Partnering With Teaching & Learning

The Instructional Design & Learning Innovation (IDLI) group partners with faculty and Carey Leadership to advance educational excellence through learner-centered design and evidence-based pedagogy. Rooted in collaboration, quality, and innovation, we create inclusive, high-impact learning experiences that engage diverse learners and inspire transformative outcomes.

Roles: learning designer, senior instructional designer, assistant director, project manager, senior teaching consultant

The Media team is an expansive group responsible for the development of multimedia for Carey courses, including videos, interactives, animations, and graphics. For Media assistance, contact [email protected].

Roles: multimedia producer, editor, eLearning artist, animator, graphic designer, multimedia supervisor

The Carey Learning Technology Group provides online course maintenance and Canvas learning management system support during the semester. Any issues students might encounter within a course can be forwarded to the team.

For questions, contact [email protected].

Roles: learning technologist, senior learning technologist, learning technology supervisor

Acronyms and commonly used terms quick guide:

• Learning objectives are the most important part of course development. Without them, we would not have a clear understanding of what students are supposed to gain from an activity.

• The best crafted objectives are written in a way that establishes what is known as the “ABCD Model”:

   

• The course design matrix (formerly referred to as the course blueprint) is a tool used by Teaching & Learning to document all components of an online, asynchronous course before building it in the learning management system.

• In collaboration with the faculty developer, the instructional designer, multimedia producer, and the entire course design team use the course design matrix to align objectives, identify assessments, draft an outline of the course, and identify media and technology to be included in the course.

A Canvas blueprint serves as a “master” course site that houses all course content to be associated (copied) to course sections. The use of Canvas blueprints for online, asynchronous courses replaces the need for course cloning previously used to copy courses each term or from a staging course site.

At this time, Canvas blueprints are only used for online, asynchronous courses.

(See Course Evaluations & Surveys for more information)

• Mid-course evaluations
  • Mid-course evaluations are surveys administered to students in certain courses during week 3 of the term.
  • Reasons for distributing a mid-course evaluation include:
    • The instructor is teaching an online course for the first time.
    • The instructor is teaching a newly developed or redeveloped online course.
    • The instructor would like to opt in to evaluation.
  • This feedback is shared with the Faculty Leadership team and the course instructor.
• End-of-course evaluations
  • End-of-course evaluations are surveys administered to all students during week 7 of the term.
  • Survey data are shared with the course instructor and might be used in the promotion and tenure process.
  • These evaluations are given to all instructors. Contact [email protected] with questions about additional survey questions.
• How to request assistance
  • Instructors may request mid-course evaluations by reaching out to [email protected].
  • Instructors may ask about adding extra questions to a mid-course or end-of-course survey.
  • Alternatively, instructors can create a survey in Canvas or another anonymous survey tool (e.g., Qualtrics, Google Forms, SurveyMonkey) for more specific questions.
• For more information, please consult Course Evaluations & Surveys.
• How to view results
  • Instructors can view results by selecting the Instructor Course Evaluations tab in Canvas.
• Who can see results?
  • Only the instructor, faculty leadership, and those acting on their behalf may see evaluation results.
  • Instructors might need to collect and share results for promotions, tenure, or other purposes.
• How to share results
  • Contact [email protected] for instructions on sharing results.

Note: Hybrid is no longer a modality that is regularly scheduled at the Carey Business School. Any hybrid flexibility regarding in-person classes is at the instructor’s discretion.

eReserves are digitized course materials accessible online, providing convenient remote access to readings and resources for students and faculty.

• Requesting eReserves – New Requests or Courses

1. Forward your syllabus or reading list, with full citations and assignment due dates, directly to [email protected] by the deadline. Processing could take 2–4 weeks or longer if purchases for the collection apply.
2. Copy the business librarians’ service address at [email protected].
3. In the subject line, type the course number, section, and term.
4. If students must complete a reading or viewing before the first class, indicate it in the subject line and message. Flag as high priority.

• Reposts of Previously Used Content for Existing Courses

1. In the subject line of your email to [email protected], type REPOST and the previous course number, section, and term.
2. If students must complete a reading or viewing before the first class, indicate it in the subject line and message. Flag as high priority.

• Best Practices Guidelines: eReserves and Canvas

Contact email: [email protected]

Many of these responsibilities fall under the course instructor, but Teaching & Learning (T&L) is here to help. If you have questions about these responsibilities, or how to enact them, please contact [email protected].

Referral links to specific pages as needed (Inside Carey)

• FERPA
• New Hire Information
• Mental Health / Mandated Reporter Guidance
• Requesting materials
  • Send textbook requests to [email protected]
  • Harvard Course Packs
    • Canvas LTI 1.3 Integration User Guide (Harvard Business Publishing)
• Updating Faculty Bio
  • Interactive bio in Canvas: Submit a CTG Support Request
  • Bio on the Carey website: Contact [email protected] to request alterations
• Getting classroom support
  • Support in Harbor East classroom
  • Carey IT ([email protected])
• Support in DC classrooms:
  • 555 IT ([email protected])