Pre-semester Teaching Toolkit
Resources and events to get ready for the fall semester
New and updated
- Valid Grades: The Office of the Registrar has updated this webpage with more details on when it may be appropriate to award grades that don’t factor into students’ grade point averages.
- Topics of interest to international TAs: Check out this new guide and workshop series.
Help with Canvas (and More)
DoIT’s Learn@UW team offers online workshops to assist you. Newer tools include Gradescope and Canvas New Quizzes.
Useful guides
Accessibility and accommodations
- Instructor resources for disability accommodations
- Digital accessibility for course materials
Building instructor-TA collaboration
Preparing for the unexpected
Curricular resources
AI Showcase: Teaching examples from across campus
A growing collection of innovative work from UW–Madison instructors that can be adapted across disciplines.
Go Big Read
Discussion guides, sample assignments, and more focused on this year’s selection, “Custodians of Wonder,” by Eliot Stein.
Libraries
Reserve course materials, add info to your Canvas course, request library instruction, and more.
Communicating Across the Curriculum
Instructional materials for teaching with writing across disciplines, including examples from UW–Madison instructors.
Center for Campus History
Teaching guides on moments of discrimination and resistance at UW–Madison.