360 Support for Faculty

A well designed course deserves to be explained well. We can make sure that students gain a clear picture of your course from the moment they browse the catalogue.

We work with instructors to:

• write, format, and distribute their syllabi.
• create their courses' Canvas sites.
• partner with Academic Technology for the FAS to  integrate special features  into course websites.

Formative or summative, in-class, out of class, or for the entire course: Bok can help you create meaningful assignments for your students.

We work with instructors to:

• revise flat or dated assignment prompts.
• align assignments with their learning objectives.
• brainstorm new assignment modalities.
• develop new capstone assignments, and scaffold them back through the semester.
• divide a course into units or modules.
• test new assignments with students in our Learning Lab.

We can assist you in making every course meeting engaging, well-paced, and effective for optimal student learning.

We work with instructors to:

• explore a wide range of engaged instructional strategies.
• walk through how they might implement specific techniques or plans for lectures and/or sections.
• set up a recurring meeting with them and/or their Teaching Fellows as the semester gets underway.

We can work with you to make small tweaks—or big changes—that ensure that students will see how your course fits within their academic program.

We work with instructors to:

• develop learning objectives, titles, and course descriptions which render transparent their intellectual project.
• incorporate exercises that encourage students see how a course relates to their lives in college and beyond.
• compose assignments that ask students to synthesize and apply what they've learned.

Teaching offers graduate students unique opportunities for professional development—but also unique challenges. We can develop customized support for your teaching staff.

We work with instructors to:

• schedule, design, and deliver individual or group trainings (microteaching, class observation, videotaping, etc.).
• schedule meetings with Teaching Fellows to hone specific section activities.
• develop strategies to support, and grade, a wide array of activities and assignments.

Read more about the full array of Bok's Graduate Student Support

Harvard is a large—and decentralized—place. We can help you find, create, and/or figure out how to incorporate campus resources into your teaching.

We work with instructors to:

• locate materials/collections for use in-class or in assignments.
• conduct background research to inform lectures, assignments, and section activities.
• schedule class activities in libraries, museums, and elsewhere on—or off—campus.

Eager to incorporate digital assignments and learning experiences? Our coding team can ensure that a new technology works—and works to advance your goals.

We work with instructors to:

• design digital assignments (e.g. Timeline.js, Omeka, Cinema4D, etc.).
• add technology to their Canvas sites (ex. Timeline.js or Omeka).
• enable students to make movies, model artifacts, and complete other creative assignments.
• use online annotation tools to help students understand what "reading" means in different contexts.

Students are more enthusiastic than ever about working together on group projects. Our Learning Lab can host special events for you and your students.

We work with instructors to:

• deliver workshops or hackathons which train students on the skills they need to complete innovative assignments.
• demonstrate assignments in-class.
• provide space for student project groups to work together.