Distance Teaching and Instructional Continuity
Resources on Distance Teaching
The Reinert Center has supported instructors engaged in teaching distance courses since the first online courses were offered at Saint Louis University. We believe that all teaching can be intentional, transformative, and inclusive regardless of course format, how students are accessing course materials, or the methods through which they interact with their classmates and instructor.
This page provides a variety of resources we have developed to support Distance Teaching at Saint Louis University. You can find strategies and guidance on the topics of distance course design, inclusive distance teaching, online interaction and engagement, assessing the distance learner, teaching with Canvas, and much more.
- Online Teaching Through a Jesuit Lens
- Considerations When Teaching Online Part 1
- Considerations in Planning Online Summer Courses
- Writing an Online Etiquette Policy
- Getting Started: Considerations When Teaching With Online Technology
- Designing for Student Well-Being in Online, Distance Courses
- Online Time Management for Faculty
- Four Tips for Promoting Engagement
- Four-Minute Focus Video: Gathering 'Round the Table?
- Four-Minute Focus Video: Proceeding in an Orderly Fashion?
- Four-Minute Focus Video: Are Students Lost in the Wilderness?
- Four-Minute Focus Video: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?
- Four-Minute Focus Video: To Serif or Not to Serif?
- Four-Minute Focus Video: Passing with Flying Colors?
- Four-Minute Focus Video: Red Light, Green Light...Go?
- Building Community Online
- Inclusive Online Teaching
- The “Do Nots” of Inclusive Online Teaching
- Culturally Responsive Online Course Design
- Practices for Inclusive Teaching in Synchronous Distance Courses
- Practices for Inclusive Teaching in Asynchronous Distance Courses
- Creating Accessible Online Learning Environments
- Creating Accessible Distance Learning Environments
- Considerations When Teaching Online: Part 2
- Designing Visually Accessible Slides
- Auditory Accessibility when Presenting or Recording a Slide Deck
- Overcoming the Third Shift Problem in Online Courses
- Student Motivation in Online and Flipped Courses
- Teaching Online: Four Tips for Promoting Engagement
- Using Panopto to Create Interactive Video Content
- Fostering Discussion in Online Classes
- Alternative Strategies for Promoting Online Discussions
- How to Create Engagement During Synchronous Zoom Sessions
- Teaching Strategies to Help Combat Zoom Fatigue
- Don’t Forget: Breakout Rooms Require Community, Too
- Instructional Continuity Checklist
- University Guidance for Instructional Continuity
- Preparing for an Academic Disruption
- Preparing for an Academic Disruption [Instructional Video]
- Instructional Continuity in the Laboratory Classroom
- Active Learning while Social Distancing
- Revisiting the How and the Why of Intentional Course Design
Please contact the Reinert Center (cttl@slu.edu) if you have additional questions. If would like to schedule an individual or small group consultation, please complete our form.