In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, faculty are encouraged to prepare for any situation that could disrupt classes. The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) team wants to share available resources to move your teaching to a remote format. The resources prepared include the following:
Conducting live classes, meetings, and office hours using Zoom;
Creating and collecting assignments, providing quizzes and tests, and issuing grades using Canvas;
Recording videos for course content to share with students using Panopto or Canvas Studio; and,
Virtually proctoring exams while ensuring academic integrity.
This website will have the tools available for use, recommended strategies, and additional resources to prepare to move your teaching from face-to-face to online.
The CTL would like to offer the following recommendations if you were not able to meet with your students:
Check with your department: Your department may issue more details about the situation and guidelines about their expectations for classes. Administrators may want to have many of the department's classes handled in similar ways, so check with departmental leaders before doing too much planning.
Communicate with your students right away and have a consistent communication strategy to avoid confusion. We recommend using Lipscomb Email and the Announcements feature in Canvas. Inform students what your expectations are for checking email and Canvas. Tell your students where to locate course information online and provide detailed instructions for assignments, online meetings, and technologies.
Review your course schedule to determine priorities and consider how you could incorporate alternative course materials and adapt assignments to suit online learning in case of an extended emergency. Decide how you will distribute documents and readings during a disruption.
Review your syllabus for course changes that may need to occur (such as grading class participation). Post your syllabus online (electronic format) and update it with course changes as needed. It is recommended that you share your documents in a PDF format.
Create a more detailed communications plan: Once you have more details about changes in the class, communicate them to students, along with more information about how they can contact you (email, online office hours, etc.). A useful communication plan also lets students know how soon they can expect a reply. They will have many questions, so try to figure out how you want to manage that.
Consider strategies for using the technology tools for your course to support student learning and engagement.
*Some of the recommendations are adapted, with permission, from Indiana University Knowledge Base article.