Quick ways to move your current teaching methods to remote access:

Lectures or other presentations

• What you can do:
  • Review available resources to see if there are videos or other materials that you can use to cover your content. Utilize quality resources that are already created to minimize what you need to create.
  • Record an asynchronous lecture using a screencasting tool like Screencastify. Walk through a PowerPoint/Google Slide or show a website while adding audio. We recommend creating multiple small videos instead of one large one to make the creation more manageable and not overwhelm your students. Once you have made your video, download an MP4 file and upload it to YouTube. If you have been notified by DRS about a student in your course who needs captioning, please contact them for next steps. YouTube automatic captioning is helpful in the meantime.
  • Present your lectures synchronously through a virtual meeting. These lectures should be scheduled at the same time as your class meeting. See virtual meeting options (below).
• Technology needed:
  • A computer, webcam, and microphone
  • internet access
• How to help students with limited computer and internet access:
  • Encourage students to attend synchronously by phone. Select a virtual meeting option that allows recording, and share the recording in Canvas for students unable to attend synchronously. See virtual meeting options (below).

In-class discussions

• What to do:
  • Evaluate if the same material can be covered without a course discussion. Instead of a discussion, ask students to read course content and submit a reflection, answer related questions, and/or complete a short quiz.
  • Create an asynchronous discussion in Canvas. Allow students to share their thoughts about important course concepts. Here are some additional ideas for using discussion boards.
  • Use synchronous virtual meetings with your students. See virtual meeting options (below).
• Technology needed:
  • A computer, webcam, and microphone
  • internet access
• How to help students with limited computer and internet access:
  • Encourage students to attend synchronously by phone. Select a virtual meeting option that allows recording, and share the recording in Canvas for students unable to attend synchronously. See virtual meeting options (below).

In-class tests or quizzes

• What to do:
  • Take your in-person test and move it into the Canvas quizzing tool. Create individual questions, create quiz question groups to randomize quiz questions, and provide students with multiple attempts.
  • If your course uses high stakes tests, consider breaking them down into a few smaller tests to minimize test anxiety and to make the transition more manageable for you.
  • We also have access to Respondus Lockdown Browser, which allows for remote testing. Respondus requires a webcam and an application downloaded on a computer, so recognize this may be a challenge for some students who didn’t plan on this upfront.
• Technology needed:
  • Canvas Quizzes
  • Respondus Lockdown Browser (if needed)
• How to help students with limited computer and internet access: Consider making tests open-book so students can complete them at home off-line. This may necessitate creating an alternative test option that is more conducive to being completed at home.

Provide handouts or paper-based assignments

• What to do:
  • upload documents and videos to Canvas in the Modules or Files area.
  • If you have students hand in papers or their work to you on paper, create Canvas Assignments where they can upload a digital copy of their work.
• Technology needed: Canvas
• How to help students with limited computer and internet access: Students can complete assignments by hand, take photos of their work using their phone camera with a free app like CamScanner, and email a pdf of their assignment to you.