Engaging Students Synchronously (A session designed as a collaboration between TLT and eLDIG): Are you interested in improving student engagement in your synchronous online classes? This August 27, 2020 session covered best practices when engaging students in synchronous, online settings. Topics included how to help students engage with the content, instructors, and their fellow students, as well as how to best adapt in-class activities to the synchronous online environment. This content applies to both blended and online courses.
Engaging Students Through Assessment (A session designed as a collaboration between Teaching and Learning with Technology and eLDIG): How can you engage your students through online assessments (both formative and summative)? This August 19, 2020 session covered the changes can you make to your assessments to take advantage of the affordances of the online environment. Topics include setting expectations for online assessments, managing student stress levels, determining the most effective delivery method in your teaching context, adapting both formative and summative assessments from in-person to online formats, and alternatives to online exams.
Assessment Strategies for Remote Learning
This August 5, 2020 session explored strategies and best practices for assessment when some or all students are learning remotely.
Link to Session Slides You Got This – Prepping Your Course for the New Normal
This August 12, 2020 session reviewed strategies for the first week of class, orientation tips and tricks, academic integrity/online honor code resources, COVID updates, course communication, and Canvas navigation considerations to ensure a successful course launch.
Using iPads as Whiteboards in Remote Learning:
This July 22, 2020 session, led by Mark DeLuca, explored strategies and best practices for using iPads as whiteboards when leading remote classes via Zoom.
Whiteboarding Solutions by Level of Difficulty:
Low-tech: Use a drawing pad and hold it up to the screen.
Mid-tech: You can use the Zoom Whiteboard for simple things.
High-tech: For more complex things (equations, formulas) you could use a touchscreen PC, or a tablet (iPad or Android). You then log into the same Zoom room on both your computer and touchscreen devices and share your screen on the touchscreen device when needed.
This session, led by Jessie Sorensen on July 8, 2020, discussed how participants can get the most out of your Office 365 subscription with a deep dive into some new features from Microsoft.
Strategies and Tools for Live and Pre-recorded Course Videos
Are you pre-recording your lectures for Fall, but aren’t sure where to begin? Do you have questions about Zoom settings for teaching and learning? Are you curious about best practices for sharing your recordings? This July 15 session led by Ian Nalepa and Renee Ford focused on tips and strategies for recording, hosting, and sharing recordings from an instructor’s perspective.
