Distance Learning Cohort

Fridays 11-12:30 pm

Meeting Days/Times

Webinar #1: Friday, April 3, 11:00-12:30 (Kickoff and Course Outline)
Webinar #2: Friday, April 10, 11:00-12:30 (Prototype Week)
Webinar #3: Friday, April 17, 11:00-12:30 (Content and Assignments)
Webinar #4: Friday, April 24, 11:00-12:30 (Video Presentations and Lectures)
Webinar #5: Friday, May 1, 11:00-12:30 (Grade Center and Tests)
Webinar #6: Friday, May 8, 11:00-12:30 (Prepare for Release)
Webinar #7: Friday, May 15, 11:00-12:30 (Teaching Online - First Weeks)
Follow-up Session (Wrapping Up the Term) to be held during E-Learning Lab Hours

Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Online for the First Time

The following checklists are made to help you self assess before your class starts. Included you will find the following:

Course Checklist
What to do before course starts
What to do during first week
What to do throughout the course
What to do during the last week.

Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Online for the First Time

How to Submit Your Course for Academic Department Review

Step 1: Self-Assess

Before you submit your course for review, please take a few minutes to self-assess by using the following tool. You can open the spreadsheet document in Google drive or download as a PDF here.

Prepare Your Course for Release

Step 2: Submit Your Course for Academic Department Review

Self-assess (see above).
Identify the reviewer in your department and add them to the Blackboard course you want reviewed as 'Instructor Assistant' using their email address. Watch this video to learn how.
Send the reviewer and email and copy elearning@bmcc.cuny.edu that you are ready for your course to be reviewed. Add a link to the Blackboard course for easy access.
Give a brief explanation of any missing content or special instructions for them to take into consideration while reviewing your courses.
They should reply to you and elearning@bmcc.cuny.edu with feedback and approval.

Webinar Recordings

Webinar #7 Recording

Webinar #7 Presentation Deck

Distance Learning Webinar #7: First Week

Webinar #6 Recording

Webinar #5 Recording

Webinar #4 Recording

Webinar #3 Recording

Webinar #2 Recording

This week's Webinar #2 is ready to be viewed! For those of you who could not attend, please watch the video and take the next steps.

Webinar #1 Recording

This week's Webinar #1 is ready to be viewed! For those of you who could not attend, please watch the video and take the next steps.

Webinar #1 Presentation Deck

Distance Learning Cohort Webinar #1

Course Outline Template

The secret to a great online course starts with your course outline. It will save you tons of time in the long run. Download and edit to suit your needs.

Download the template.
Write an outline of activities and assignments for 1 week.
Write instructions for how to complete the activities and assignments.

Course Outline Template

Syllabus Template

This syllabus template contains placeholder text to illustrate how other faculty use it. Make sure you are deleting old text and adding your own language.

Orientation Quiz Template

It's always a good idea to have your students confirm they have read the syllabus and understand what you expect of them throughout the semester. This template has 12 pre-populated questions which you can edit to suit your needs.

Create a Blackboard Test

Instructions for Creating a Blackboard Test or Quiz

Don't create a quiz before reviewing this document. This template will save you many hours of labor and frustration creating Blackboard Tests. Follow the instructions carefully and you too can turn your Word documents into hundreds of test items.

Outcomes Worksheet

This is helpful resource that ties outcomes to Bloom's taxonomy of learning. It gives many good examples of well-written outcomes, as well as examples of ways to meet outcomes with digital activities.

BMCC E-Learning Course Checklist

E-Learning Course Checklist Rubric

For a course and an instructor to be certified, they must meet the rubric standards outlined in this checklist. Using the templates provided to you by the E-Learning Center can help you meet most if not all of the standards. Make sure to provide your Dept. Chair with access to your course so they can review and give you feedback on changes or improvements needed.

Teaching Modality

Faculty must determine, with the guidance of their Academic Department, the teaching approach for their course. These are the three most prevalent approaches we've seen faculty adopt:

A. ALL SYNCHRONOUS

ALL LIVE SESSIONS REQUIRED OR SUGGESTED. If instructors are teaching all of their course SYNCHRONOUSLY, they must list the dates/times if they require students to attend Zoom/Collaborate meetings. (A) Students who do not attend sessions receive no points for participation or assignments completed during the session, or (B) they can watch the session online asynchronously.

B. SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS

ONLY SOME SESSIONS ARE LIVE. Instructors can require students to meet live once or twice a week or even once a month SYNCHRONOUSLY and ask students to complete some or all of their assignments ASYNCHRONOUSLY. It is of utmost importance that the frequency and time of required meetings are made clear to students when they enroll. The live sessions can be required or suggested and posted for future viewing.

C. ASYNCHRONOUS ONLY

THERE ARE NO LIVE SESSIONS. Instructors can create all of their content to be completed ASYNCHRONOUSLY and not hold any live sessions. All content, assignments, instruction, feedback, lectures, and exams would be posted online and completed on students' own schedule.

Research Shows Fully Online with Some Live Sessions Has Many Advantages

The U.S. Department of Education published a review of the research on blended learning which found that blended or hybrid learning approaches are often more effective than more traditional face-to-face instruction and that they incorporate deep-impact learning and teaching elements that are not found in purely online or purely face-to-face courses. A research review published by Kaplan Inc. also found that blended learning programs can potentially offer more personalized, student-focused and flexible forms of teaching than would be found in the face-to-face-only or online-only classroom.

Faculty at BMCC can simulate hybrid or blended experiences by holding synchronous or 'virtual' meetings via Zoom or Collaborate, then recording and posting those lectures so that students who can't attend at the prescribed time can complete assignments on their own time. E-Learning can help you plan out your online lectures and presentations and create activities around them for deeper engagement and better outcomes.

E-LEARNING CENTER

The best way to contact the E-Learning Center is via email, attending a webinar, or booking a private consultation.

elearning@bmcc.cuny.edu

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

For Email, CUNYfirst or BMCC Portal assistance contact the Service Desk:

servicedesk@bmcc.cuny.edu
(212) 220-8379

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