Zoom continues to provide video training to help new users get familiar with their platform: They offer several Zoom Education Webinar sessions each week with a live host to answer your questions, and focus on the following topics: How to download Zoom applications and join a Zoom meeting How to schedule a meeting and send out
I recently attended a webinar put together by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) on how to keep students engaged when transitioning to online. Keeping students engaged with your course is different in an online environment. For example: how often should your students be visiting your course site and engaging with your content? how is attendance
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) has developed an Online Teaching Toolkit with free online teaching resources to benefit both faculty and students. These resources are divided into six key topic areas for teaching remotely: Welcoming students to the online environment Managing your online presence Organizing your online course Planning and facilitating quality
Dear Colleagues, Aiding faculty in moving to online course delivery has been an exciting task. I am so impressed with the creativity and earnestness that I’ve seen as instructors are quickly adapting to new ways of teaching and interacting with their students. One concern that I wanted to share with you, that was recently raised
On 3/11/2020 we recorded two training sessions on how to use BigBlueButton in Canvas for web conferencing with your students. Here are those two training sessions. They have similar content, but each is a little different so we wanted to provide both to you: Topic: Using BigBlueButton for Web Conferencing in Canvas 10:30 am Meeting
If you have never taught a class before using web conferencing, like Zoom, MS Teams, BigBlueButton, you might not know what that looks like. This training video will help you! I recently attended a webinar by Online Learning Consortium and they demonstrated the use of Zoom to hold a web conference. Afterward, they shared the
As part of becoming prepared for a possible campus closure due to coronavirus, I know that many of you are trying new tools and methods. Pivoting to a new platform, software, or methodology midsemester is not easy! Thus, I wanted to share a social media post from faculty member Georgiana Bostean, who recently tried using