2020 Online Teaching Workshop

Julia Staffel and I designed these four teaching workshops to provide an efficient overview of the knowledge people might need to teach hybrid and online classes. We didn't want to give a lot of basic teaching advice, so we assume that people already have ideas for what they want to cover and are familiar with designing lessons. In these sessions, we show how to use the relevant technology to make it happen. We try to be mindful of people's time, so we selected topics and applications that people can incorporate in their teaching without an enormous time commitment. For each app or functionality we discuss, we give a short tutorial that discusses how to set it up and what it looks like from the student's perspective. We also offer some ideas for how to use them in class and how some of these technologies can be used to reduce cheating. Of course there are many more possibilities out there, but our sessions offer people who don't want to spend a lot of time researching teaching technology a good overview of some common and useful tools for online teaching.

Workshop 1: Canvas

• Labeling Strategies for Canvas

• Giving students audio- and video-feedback (12:35)

• Using discussion boards effectively (18:35)

• Using to-do lists for students (30:39)

• Scheduling office hours with Canvas calendar (38:10)

• Canvas quizzes (47:10)

• Recording name pronunciation (1:12:37)

• Accessing Canvas support and tutorials (1:15:00)

You can find the slides here

Workshop 2: Zoom for Synchronous Online Instruction

• Creating personal connections in online classes by using name games

• Zoom settings and different ways for students to speak up (6:10, 14:27)

• Recording Zoom meetings (21:20)

• Using Zoom’s polling function (33:45)

• Using a tablet and stylus to draw on a Zoom whiteboard (45:50)

• Using breakout rooms (57:50)

• Taking attendance in Zoom (1:09:42)

You can find the slides here

 
 

Workshop 3: Recording Content for Asynchronous Teaching

• Best practices for recorded lectures

• Using different programs to record lectures:

  • Zoom (4:47)

  • PowerPoint slides with audio voice over (12:50)

  • Audacity for audio (19:15)

  • Snag it (46:40)

• Using Play Posit to embed quizzes in recorded lectures (52:23)

• Recording in-person classes (1:13:25)

You can find the slides here

Workshop 4: Add Ons for Online Teaching

• Using podcasts and videos (by others) as teaching tools

  • Podcasts (0:48)

  • Videos (10:30)

• Using Perusall for jointly annotating text (18:15)

• Using Piazza for discussion boards, muddiest points, and more (30:10)

• Using Flipgrid for recording short video comments (49:10)

You can find the slides here