Resources
On this page of our Google site, you'll find additional resources that will give you more in-depth information about some of the topics that were discussed in the workshop, as well as some tools and ideas that we didn't have time to get to. If you would like to suggest a resource to add to this page, please email Michelle Gaston.
Creating Community
Suggestions for Creating Community Remotely (CAT/CEILS)
A Guide to Setting Community Agreements (Intergroup Dialogue/CAT)
Pre-quarter tech access quiz template (Google form - save to your own Google drive to edit)
Create a one-stop shop for information and resources for your students
CCLE can be really good for this -- link to Zoom meetings, Google Docs, Assignment/TII.com, etc.
Google Sites is another easy to use tool that everyone has access to through UCLA GSuite
Leading discussions
Bloom's Taxonomy Question Stems , and if you are unfamiliar with Bloom's Taxonomy, Iowa State University has a great interactive website that gives a good overview.
Tools for Discussions:
CCLE Discussion Boards -- Good as a low-stakes writing area, journal entries, reading responses (esp. A Q&A Forum where students can only see others’ posts after posting their own)
Slack -- Good for asynchronous discussion (more on that in a minute)
Google Docs -- Good for balancing asynchronous and synchronous discussions (more on that in a minute)
GroupMe -- Not officially approved, but students are comfortable with it as a social media site
Discord -- also not officially approved, but many students are already here
Engaging Students
A Short Guide to Active Learning Strategies for Remote Teaching - this guide is based around what you used to do in-person and gives ideas for how to translate that into the remote environment.
Resources for Teaching Remotely: A Community Space -a CCLE site about using CCLE more effectively for remote teaching
Tools for Engaging Students:
Polling tools: Poll Everywhere, Mentimeter, Zoom polls
Google Forms for surveys or collecting anonymous questions
Interactive boards like Padlet or Flipgrid for creating dynamic image grids
Quizlet is useful for allowing students to create review materials to share
Assessing online participation
Assessing online participation (Harvard)
How do I assess participation online? (Pierce College)
Sample rubric for grading online participation
Concerns Specific to TAs
Assisting Distressed and Distressing Students
Communicating with your instructor of record (IOR) and other TAs in your department
Establishing Shared Expectations Between Instructor and TA(s) - a draft contract between instructors and TAs to help establish clear expectations on both sides
Instructor-TA Checklist - this checklist was designed for IOR for communicating with TAs, but it can be reverse engineered to help you think through the kinds of questions you should ask your instructor before the course begins, what kinds of communication and support you need throughout the quarter, and what you will need to do at the end of the quarter.
General resources for remote teaching
NOTE:
Some of the tools used here are not on the official UCLA approved remote teaching tools list. However, tools can be reviewed on a use case basis by your department's IT department.