The TLC has created this resource list to further support SAIT faculty in multiple areas of their teaching practice. In no means is this an exhaustive list of resources. To add resources or links, please email tlc@sait.ca. Most of these resources are external to the TLC and to SAIT and are leveraging resources made available from across the higher education landscape. For additional courses, workshops, coaching, and conversations specific to teaching at SAIT, please check out TLC Programing.
- work from home toolkit (SAIT)
- Technical Support and Resources (SAIT)
- Faculty IT Training (SAIT)
- 21 Free Fun Icebreakers for Online Teaching, Students (Symonds Research)
- A Tool to Advance Teaching Efforts: The “Who’s in Class?” Form (Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education)
- SAIT’s Research Ethics Board (SAIT)
- TCPS 2: CORE-2022 (Course on Research Ethics) (Government of Canada)
- Do I need ethics approval from SAIT’s Research Ethics Board? (SAIT)
- Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2022) (Government of Canada)
- Gender & Sex in Methods & Measurement Toolkit (Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity)
- Active Learning [Module] (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)
- Active Learning Activities (University of Waterloo)
- 226 Active Learning Techniques (Iowa State University)
- Active Learning in an Online Environment (University of Toronto)
- Thinking Routines (Project Zero)
- Flipped Classroom (University of Manitoba)
- Experiential Learning (University of Manitoba)
- How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning [Guide] (Unleash Learning)
- Using Group Projects Effectively (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Self-Compassion Practices (Dr. Kristin Neff)
- Employee well-being (SAIT)
- Recommended Books [on the science of teaching and learning] (Retrieval Practice)
- ThinkUDL
- Intentional Teaching (Derek Bruff)
- Teaching in Higher Education
- The K. Patricia Cross Academy
- Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher (Stephen Brookfield)
- SFQ Reflection for Action
- 18 Ways to Engage the College Classroom (SAGE Insights)
- Student Engagement (Faculty Focus)
- Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for Faculty (Elizabeth F. Barkley)
- Teaching Essentials (University of Lethbridge)
- Tips for learning students’ names (Carnegie Mellon University)
- 10 Ways to Promote Student Engagement (Faculty Focus)
- Lesson Plan Template (SAIT)
- Ideas and Strategies for Using Video in the Classroom (UBC)
- Pedagogical affordances of video (BC Campus)
- YouTube: You can do some quick editing touchups in YouTube Studio. For example, you can add or edit end screens, as well as trim unwanted sections of your video.
- OpenShot: Entirely open source, which makes it one of the best video editing software that is accessible. It may remind some Mac users a little of iMovie with its easy to use drag and drop interface. However, Openshot packs more features than iMovie, including unlimited layers and audio mixing. This free editor strikes a nice balance between advanced features and a simple interface. It also allows real-time previews when you create transitions between clips.
- Lightworks: Lightworks is one of the more powerful video editors on the list. It’s absolutely packed with useful features. The free version should be more than enough for most users.
- iMovie: Good old iMovie comes baked into Mac OS. Like most native Mac apps, this video editor is very intuitive to use.
- Windows Movie Maker:Movie Maker is a hand free app that comes with Windows. It’s a very easy to use and simple piece of software that allows a person to add various background music, effects, titles and transitions to their videos. It has come a long way since it was first released.
- ShowMe: Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online.
- Educreations: A personal recordable whiteboard that captures both the user’s voice and digital handwriting to create video lessons and other screencasts. Markup a whiteboard or image on your iPad screen. Add voice-over or other images to explain what is happening. When done, share with email, an Educreations link, or via social media. Basic is free.
- PowerPoint: Record narration and timings for your presentation to give it a professional and polished feel.
- Audacity: A free multi-track audio editor and recorder.
- Freemake Video Converter: While this is not a video editor, it still might be needed to change you video formats. For example, if you shoot a video with your iPhone, it creates a mov. file. However, you are not able to upload that file type into Brightspace and thus, you’ll need to convert it to a MP4
- Logitech Capture: Connect, record, and share. Start recording high-quality video content the second you connect.
- CamStudio Open Source: CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
- Screenhunter: The free version of this program allows for basic video capture of your computer screen.
- Snagit (Free trail): More robust than Screenhunter, this program allows for some editing after the recording, but is only a free trial
- ScreenCast-O-Matic: Record, edit and share video to connect with students, parents and faculty.
- iPad Video Capture: For those interested in capturing your video and audio on your Apple devices, this video is helpful.
- Office 365 – Notebook: Already installed on your PC
- Windows Paint (Free): This free program is pretty basic, but will do the job – and it’s probably already installed on your PC.
- SmoothDraw3: Sal Khan’s official choice integrates nicely with a graphic tablet.
- Bamboo Paper: Turn your iPad into a paper notebook and capture your ideas everywhere, anytime.
- EasyCast – Mirror Display: EasyCast is a simple tool that allows you to display iPhone/iPad screen on your computer
- AirServer Connect: AirServer Windows 10 Desktop Edition
- Brightspace Capture Central: Capture enables you to view Capture presentations as part of course content.
- YouTube: Posting your video content on YouTube might seem obvious, as YouTube is the second largest social media platform and one of the first video-specific platforms
- Vimeo: One of the most popular and user-friendly video hosting platforms on the internet, and differs from YouTube in some pretty big ways.
- DailyMotion: a French video-sharing website that allows users to view, upload, browse videos by searching tags, categories, channels, or user-created groups
- Pedagogy – What do you want to achieve? (Blackboard Collaborate)
- On-demand Courses in Brightspace (Brightspace Community)
- Guided Training for Instructors (Brightspace Community)
- Video Tutorials (Brightspace YouTube)
- Brightspace Resources from CADI
- Turnitin in Brightspace (Brightspace Community)
- SAIT2online (SAIT)
- 9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement (TopClass)
- Facilitating Student Engagement Online (Cornell University)
- Building an Online Community (Learning Guild)
- A Guide to Generative AI for Post-Secondary Instructors (SAIT)
- Teaching with AI: a practical guide to a new era of human being (Publication)
- Potential Uses of AI in Teaching and Learning (Mount Royal)
- AI Fluency (Anthropic)
- How to Research and Write Using Generative AI Tools (LinkedIn Learning)
- Enhance Teaching and Learning with Microsoft Copilot (LinkedIn Learning)
- Ethics in Generative AI (LinkedIn Learning)
- Generative AI for Learning and Development (Learning Path)
- Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Assessments (University of Calgary)
- UDL and the Learning Brain (CAST)
- UDL Guidelines (CAST)
- Pronounce Names
- Pronouns (Minus18)
- Improve Accessibility with the Accessibility Checker (Microsoft 365)
- Creating Accessible Learning Materials (University of Reading)
- Anti-Racism Toolkit (NorQuest College)
- Intercultural Support Resources for Faculty and Staff
- Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist (100 Faculty)
- Developing Learning Outcomes (University of Toronto)
- Using Course Maps Effectively (SAIT)
- Course Map Examples (SAIT)