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Spring 2020

Remote Learning & Teaching

for Denison University Faculty

This site is no longer active. Please see the Denison Hybrid Fall 2020 site.

You ask, "Why should you check out the Tuesday Tech Tips?"

ETS has their ears to the ground and we know what people are struggling with/concerned about and these videos will give you some great support!

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Overview for Faculty

All Denison courses are designed to require in-person engagement. We recognize that core elements of the experience will be significantly changed in transitioning to a remote format. Given that reality, a key question to consider is, what is the minimum technological need you have to provide a sufficient academic experience to bring your courses to culmination and complete the semester? Along these lines, important questions to consider include:

Can in-class sessions be adapted to document form (i.e, can lectures be transformed into shared outlines / texts / slides)
Can in-class discussions be adapted to a discussion board / bulletin / chat format?
Are there assignments that need to be altered or can be consolidated?

ETS is positioned to support a variety of forms of remote instruction, but there is only so much bandwidth. Everyone will need to adapt and streamline while not sacrificing the integrity of the course.

Things to Consider

5 Reasons to Stop Doing Timed Online Exams During COVID-19

Positive News Updates

Notebowl updates applied from May 20-22. See video overview or go to MyDenison to read about them.
High Quality Video Sharing Capability Added to Google Meet!
Google Meet Changes to Enhance Security
Phone Options for Working Remotely
Check out this YouTube Channel: Short 'how-to" Zoom Tutorials
Updates on Videoconferencing
Assessment in Remote Classes & Rethinking Your Assignments
10 Tips to Support Students in a Stressful Shift to Online Learning
Kaly Thayer has shared with us some excellent resources for supporting our multilingual learners
The librarians will be staffing email <reference@denison.edu> and chat <https://denison.libanswers.com/> from 9am-9pm EDT M-F and 2-5pm EDT on Sundays for the remainder of the semester. We are happy to help with access issues, finding alternate online resources, or other questions. We have also put together a library subject guide on Remote Learning <https://libguides.denison.edu/Off-Campus-Access> that has links for faculty and students on online options for resources. There is a section on free resources that highlights some publisher changes allowing online access to books and articles during the COVID19 outbreak. Click here to view more information from the library.

Adobe announced they are making temporary at-home access to Creative Cloud available until May 31, 2020 to schools that have site licenses for their product at no cost to students. We are currently working with Adobe to implement this for our students. To have access to Adobe Creative Cloud provided to your students, please send the Denison ITS Service Desk <servicedesk@denison.edu> a list of student names and Denison email addresses. The fastest way to do this would be to export your class roster out of Notebowl. Student accounts will be created and they will be able to download the Adobe software to their personal device. Adobe is also offering this site as support for instructors going online: Adobe Resources
AT&T, Comcast and other ISPs sign FCC pledge to support connectivity during coronavirus outbreak
- More Details: Which Internet Providers Are Lifting Data Caps During the Coronavirus, and which aren't
Charter to Offer Free Access to Spectrum Broadband and Wi-Fi For 60 Days For New K-12 and College Student Households and More
- COVID-19 Remote Education Credit

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Getting Started

Basic Resources

ETS has designed this website to support you as you plan for remote learning and teaching.

We will focus on the following basic resources:

NoteBowl
Google Suite
- Google Chrome Browser - please use Google Chrome for all Denison online applications and services.
- Google Drive
- Google Docs
- Google Slides
- Google Hangouts Meet
Email

Please spend some time reviewing the materials that we offer here. If you have further questions, please contact the ITS Service Desk at 740-587-6395 or servicedesk@denison.edu.

Modes of Instruction and Pedagogical Goals

Given the primary considerations above, consider your pedagogical goals and modes of instruction:

Do you want to create a repository of resources?
Do you want to facilitate group work?
Do you want to facilitate asynchronous class discussion (i.e., class members are not necessarily online at the same time, such as discussion boards or NoteBowl course bulletin)?
Do you want to offer written lecture content? Do you want to present a video in real time or record your lecture in advance?
Do you want to present documents in real time?
Do you want to facilitate synchronous class discussion (i.e., all members of the course joining a discussion at the same time)?
How will you receive, assess, and return student work?

Remember Your Students

Communicate with your students as soon as possible. Inform them about any changes to the syllabus and what your expectations are for checking Notebowl and/or email. Let them know which technology or technologies you will be using.
Keep in mind the impact this situation may have on students' ability to meet new expectations. These include:

a. illness

b. lacking software to complete assignments or activities

c. no internet connection at home

d. needing to care for family members

We suggest surveying your students ASAP to find out what technology they will have available in the coming weeks. This can be done via email or using a Google Form. Consider asking about internet connect and available devices (computer, tablet, phone, etc). We suggest keeping responses private, so that students do not have to share their circumstances with their peers. Be ready to handle these challenges and be flexible.
Remember there will be time zone differences. If you have students in California, for example, and your class is normally at 8:30 a.m. a live Google Hangout Meet session will not be ideal for them to join at that time.
Consider holding virtual office hours over the phone or through Google Hangouts Meet.

a. You may request through the ITS Service Desk that your office phone be temporarily routed to your cell phone if you
wish to or must hold these virtual office hours from your home.

b. Google Hangouts Meet instructions link.

Do NOT use a bunch of new tech tools in working with your students. Remember the saying, "Less is More". Work with tools that you are comfortable with and limit the number.
Student technology resources are available at the Student Technology and Support for Remote Learning in MyDenison (link here).