Simplifying Project Instructions Using Speaker Notes

Keeping in my my constant goal of managing the extraneous cognitive load of my teaching materials while simultaneously maintaining a high level of rigor, I have been tinkering with leveraging the "Speaker Notes" to streamline the location of project instructions, links, and rubrics.

See a few screenshots below from a recent project in my Biochemistry class where all instructions were provided in the Speaker Notes of the appropriate slide. I am enjoying this method of material delivery as it:

a) provides all resources for students in one location and... b) allows for specific pieces of instruction to be strategically placed within their associated slide.

​Additionally, the ability to hyperlink text to speaker notes allows for the inclusion of useful and expansive materials and instructions.

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