Team

Read these infographics in an accessible PDF

Todd Finley Brain Blasts: suggestions to boost positive moods

tough tuesday infographic by Todd Finley