Resources
Looking to refresh your teaching? Explore resources on inclusive and accessible course design, practical teaching strategies, Canvas templates and guides, and learning technologies that integrate with Canvas to enhance student engagement.
Promote Accessibility and Inclusion
- Inclusive Teaching Guide: Resources to help you design courses that support equity, belonging, and meaningful learning for all students.
- Digital Accessibility Instructor Guide: Guidance on making your course materials and technologies accessible to every learner to meet new April 2026 Department of Justice updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Teaching & AI
- CLA Teaching & AI Guide: Guidance for CLA instructors on designing AI-resilient assignments and navigating teaching in the age of generative AI.
- GenAI Syllabus Statements (Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Minnesota): Guidelines developed in collaboration with the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, offering customizable syllabus language to clearly define expectations around the use, or prohibition, of generative AI.
- AI & Academic Integrity Resource Guide: Don't rely on AI detectors! Find guidance on effectively addressing the challenges of GenAI in the classroom, covering student engagement strategies, AI detection tools, citation practices, assignment design, and steps for responding to potential misuse.
- CEI Generative AI Teaching & Learning Resources
- UMN AI Community of Practice: Connect with colleagues across campus to share strategies, challenges, and insights about AI in teaching.
- University Relations Guidance on Use of AI: Official university recommendations on the appropriate use of generative AI.
- GenAI + U: Instructor’s Guide to AI Literacy: A self-paced Canvas course covering the basics of Generative AI and classroom applications.
- GenAI+U: A Student Learning Experience: A self-paced resource to equip UMN students with the knowledge, skills, and ethical understanding necessary to effectively and responsibly utilize generative AI tools in academic and professional contexts.
- Teaching Support: Teaching with Generative AI: A compilation of resources from across campus for teaching with Generative AI tools.
- AI in Teaching: Context and Strategies: Includes practical steps for assessment design, strategies for integrating or resisting AI, considerations for equity and accessibility, and curated resources on academic integrity, writing instruction, and current debates.
Explore Learning Technology Tools
Canvas Design Basics
- Learn how to use the CLA Canvas Template
- Use the CLA Syllabus Template
- New to Canvas? See our Quick Start Guide for CLA Instructors
- Want to experiment in a sandbox all your own? Create a non-academic Canvas Site.
Find Learning Technologies To Enhance Your Course
Teaching Resources
Safety
- Guidelines for Instructional Concerns from the Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs
- Online Harassment Support from CLA Neighborhood (login required)
Pedagogy
Communication
Group Work
Course and Canvas Site Design Tools
Explore our curated collection of guides and templates to support your course and site design—from building accessible Canvas sites to writing clear, student-centered syllabi.
- Get started using the CLA Canvas Template with our Guide
- Self-assess your site design with the LX Site Design Checklist
- Course Design Checklist based on our framework
- Use the CLA Syllabus Template