Frequently asked questions
Answers to frequently asked teaching and learning questions.
Course, program, or curriculum design or renovation
Kindly see the getting started page.
When you are ready or if you need additional support, contact Kahérakwas Donna Goodleaf, Ed.D., Director, Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy and Carole Brazeau, Indigenous Curriculum and Pedagogy Advisor for an initial consultation.
Please refer to the Syllabus Guide.
If you need additional support, kindly contact us for a teaching consultation.
Please refer to the Curriculum changes page (on Carrefour).
If you need additional support, kindly contact us for a consultation.
Teaching support
See our resource on implementing mid-course evaluations to get feedback from your students as you're teaching your course and while there might be time to make changes.
To get feedback from students using Moodle, see this page.
The CTL has created a series of videos to support faculty with classroom management. The Dealing with challenging moments in the classroom video series provides a range of strategies on common cases including disruptive behaviour and teaching difficult content.
The advent of Generative AI is leading to diverse approaches to teaching and learning. The CTL has created Guidelines for teaching with generative artificial intelligence to help faculty in understanding the technology and make informed decisions about its use for course teaching.
Kindly refer to the course evaluations page (on Carrefour), including pages for full-time and part-time faculty.
Course accessibility
See these resources:
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) information for instructors
- 20 tips for teaching an accessible online course (University of Washington)
- Universal Design for Learning in higher educaiton (CAST)
- Tips for making your courses more accessible (Arizona State University)
- Guidelines for accessible course materials and online courses (University System of Maryland)
See these resources:
- Open educational resources (Concordia Library)
- Course reserves for instructors (Concordia Library)
- Subject and course guides (Concordia Library)
- OER Commons
See these resources:
- Replacing printed textbooks and assigned course materials with electronic versions
- Open educational resources (Concordia Library)
- 20 tips for teaching an accessible online course (University of Washington)
- Tips for making your courses more accessible (Arizona State University)
- Guidelines for accessible course materials and online courses (University System of Maryland)
Using Moodle
The easiest way to access Moodle is to go directly to the URL: moodle.concordia.ca and click to log in using your netname and password.
It is also possible to access Moodle from My CU Account on Carrefour.
Once logged into Moodle, on your Dashboard the Help for Instructors link can be found under Main Menu in the top right corner. Here you can find printable instructions and recordings of training sessions.
Creating video content for my courses
Please direct any technical questions about YuJa to the IITS helpdesk at help@concordia.ca
Resources on using YuJa are available in Moodle Help for Instructors:
Once logged into Moodle, on your Dashboard the Help for Instructors link can be found under Main Menu in the top right corner. Here you can find printable instructions and video tutorials.