Digital Learning Blog

Resources for Preparing to Teach Remotely

April 02, 2020  / Department of Digital Learning 

GETTING STARTED 

• Quality Matters Remote Instruction Checklist
  A list of considerations, tips, and actionable strategies a move to remote/online instruction of on-campus courses.
• Thoughts and Resources for Those about to Start Teaching Online Due to COVID-19
  Collection of Emergency Remote teaching resources, many of which are regularly updated Google Docs.
• Tips from Faculty for Quickly Preparing to Teach Online (NC State University)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Moving Online Now
• Low-Tech Remote Teaching Solutions
  Although Zoom is not supported at FGCU, this article has a good collection of low-tech solutions if you have students with poor or unreliable Internet connectivity, limited access to computers, or other extenuating circumstances.
• Making the Transition to Online Learning
  Simple, practical advice on transitioning your on-campus course to remote instruction.
• The Lucas Center Blog: Transitioning to Online Teaching During COVID-19

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TEMPLATE: PREPARING TO TEACH REMOTELY

A collection of content to import into your Canvas course. Take what you want, change it up, use it however it fits your situation.

• Template: Preparing to Teach Remotely (Video 11:45)
• Import Template from Canvas Commons (Video 2:36)

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CANVAS CONFERENCES: BIG BLUE BUTTON

Embedded into every Canvas course and one of the Web Conferencing tools that is a standard at FGCU and supported by the Digital Learning staff and the FGCU Helpdesk (the other is Microsoft Teams meeting feature). With a Premium Hosting contract in place for Canvas Conferences, performance and uptime is what you would expect.

• Canvas Conferences Training Video (13:56)
• Canvas Conferences Resources

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ONLINE ASSESSMENTS

Canvas Quiz Tool and Respondus

• Canvas Quiz Tool and Respondus Training Video (23:00)
• How to Create a Canvas Quiz
• Quiz Settings to Maximize Security
• Respondus Test Generator, Lockdown Browser, and Monitor
• Moderate this quiz (extra time/attempts)
• Randomizing quiz questions
• Academic Integrity Video (6:40)
• Contact Your Instructional Designer

Virtual Presentations

• Virtual Presentations Training Video (12:09)
• Install MS Office for faculty/students
• Students - Narrate Your PowerPoint (with closed captions Mac/PC)
• Students - Save Your PPTX as a video to OneDrive or Youtube and share the link
• Students - Record and Submit a video (i.e. performance)
• Add an external link to a Discussion Forum
• Canvas Conferences
• Microsoft Teams
  • General Tutorials
  • Hosting a Microsoft Teams Session with Your Class Instructions | Video
• Academic Integrity Video (6:40)
• MORE RESOURCES
• Useful Utility for compressing PPTX
• Saving Canvas Course File Storage Embed PowerPoints
• Contact Your Instructional Designer

Online Written Papers

• Online Written Paper Training Video (10:35)
• Turnitin

• Turnitin Feedback Studio

  • Feedback Studio Overview Video (2:57)
  • Using Turnitin Feedback Studio to Support Remote Learning
  • Going Beyond “Good Job”:  4 Ways to Rethink Student Feedback
• Canvas peer review feature
• Rubric Maker
• Citation Machine
• Academic Integrity Video (6:40)
• Contact Your Instructional Designer