Planning to Teach Remotely Teaching during times of potential disruption requires creative and flexible thinking about how faculty can support students in achieving course learning outcomes. This page offers suggestions for faculty at Durham College looking to continue offering a student-centered learning experience in an remote learning environment. Check out these tips for remote course deliverables and synchronous delivery! Click here for frequently asked Issues: Remote Learning Considerations for Faculty You’ve determined what delivery mode and assessments are the most appropriate. The next step would be to consider your online course deliverables. Check out this resource on online course deliverables. Communicating Communicating with your students Post an announcement in DC Connect Resource: How to create and post an announcement Send an email to students Resource: How to email your class Looking for exemplars communicating with students? Check out this link from the Association of Colleges and University Educators Online Teaching Toolkit. And, don’t forget to share your revised learning plan! Content/Presentations Presentation/Lecture To ensure accessibility, please include captions on your videos. Check out our page on Captioning to learn more. Synchronous (Live) Session In Zoom meetings, all attendees (host, co-host, and participants) can share their screens by default. You can use Zoom meetings to allow students to become the 'Presenter' Resource: Sharing your screen or desktop on Zoom Recorded Record your PowerPoint Resource: How to Record Your PowerPoint Slide Show Record yourself on your phone or computer Resource: How to record using your phone or desktop Resource: How to post to DC Connect Capture a Screen-recording Resource: Create Your Own Screen-capture Consider using other educational technologies Resource: How to achieve your educational outcomes using EdTech Demonstrating a skill Record yourself demonstrating the skill on your phone or computer Resource: How to record using your phone or desktop Resource: How to post to DC Connect H5P Studio Resource: Create Interactive Practise Activities using H5P Look for simulation resources online to use in your course Student Engagement In-Class Discussions Synchronous (Live) Session Host a Zoom Meeting Resource: How to access and use Zoom Use Microsoft Teams to Enable Class Collaboration Resource: How to use Microsoft Teams Asynchronous Discussion Use Discussion Board on DC Connect Resource: Discussion Board Create a web - or grid - of video discussions Resource: FlipGrid Consider using other educational technologies Resource: How to achieve your educational outcomes using EdTech Here is a link from Western Carolina University that provides some tips of designing effective discussion questions. Assessments Do You Need To Put Your Exam Online? Direct Link to Resource: DC Connect Decision Tree Unsupervised (Open-Book) Use Quiz tool on DC Connect Resource: Creating a Quiz Consider using other educational technologies Resource: How to achieve your educational outcomes using EdTech Looking for some alternate ways to assess other than a final exam? Check out this link from Brock University. WEB-SECURED Use Respondus Lockdown Browser in DC Connect Resource: How to create a quiz in DC Connect Resource: How to use Respondus Lockdown Browser in DC Connect Resource for Students: How use Respondus Consider using Assignment submissions and enable TurnItIn For example, if you have a quiz with long answer questions, this could be made into an assignment and submitted through Assignment enabling TurnItIn Resource: Using TurnItIn Presentation Synchronous (Live) Host a Zoom Meeting Resource: How to access and use Zoom Use Teams to Have Live Student Presentations Resource: How to use Microsoft Teams Asynchronous Presentations Students submitting video projects to faculty on DC Connect Resource: How to setup an Assignment in DC Connect Resource: How to upload your video assignment submission to DC Connect Resource: How to share or submit large files on OneDrive (greater than 1GB) Create a web - or grid - of video discussions Resource: FlipGrid Use Discussion board to share videos to the class Resource: Discussion Board Student Resources DC Connect Assignment/File Uploads and Submissions Resource: How to upload your video assignment submission to DC Connect Resource: How to share or submit large files on OneDrive (greater than 1GB) Resource: How to record and upload a video to a discussion post in DC Connect Resource: DC Connect Mobile Assignment Submission Access Microsoft Teams Resource: How to Join a Team and a Video Meeting