COVID-19 Resources

This workshop will provide you with an overview of Zoom, a video-conferencing tool that can be used for distance education courses as well as meetings. 

This workshop will cover many of the possible video systems that may be used during a COVID-19 shutdown. Some of the video approaches we will cover include: Zoom (meetings, synchronous online teaching), Record/Upload Media (Canvas content editor), Canvas Studio (within Canvas), cellphone video (for video creation that can be stored on Canvas), and brief mention of other personalized forms (Skype, Facetime, etc.). A goal of the workshop is to ask participants to consider what the purposes of their video use are. 

This workshop will provide you with the basics of using Canvas, LTCC’s learning management system for distance education courses. The workshop will be ideal for faculty moving their face-to-face courses to distance education for Spring. Others may attend as well to learn about the potentials of using Canvas in other contexts. 

This workshop will discuss the use of text-based discussions in Canvas. We will consider differences between discussions based in video, such as through Zoom, and those using text-based methods. In addition to the Discussions tab, we will look at the use of Chat in Canvas. 

In this workshop, we will focus on the use of Announcements in Canvas—the virtual “post-it” notes that allow you to communicate with students. We will also consider how to incorporate the many forms of Assignments in Canvas—including quizzes, exams, papers, and many other versions. 

In this workshop, we will focus on the differences between Pages and Modules in Canvas. We will argue for the use of Modules as a best practice to increase the effective negation of your course in Canvas.

The focus of this workshop will be on the creation of an effective syllabus and how to address issues of student behavior that may develop in online class discussions, videos, and conversations. Included in the workshop will be Canvas Commons resources that will allow you to bring in ready-made syllabus and student behavior policies into your classes. A resource on the syllabus will also be shared, allowing you to bring in “snippets” that will make your syllabus creation easier. 

Please have a listen to this short video in which I discuss four options for your Spring courses in terms of virtual office hours. The options include Chat (text), Zoom (create Meetings), Zoom (integration with ConferNow, Appointments), Zoom (use personal URL under Profile). In all cases, create a Module indicating when and how office hours take place. 

In this video, we will discuss the ideas behind EVE or Enhanced Virtual Education. 

In this video, we will focus on concerns related to Zoombombing, invasions of privacy, FERPA violations, and effects on academic freedom that the world of Canvas and Zoom virtual education may entail.