Teaching at Georgia Southern

Teaching Support

Faculty Support

• New Faculty
• Part-Time Faculty

Requests

• Teaching/Course Observation Request
• Student Feedback Request
• Consultation Request
• Grad Student TA2 Training

Student Support

• How Students Learn
• Student Accessibility for Faculty

Instructional Technology

• Faculty Center YouTube Channel
• Lightboard Videos
• Perusall
• Thriving in Academia
• WINGS – Faculty Services

Teaching Strategies

• Blooms Taxonomy
• Case-Based Learning
• Evidence-Based Teaching

Classroom

• Discussion-Based Teaching and Learning
• Group Work and Activities
• Inclusive Teaching
• Peer-to-Peer Learning
• Planning and Managing Difficult Dialogues
• Teaching Large Classes

Online/LMS Enhanced

• Online Teaching Practices
• Web Accessibility and UDL

Teaching Tools

• Rice Academic Workload Estimator
• Brainstorming Tool
• Active Learning Library
• Lesson Builder
• Pedagogy Reading List

Teaching with Folio

Folio is Georgia Southern University’s branded version of the D2L Brightspace learning management system. It allows faculty to share resources with, collect assignments from, provide feedback to, and update grades for students in courses across modalities.

• Teaching Online Course Workshop (TOC)
• Folio Learning Path (FLP)
• Teaching with Folio Guides
• Emergency Move to Remote Instruction
• Brightspace Support Videos
• Student Accommodations in Folio
• Folio Quick Start Guide

Folio Technical Support

Technical support for Folio is provided by Georgia Southern’s Learning Technology Support (LTS) team.

• Folio Student Enrollment
• Folio Publisher or Product Integrations
• Cross-Listing: Combine two or more sections into one Folio course site. Request cross-listing as early in the semester as possible.
• WINGS: Faculty Services

Folio Template

The Folio Template provides a structural foundation for courses using Folio. It comprises editable web-based pages and course tools like discussion forums and assignment dropboxes. Advantages of using the template include:

• Flexible design and structure
• Addresses many of the Quality Matters Rubric standards
• Compliant with the Federal Web Accessibility Guidelines
• Georgia Southern University branding
• Easy to edit and adapt to your teaching style

Use Folio Template