Learn about what you need to do before arriving, daily, and while on campus
Classroom capacities have been reduced to accommodate new density and distancing requirements. Our facility and safety teams have created diagrams for every in-person classroom that illustrate the overall classroom set-up, faculty teaching area, and student seating locations that will need to be maintained during the class period. Review the classroom layouts to see the way your classroom is set up.
There are several things you can do to support classroom safety and cleaning protocols:
At CU Denver there are a number of offices devoted to supporting faculty success in teaching and learning. These offices have developed additional program offerings specifically designed to support and enhance faculty success in delivering remote, online, hybrid, and on-campus courses.
The Faculty Tool Kit provides faculty with a roadmap to developing a high-quality course beginning with the syllabus and continuing with course design/organization, aesthetic design, interaction and collaboration, and effective use of technology and assessments. In addition, the course design strives to ensure universal access for all students. This tool is designed to support a high-quality teaching and learning environment. A link to the tool kit is located on the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning website.
To help faculty make informed decisions, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offers a guide that details each course format. See how these course formats
are being described to students. Faculty recommend sharing the appropriate course format diagram in your Canvas course shell as students may find this information to be helpful.
Faculty from the Teaching and Learning Implementation Team developed Canvas home page draft language for all faculty to utilize to welcome students and communicate the structure of their course. The Canvas home page is the first thing students see when logging into a course, and the welcome/orientation page sets the stage for a positive learning experience.
Low classroom capacities and student safety issues mean that many students will be Zooming into on-campus courses or require other ways to access course content. Recording and embedding recordings of your teaching in Canvas is a means to open up access.
Faculty colleagues developed strategies for managing student privacy concerns when recording classroom sessions and posting recorded Zoom sessions within the Canvas course shell in ways that deter downloading for inappropriate purposes.
OIT has created helpful resources to support the use of this technology:
Low classroom capacities and student safety issues mean that many students will be Zooming into on-campus courses or require other ways to access course content. Recording and embedding recordings of your teaching in Canvas is a means to open up access.
Faculty colleagues developed strategies for managing student privacy concerns when recording classroom sessions and posting recorded zoom sessions within the Canvas course shell in ways that deter downloading for inappropriate purposes.
Every person coming to campus will be required to comply with safety protocols. A number of processes, policies, and tools have been modified or created to support this compliance.
Make sure you have a visible ID. Buildings not in use for classes will require encoded access. Visit the ID Station for more information.
Learn about the Student Study Spaces with and without computers that are available across campus for drop-in or reservation.
Direct students to academic, financial, and mental health resources, such as the Student Resource site. Consider posting a link to these resources in your course Canvas shell.