A Teaching and Learning Plan (TLP) is a document that outlines the basic elements of a course including what topics will be covered, a weekly schedule, and a list of activities, tests, assignments, and their associated weightings and due dates. It serves as a communication piece of both the practical details and the overall alignment of your course. It helps students understand the intended learning outcomes for the course in the form of the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that will be deliberately cultivated in the course, as well as when and how they will be required to demonstrate their learning through assessments. It can also help students to understand how your course functions in relation to the other courses in their program of study.

The TLP is informed by the course outline — the course outcomes, objectives, and evaluations are the foundation for the TLP.  While a course outline is fixed and cannot be changed without approval, a TLP is specific to the instructor teaching the course and can be adjusted at the discretion of the instructor as long as it still follows what’s set out in the outline.

This module will guide you through the steps of creating a TLP. By doing so, it will introduce you to key considerations for designing integrated assessments that allow students to show that they can meet course outcomes and objectives. This will help to ensure curriculum alignment within your course. By the end of this module, we hope you will be able to:

• Identify the crucial components of Teaching and Learning Plan (TLP)
• Align outcomes and assessments in course design
• Select instructional and assessment strategies that will foster ongoing student engagement and motivation
• Identify opportunities for authentic assessment
• Develop an Ideal Assessment Plan
• Create a Teaching and Learning Plan