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 navigation 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 focus on the many uses of Canvas Studio. Canvas Studio is a tool that allows you to produce webcam videos and screen capture videos. 

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. 

In this video, we will focus on the Top 10 Tips in terms of using Zoom. Zoom is a powerful tool, especially if you take the time to understand its many features, options, and functions. 

This video focuses on additional contexts of adding security to your Zoom workshops and classrooms. In particular, we will focus on the Waiting Room function in Zoom. 

Proctorio is a tool designed to monitor your students' behaviors, as well as lock-down unauthorized computer content or technology, during an exam or quiz.

Labster is a great resource for science faculty who wish to offer virtual labs in their courses. Labster is available in Canvas and its simulations may be installed in a few easy steps.

This video focuses on some core ideas behind Enhanced Virtual Education. Have a look at this video to learn about video for classes, online office hours, virtual counseling, and many other forms of Enhanced Virtual Education.

This videos discusses updates to Zoom in terms of a new security button in version 4.6.10.

This workshop focuses on approaches to sound and audio in your virtual teaching. We will consider use of microphones (wired and Bluetooth), smart phone applications, and the basic mixing of a voice track with a sound or audio (music) track. 

In his workshop, we discussed some approaches to build on the successful efforts that we have piloted in our virtual courses during the first two weeks of the term. We also had some time open to discuss your current challenges with your virtual classes. 

Community is a key aspect of a DE, Online, or Enhanced Virtual Education class. In this workshop, we will discuss best practices for establishing ideas of community in your class and beyond. 

Student behavior, especially that of a disruptive or inappropriate nature, may pose significant challenges to our classes, whether we teach F2F, DE, or in ISP. This workshop will consider our experiences with student behavior and will focus on some techniques and approaches that may help alleviate some of these challenging contexts of learning.

In this workshop, Dr. Mark Williams will offer an overview of the main features of eLumen. We will discuss logging on, working on curriculum, and creating SLO reports and SLO mapping. 

In this Workshop, Treva Thomas will focus on the basics of the Gradebook in Canvas. Please attend to learn all that you can do with the Gradebook in Canvas.

Join us for Dr. Jon Kingsbury’s overview of the Passport/Web Gradebook. If you are teaching ISSI this summer or you are new to grading, this will be a great workshop to learn the ins and outs of the Passport/Web Gradebook. 

In this short video, Scott Lukas discusses what is meant by EVE or Enhanced Virtual Education. 

In this Workshop, we will focus on the management of attendance in Zoom, Canvas, Passport, and Beyond.

Zoom Advanced: Focus on Sharing, Groups, Whiteboard, and Polls

To get started, Watch “Creating a Video” to get an overview of the training videos available to help you with your video needs. 

In this video, we will discuss some best practices approaches to creating your own location video. This is a video that, unlike your Zoom or Canvas Studio tutorial/class video (which is recorded on your computer), is recorded on a video device, such as a cellphone, and then is incorporated in your class. 

YouTube, the widely popular media and social media platform, offers an opportunity in terms of the storage, organization, sharing and distribution, and even (perhaps surprisingly) production work of your videos. This focus will discuss what is involved in creating and maintaining a YouTube channel for your teaching or professional work.

In this focus, we consider the approaches that may be used to archive and share pre-recorded or original video media. Have a listen to check out all of your options for archiving videos for your students or co-workers.

Group work, in which students develop projects in conjunction with classmates, has always been a vital part of teaching. Group work can be effective in the DE or distance education environment, yet we must be aware of some of the challenges that exist in terms of group work in the DE learning environment. In this focus, we will discuss some opportunities for effective DE group work.

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