Synchronous Learning

Synchronous learning offers simultaneous learning experiences among students

Synchronous classes do not require students to gather in a lecture hall, with teachers delivering lectures and students taking classes using computers or smartphones connected to the Internet. Instead, teachers deliver their lectures via video and audio from their lecture rooms or laboratories. Students receive the video and audio from their homes or other locations.

Steps for Synchronous Learning

Step 1: Prepare equipment for distribution

Step 2: Prepare the application for delivery

Please see the video below for instructions on creating a virtual meeting room using Google Meet.

Note: Detailed instructions on how to use Webex can be found in Cisco's Setup Guide.

Step 3: Notify students

Step 4: Class delivery

Step 5: Learning Evaluation

Assessing and evaluating learning progress

Step 1: Prepare equipment for distribution

First, prepare an environment in which classes can be recorded.

Connect a webcam, microphone, and earphones to the business computer. We strongly recommend using an external microphone and earphones to improve sound quality. Also, remember to connect to a stable Internet environment.

Examples of equipment

Business PC
Webcam
Earphone with microphone
Earphones with a microphone with an earphone plug connection, such as those used with smartphones, are sufficient.
Network Environment
Please connect your equipment to a wired LAN or a stable wireless LAN. This is because public networks on campus, such as HINES-WLAN and eduroam, may need to be fixed when there are many simultaneous users.

Step 2: Prepare the application for delivery

You can deliver and receive classes from your computer or smartphone.

Install software such as WebEx, Google Meet, or Zoom on your business computer to create a virtual conference room for conducting a class. With video conferencing software, you can perform all the tasks necessary for class delivery, including

Real-time class delivery
Presentation of Powerpoint or other slide screens
Q&A using chat tools
Recording of the class

Video Conferencing Software

Zoom

If you obtain an account for faculty and staff, you can use it free of charge.
Please refer to "Zoom+α," produced by Osaka University, for detailed information on using the system and points to remember. （Link： external site）

Google Meet

It is attached to Google Workplace provided by ELMS and can be used by all faculty and staff.
Up to 250 people can participate.
For detailed instructions, please see Google's help （external site）.

Webex Meetings

The university provides paid accounts.
The provided account can be used to participate in up to 1,000 participants.
For detailed instructions and notes, please see the guide above.

Zoom

Hokkaido University has concluded a comprehensive agreement with Zoom as part of the university's efforts to improve its educational environment.

Zoom is integrated with ELMS, and you can use Zoom with your ELMS e-mail address by "signing in" to Zoom from Google.

Zoomのサインイン方法.pdf

＜Inquiries＞
If you have any questions about how to sign in, etc., please get in touch with the following (limited to persons within the university).

■ Institute for the Advancement of Graduate Education
Zoom Help Desk
E-mail : hu_zoom_student_support(a)huoec.jp
※ Please change (a) to @ and contact us.

Please refer to the following URL for general information on how to use Zoom.

"Zoom Support" in the official Zoom websitehttps://support.zoom.us/hc/ja

Zoom+α（Osaka University）
https://zoom.les.cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp/

Google Meet

Please see the video below for instructions on creating a virtual meeting room using Google Meet.

・Simultaneously delivered classes using G-Suite_Google Meet (video with audio)

Webex

Note: Detailed instructions on how to use Webex can be found in Cisco's Setup Guide.

Cisco Webex Meetings Easy Setup Guide
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/global/ja_jp/products/collateral/conferencing/webex-meetings/cisco-webex-meetings-easy-setup-guide-jp.pdf

Step 3: Notify students

Inform participants of the software to be used, how to access the conference room and any notes about the course.

Could you notify students exactly how to take the course, so they are clear?

Notification Points

A convenient way to notify students is to use ELMS group announcements; it is also helpful to create a Google Group in G Suite for Education or a mailing list in the HINES service to enroll students.
When notifying students, remember to include the date and time of the class delivery, the video conferencing software to be used, and the URL of the conference room.
If the same conference room is used repeatedly, the URL of the conference room can be pasted into Moodle in the ELMS to keep everyone informed at all times.

Step 4: Class delivery

Create an opportunity for a question-and-answer session while checking student attendance.

Use the ELMS quiz to check student attendance. Be prepared to answer questions from students using video conferencing software chats.

Step 5: Learning Evaluation

Assign students assignments or otherwise keep track of their coursework.

Use ELMS assignments to check students' understanding of the class. Try to increase interaction between teachers and students by using ELMS forums to create opportunities for discussion between teachers and students and among students.

Question and answer session after class delivery and learning evaluation

Please refer to the "Asynchronous Learning" implementation method for a question-and-answer session after the class delivery is over and learning evaluation by submitting assignments.

Asynchronous Learning

Assessing and evaluating learning progress

Learn how to track student progress in online classes with "small incremental assessments" using student feedback, questions and answers, assignments, and quizzes.

Learning Assessment

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