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COVID19: Remote and Blended Teaching Resources

The Center for Digital Learning & Instructional Technology is committed to assisting faculty transitioning to digital teaching methods.

Remote and Blended Teaching Supports

Getting Help Contact the Center for Digital Learning and Instructional Technology for assistance with digital course design, online teaching, LearningHub, Panopto, Zoom, TurnItIn, digital teaching needs, one-on-one consultation, and guest presence at your faculty meeting. Contact the Center for Teaching and Learning for course design, teaching strategies, assessment, faculty wellbeing, advancement, scholarship of teaching, peer mentoring, one-on-one consultation, and guest presence at your faculty meeting. Faculty Remote Teaching Facebook group	Summer 2020 Training Choices Register for Live Trainings via Zoom through the summer on a wide variety of topics. Recordings are posted below by topic. Asynchronous, self-paced, Teaching Online in Higher Education by Janine Lim Rapid Transition to Online Learning, an hour training created by 21 master teachers
LearningHub If you aren't using LH, please link your LH course site to the digital tool(s) you are using so students can find it from within LearningHub. DLiT QuickGuides DLiT Searchable Knowledgebase LearningHub setup for online courses Recorded Trainings March 2020 LearningHub Setup March 2020 Quizzing April 2020 LearningHub Gradebook May 2020 Gradebook June 15, 2020 Setting Up a Clean and Organized LearningHub Site August 13, 2020 Faculty Institute: LearningHub 101 August 13, 2020 Faculty Institute: Gradebook and Grading	Synchronous Video with Zoom QuickGuides Choose: Zoom—comparing Basic, Sharing, and Pro account options Basic: Zoom—getting started using the Basic account for teachers Basic & Pro: Uploading local Zoom recordings to Panopto Pro: Zoom—getting started using the Pro account for teachers Pro: Zoom—how to share a Pro account within a department Pro: Finding Zoom cloud recordings in Panopto to link in LearningHub Pro: Setting a unique Panopto folder for each recurring meeting (see step 7) Recorded Training March 2020 Introduction to Zoom May 2020 Top 10 Teaching Strategies with Zoom June 25, 2020 Blended Teaching: Group Projects - Synchronous & Asynchronous August 13, 2020: Top 10 Teaching Strategies with Zoom (includes mic testing and discussion of teaching remote & in-person at the same time with Zoom
Asynchronous Video with Panopto QuickGuides Panopto - recording videos Panopto - for uploading videos to share in LearningHub (PDF) "Upload a local video to Panopto" screencast Panopto - editing Recorded Training March 2020 Panopto Training May 2020 Panopto Training June 22, 2020: Publisher Materials with some Panopto training	Other Video Tools Options: Screencast-o-matic Host video on your Andrews GoogleDrive Recorded Training March 2020: Alternatives to Lectures March 2020: Screencast
Student Engagement / Learning Activities Please do not have students submit assignments via email (to avoid overloading the email servers) Faith integration options online: appropriate worship opportunities connected to the course content appropriate connections to the Adventist faith throughout the content presentations assignments that encourage growth in students’ understanding of life, learning and civic responsibility from a Christian point of view (and possibly also from their own faith perspective) your interactions with the students exhibit care for the student Recorded Training: Dec 3, 2020: Reboot Student Engagement in Your Courses	Assessment Remember your FERPA training to keep student grade data secure. FERPA rules apply to any digital platform you are using. Andrews University Proctor Guidelines to Testing Remotely Harvard Recommendations for Take Home Exam Design March 2020 Recorded Training: Assessment Alternatives March 2020 Powerpoint: Digital Assessment Alternatives June 16, 2020: Designing Cheat-Resistant Summative Assessments July 1, 2020: Blended Course Design and Tune-Up Session 3: Designing Cheat-Resistant Summative Assessments December 2, 2020: The Intersection between Rigor, Academic Integrity and Grace January 7, 2021: How Remote Proctoring Works
Teacher-Student Communication Recorded Training May 2020: Communication with Remote Students Weekly Overview Template Recommended Forums at the Top of Your Course Use Zoom's waiting room feature for office hours Send weekly emails (include a teaser for the upcoming content, reminders, news about grading, correction and instruction needed for all students). Post in the Announcements forum to send to Andrews emails as well as LearningHub.	Lab Classes Recorded Training June 29, 2020: The Use of Videos in a LearningHub Lab Class Virtual labs Using last year's lab data Interactive live demos from the teacher, with questions and student involvement More recommendations from the Harvard Center for Teaching and Learning
Other Resources Recorded Training March 2020 Thinking Through Your Outcomes April 2020 Remote Teaching Q&A June 9, 2020: Library Beyond Walls June 11, 2020: Website Tune-Up, Session 1 June 18, 2020: Website Tune-Up and Improvement, Session 2 July 2, 2020: Setting Up a Virtual Office Using Calendly and Zoom Dec 1, 2020: Teaching in a Crisis: Managing the Load, Mental Health, and Self-Care Dec 8, 2020: What Worked and Didn't in my Remote and Face to Face Teaching January 27, 2021: Moving from Remote to Interactive Online Rapidly Shift to Online During a Campus Shutdown from the Online Learning Consortium OLC's Continuity Planning and Emergency Preparedness Resources. Andrews University faculty, email assocdeanonline@andrews.edu if you would like to take one of these classes. DLiT sponsors this training. Resources for AU Online Course Development	Blended Teaching Recorded Training June 8, 2020: A Beginner's Guide to Blended Teaching Tools June 10, 2020: Blended Course Tune-Up: Fast Presentation Version June 17, 2020: Blended Course Design & Tune-Up Session I: Blended Learning Definition June 24, 2020: Blended Course Design and Tune-Up Session 2: Universal Design for Resilient Learning and Teaching July 1, 2020: Blended Course Design and Tune-Up Session 3: Designing Cheat-Resistant Summative Assessments June 30, 2020: Affordable Learning Solutions - the Case for e-Resources
2020 Faculty Institute Using Kolb’s Learning Cycle to Design Blended and Flexible Learning (with mic testing and discussion of teaching remote & in person at the same time)- Aug. 13, 2020 Top 10 Interactive Teaching Strategies in Zoom (with mic testing and discussion of teaching remote & in person at the same time)- Aug. 13, 2020 LearningHub 101 - Aug. 13, 2020 Gradebook and Grading - Aug. 13, 2020 Structural Racism: Impact on Students, Faculty and Staff of Color - Aug. 13, 2020 A-C-E Question & Answer - Aug. 14, 2020 Faith Development and Integration - Aug. 14, 2020