Lectures

What can I do remotely?

There are a number of ways to deliver your lecture content at a distance.

Re-use your previously recorded lecture material

Use existing material you have already recorded, perhaps from previous years. If you removed content on your Moodle module from previous years, remember that you might be able to recover it from the Moodle archive – log in as you would to current Moodle.

Pre-record lecture content

You can pre-record content for access by students in a variety of ways:

• Using the tools included in PowerPoint you can record narration over a PowerPoint presentation and make it available on Moodle.
  Teaching staff at many institutions – including Colorado State University, University of Central Florida and Swinburne University – have used this approach.

• Panopto is a recording platform that can be used as a standalone recorder or from within Moodle to easily provide captured content.

• Podcasting – you may like to explore the idea of delivering your lectures via a pre-recored weekly podcast.

Live stream remotely

• Use Zoom to schedule a live session. The sessions can be recorded.

Remote Interactivity

• Padlet - This can be used to get students to share ideas. There are a range of template formats that can be applied from an open post-in note style board to a structured timeline activity. I can be used live as well as an embedded activity within Moodle

• Use Vevox to engage the audience with polls, ranked quizzes and a live chat wall for Q&A management. Create surveys to capture opinion or check knowledge after live sessions.

Requirements for Staff

You need access to a microphone (often these are built-in to laptops). When recording audio, it helps to be in a quiet room. If you are delivering synchronously, and allow student interaction, headphones will help you hear student responses.

Requirements for Students

Students need headphones to listen to content. They need a microphone to be able to contribute (often these are built-in to laptops).