Enhancing Pedagogy
Grow with Your Classroom
As we look forward to what a classroom is supposed to be in the future, we are expected to understand new concepts that may not be common knowledge to every discipline. This divide between technology and traditional instruction has become more prevalent than ever, and as instructors we are expected to adapt to it.
This page is intended to help guide you in utilizing aspects of your classroom beyond just the traditional lecture environment and provide guidance to other resources that may prove useful when reworking course content to fit active and hybrid learning methods.
We intend to update this page regularly with content made in collaboration with faculty that is currently implementing these strategies in their teaching to help you grow as an instructor in the modern day.
If you are a faculty member who would like to be a part of this evolving initiative, please submit a request to the Classroom Help team via our Feedback Form and we will gladly get in touch!
Advanced Guides
The following section provides quick links, services and guides on utilizing classroom hardware and software to your advantage when combining it with your teaching material. Let us know if there is anything you would like to see added!
The Software Center application or portal contains a list of approved software available for you to install. Local administrative access is not required to install software from the Software Center. Your computer must be located on-campus or connected to the campus VPN server to access the applications included in the "Software Center".
More information coming soon!
Cal Poly Pomona provides a Virtual Software Lab (VSL) experience for faculty and staff to remotely log into existing campus lab computers and utilize academic software only found on them from a personal computer through a browser!
More information coming soon!
Canvas is the primary learning platform used by Cal Poly Pomona and will be the most common software you will use for getting course content to your students over the internet.
More information coming soon!
Kaltura (or sometimes referred to as streaming.cpp.edu) is a video hosting platform designed to help make it easier for instructors to upload course content in one place that easily integrates directly into Canvas.
More information coming soon!
This software is the standard for creating slide presentations.
More information coming soon!