Shifting to remote or digitally-enhanced teaching can raise several questions.

• Glossary of Remote Teaching Terms from Arizona State University

• How to Increase Instructor Presence from Arizona State University

• How to Support New Online Learners

• Synchronous vs. Asynchronous: Which One Do I Choose? From Wichita State University

• Making the Most Out of Remote Teaching video with Mike Wesch from Kansas State University

One frequently heard complaint about online learning is the "distance" issue. When students aren't physically in a classroom with their peers and instructor, it's easy for them to feel disconnected from each other and the subject matter. There are ways you can mitigate this! The number of ways in which instructors can interact with their students has never been greater. Read on to learn more about how to keep up with your class.

• Communications Strategies

• Communicating with Students from Arizona State University

• Best Practices for Online Classroom Management from Arizona State University

Learning design encompasses everything that goes into making an online course; from the course objectives and activities, assessments and accessibility, to communication and academic integrity.

• What are best practices for online learning? Faculty from Indiana University weigh in.

• How should you structure your course? Inside Higher Ed has some ideas that will help students effectively navigate your class.

• Trying to decide between Zoom, Panopto, and Kaltura for your video needs? Check out Learning Technologies' blog post "Which Video Tool Should I Use?" for an in-depth discussion of these technologies.

• There are also digital tools available like Jamboard, an online white-board, ePortfolios and journals available through Canvas Folio, and online polls through PollEverywhere.

You’ve lectured, led discussions, demonstrated, assigned readings, videos and websites but have they learned? How do you know? Many instructors are used to giving tests and quizzes in class, where they can watch their students take them. Online assessments are a little bit different.

• How can I move my quizzes and exams online? Won't that allow students an opportunity to commit academic dishonesty? Learning Technologies has created an exam toolkit to answer these questions and more.

• There are steps you can take to make your exams more secure. Read a discussion of them on the Learning Tech blog.

• What are some kinds of alternative remote assessments? Learning Technologies has a few suggestions.

• Online assessments can be tricky. There are a number of potential stumbling blocks for you and your students. Prepare for these by perusing our Things to Consider infographic.

It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of accessibility in an online course. You can create the most measurable and aligned objectives, the best digital content ever, in the most logical order, and none of that will matter if your students can't use it.

Luckily, there are a number of tools you can use to make sure that your course is accessible to students before you roll it out.

• ESU uses Blackboard Ally as a built-in accessibility checker in Canvas. It assigns scores to items and uses red, orange, and green dials to give instructors an "at a glance" measure of their course's accessibility. You can watch a short video about the service and then learn more by reading the Ally QuickStart guide.

• Are you a big fan of Google docs? Then the Grackle Docs add-on is for you! Grackle allows you to remediate accessibility issues Google docs.

• Both Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, as well as Adobe Acrobat Reader have their own built in accessibility checkers you can access from their menus.