Rapid Transition - Start Here

Face-to-face classes can not be held! Now what do I do?

The following pages contain the most important things to review in the event that you have to make a rapid transition to fully online so that you can keep teaching. Start here by reading through these resources first and use the links on those pages to dig a little deeper.

• Preliminary Preparation Planning

• Course Building Checklist

• Keeping Classes Going

After you have read through those pages and resources, you may want to jump into the Contingency Planning Course below if you need a more structured review of what to do and the tools within D2L/LIVE. If you are OK learning the tools on your own then visit the Resource Bank and get started learning about the different tools. Here is a great webinar recording about getting started in Brightspace. We strongly recommend that you review some of the webinar recordings on the Trainings and Workshops page as well. They provide helpful tips and tricks that might not be included in the other resources.

If you requested a sandbox course while on the Preliminary Preparation Planning, now is a good time to start to work with the tools in your sandbox before you begin to create learning activities and content in your actual course shells.

Once you have your courses set up, then review the resources on the Online Facilitation page that will help you moderate and manage your new online courses.

Are you familiar with the basic terms in online teaching and learning? Visit the Glossary of Terms to familiarize yourself with some of the most commonly used terms in distance learning.

The Online Teaching Contingency Plan course is self-paced and provides you with a walk-through of all the primary tools you would likely need in order to conduct a [typically face-to-face] course online at a basic level, including the delivering of content, holding synchronous class session, recording a lecture, creating discussion forums, and setting up assignments and grade items. It also provides some basic facilitation information to guide faculty on best practices in online teaching.

Getting Access:

1. Log into LIVE/D2L

2. Click on 'Self Registration' in the LIVE Tools widget on the right side of the Home screen

3. Click on 'Online Teaching Contingency Plan' from the list provided

4. Click the 'Register' button

5. Make sure the info on the next screen is correct then hit 'Submit' then 'Finish'

From here you can go right into the course by clicking on the link or click 'Done' which will take you back to your LIVE Home screen.