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Resources for Teaching Assistants (TAs)

We are grateful for all the Teaching Commons Tutors and community members who spent time with us to create resources for fellow Teaching Assistants (TAs) at York. Their research skills, knowledge, and experience as TAs at York make their contributions even more valuable and useful to the community. Find guides for each TA role and resources for teaching with technology across modalities as well as for critique.

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Guides

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Teaching assistant and international teaching assistant handbook

This is a comprehensive guide for all Teaching Assistants (TAs) at York University.

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Introductory guide for laboratory demonstrators

This is a comprehensive guide specifically for TAs assigned as laboratory demonstrators.

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TA feedback guide

This guide offers information, methods, and strategies for TAs to obtain feedback on their teaching from students, peers, and mentors.

Teaching with technology

Using Microsoft Forms for activities and feedback

Audio Visual Services and Technology (AVST) supports technology in classrooms and other spaces on campus. The classroom technology tab on the AVST page has extensive resources including:

  • The Learning spaces page has a list of the classrooms on both the Keele and Glendon campuses, that offers room type, capacity, an image of the space, and information.
  • Instructional videos for using the classroom technology in various types of rooms.
  • Instructions for using single screen classroom technology
  • Instructions for using double screen classroom technology

Teaching remotely: A guide for TAs is a comprehensive guide for Teaching Assistants (TAs) that are teaching remotely, via Zoom and/or eClass.

Teaching online for Teaching Assistants - a playlist of YouTube videos created in 2020.

Using Microsoft Forms for activities and feedback

Zoom at YorkU is the webpage where you can activate your Zoom account at York University, and access additional Zoom resources, including

eClass support

Teaching remotely: A guide for TAs is a comprehensive guide for Teaching Assistants (TAs) that are teaching remotely, via Zoom and/or eClass.

Teaching online for Teaching Assistants - a playlist of YouTube videos created in 2020.

Assessment and Feedback in Studio Teaching

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