Questionsforconsideration

CourseConstraintsAnalysis

Howdoesitapplytoyour
course?
400

Implicationsforcoursedesign/
Strategiesformanagingconstraint
Iwillneedtoconsidercarefullythe
natureoftheassessments(CanI
includeawrittenassignment?CanI
useanalternativetothetraditional
essay?)
Thefinalexamwillneedtobe
multiplechoice(scantron)sinceI
onlyhave72hourstosubmitthe
finalgrades.

Thisisnotverymuchsupport.Iwill
needtoconsidercarefullyhowIwill
usetheTAstime.PerhapstheTAs
banktheirhoursforthewritten
assignment?

Iwillneedtobeveryclearwith
themaboutgradingassignments.
Iwillprovidehim/herwitharubric,
meetf2fabouttheassignment,
andprovidesampleassignmentsof
varyinggraderanges.Iwillreview
allgradespriortothegradesbeing
releasedtostudents.
Iwillneedtomakesomestrategic
decisionsaboutcoursedesignso
thatIcanmanagemyworkloadand
provideaqualityexperiencefor
students.
Q:CanIadequatelysupport
studentsinaresearchprojectgiven
thesizeofmyclassandmy
workload?

WhatistheclasssizeIwillinstruct?

1TAsfor6hours/week
WhatteachingsupportdoIhave
availabletome(TAs,
departmental/institutional
support)?

WhatistheexperienceoftheTAs
withwhomIwillbeworking?What
impactwillthishaveonthetypes
oftasksIwillaskthemtodo?

TAshavenobackgroundin
popularmusicandhavelimited
TAexperience

Ihave3othercoursesIam
teaching.Twoofthesecourses
arenewtome.
Whatismywork/teachingload
outsideofthisclass?

WhattypeofroomwillIbe
teachingin?Arethereconstraints
associatedwiththisroomgiventhe
natureandsizeoftheclassIm
teaching?
Whenisthecoursebeingoffered
(regularterm/spring)?
WhattimeofdaywillIbeteaching?
Whatimpactmaythishaveon
studentattendanceandattention?
Whatisthelevelandbackground
ofthestudentsIwillteach?

DeannaDavis,2015

WhattechnologicalresourcesareI
amcomfortableusing?CanI
leveragetechnologytocompensate
forotherconstraintsfacedinthe
course?
AmIwillingand/havethetimeto
learnnewtechnologies?
Whattechnologicalresourcesare
availabletome(individually/forthe
class)?
Aretherelimitationstotheother
typesofresourcesIdliketousein
myclass?(e.g.textbook
availability,computerlabs,etc.)
Whatimpactdoestheclasssize
andteachingresourceshaveon
assessmentandteachingand
learningactivities?
Arethere
departmental/institutionalrules
thatimpactmycoursedesign?
Otherthings..