Revising your course

When you teach class/lab, keep a log of what happened as you had students complete the learning activities.

How did they react during the introduction and the execution of the activity? Did they learn from the activities? How did you find out that they did? Did you use: 1-min paper, muddiest point, application card, etc? What did you learn from those in-class/lab assessments?

Then write notes on what you would do differently in the future. I usually keep a second file of the course materials in which I type comments for revision or revise the activities right after class, while your thoughts and ideas are still in your mind. This way your revised class is done by the time this semester ends and you don't have to spend your vacation revising your course. All you have to do is look at the course evaluations to see if those offer any new information, but if you have been applying continuous course assessments and your own course evaluations you should have all the useful information you need for revisions by the end of the semester.