Instructional Resources for Online Teaching and Learning

Options to address cheating. Seven tips to promote academic integrity https://chroni.cl/2HnFrNg

Getting Online Students to Talk with Each Other

Bonni Stachowiak shares several tools to support interaction between students. From a different way of handling discussions; discussion using video; social annotation, Bonni highlights some useful tools to explore.

Note: The Arc tool in Canvas is now called Studio

How are other professors dealing with presenting behind a mask? Learning names of students who are wearing masks? Solutions to these challenges and more

Syllabus for Faculty Prepping for Pandemic Fall 2020

Covering course assignments, assessments, other resources

The 140 Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind
Something for all interests. Art, ideas, history, music/tv/film, philosophy, true stories/storytelling, more

Top 5 Online Learning Tips
From introducing new info in small chunks to providing feedback, this post also covers the research behind the tips.

Orienting Students to Online Learning: A Must for Student Success
Point to cover in orienting your students to your online class

Resources and Support for the Online Educator
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) offers this free ebook full of tips, strategies, and activities.

CCCOER-Community College Consortium for OER
OER plus case studies for getting started with OER

QuickPoll-Educause-Grading and Proctoring in COVID-19 Era

What are institutions during now and what changes are being considered in the future.

Virtual Field Trip Apps and Websites
Explore museums, natural areas, and more.

Health

Medical/Health Simulations

From Ryerson University, see simulations covering several nursing care scenarios.

Open Education Resources for Nursing
Developing 5 OER Nursing Textbooks and 25 Virtual Reality scenarios

Open RN
H5P/Virtual Simulations for Nursing Education includes scenarios and links to its YouTube channel

Science

Remote Lab Activities and Experiences

From Dartmouth

POGIL-Process Oriented Guided Interactive Learning
https://pogil.org/

HHMI Biointeractive

Transparency in Teaching and Learning

Tools and Resources to Explore

Need a New Tool in Your Toolbox? 

Fine Art- shareable under Creative Commons
Impactful, humorous graphics available for download

Flipgrid
Flipgrid is useful for video introductions, discussions. Flipgrid is integrated into Canvas.

Seven Ideas for Flipgrid Activities

Troubleshooting if camera not recognized

You Can Attend VR Meetings- without Headset
Forget social distancing. Stand next to the other participants, shake hands, more- virtually.

How to Quickly (and Safely) Move Lab Course Online
From online teacher with 5 years experience of move lab course to online.

LearningRevolution
Free online conference. See the recordings here.

NewsLit- The Sift
Fact or Fiction? Educators guide to this week’s news literacy.

Student-Centered Remote Teaching: Lessons Learned from Online Instruction
Lessons learned to make online class more engaging.

Quick-Start Guide for Teaching from Home
From the instructor who teaches the most popular online class.

Online Tools for Teaching and Learning

This comprehensive list from U of Mass links to assessment, community, knowledge, and learner-centered tools.

EdPuzzle

Searching for a way to add questions to your videos? EdPuzzle is one tool that.

OBS-Open Broadcaster Studio
Overcome Zoom Limits with Live Streaming
In this video, Miguel Guilin shares how to set up OBS to live stream your presentation.
OBS is a free broadcasting software for Mac, Windows, Linux.

OBS is available here

Virtual Reality in Education
3 approaches to using VR in Remote Learning

Your Wellness and Safety During COVID-19 Crisis

Wellness and Safety during COVID-19 crisis

• Amid the Covid Crisis, a Regimen for Reentry
• How Mass Gen Bingham (75K employees) has protected its workers
• The Risks- Know Them- Avoid Them
• What are the risky environments to avoid
• Workout of the Day
• What are you waiting for? Considered the go-to for all things exercise. 

• You Won’t Believe Your Eyes-Zach King’s Digital Magic
• Invest 4 min in some magical escape

• Free Resources for Exploring New Hobbies Amidst Social Distancing
• From Lipsomb University,  ideas for exersice, mindfulness, creativity, puzzles/games concerts, more

• Social Distancing- Critter Style
• From Mississippi River Museum

• Take of Yourself- Exercise and Eat Well
• Complete Guide to Cooking at Home- from Good Housekeeping
• Includes recipes and other ideas
• Free Yoga for Teachers
• Free Mindfulness Exercises
• Best Places to Go for Free Online Workouts

• Be Kind
• On the Road to Kindness
• Steve Hartman of CBS Sunday morning fame teaches a class on being kind to one another

• Consider wearing a face mask when out of house
• How to make your own coronavirus Ragmask
• How to Make Cloth Face Mask in 45 Seconds
• Surgeon general shows how using materials you have at home
• Best YouTube Videos for Making Face Masks

• Daily Dose of Good News- Daily Break
• from the Washington Post, "An Uplifting Story from Better Times"
• Sweat with Richard Simmons
• Workout with Richard’s YouTube videos
• Good News Tuesday
• See some good news for the day
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Instructional Continuity- Pedagogy + Recording Options/Considerations

Pedagogues of Care;

Open Resources for Student Centered and Adaptive Strategies in the New Higher Ed Landscape

Ideas for design, assessment, collaboration,  and teaching from West Virginia Press

Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Playbook for improving course design, teaching and learning online.

Several faculty have asked about using Zoom and other recording options.

This post addresses:

• options for using Zoom and other recording products 
• pedagogical considerations for several scenarios 
• options for posting 
• equipment needed 
• resources

Pedagogy is like oxygen for #teachingmethodsgeeks

From Wikipedia
Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning

Pedagogy in Times of Disruption
This is a comprehensive resource for pedagogical considerations for moving classes to online.

The Pedagogy in Times of Disruption includes:

• considerations for synchronous and asynchronous teaching
• tools available in Canvas
• Zoom
• Shifting classes to online
• Option 1- Live class with Zoom
• Option 2- Pre-recording Lectures
• Option 3- Skipping the Video
• Using Zoom for Office Hours
• Student Presentations
• Uses for Canvas
• Other resources

Note: This document is tailored for Stanford. As time permits I will edited it so the information applies to SCC,

For now it is a start.

What's Needed for Recording?

• a good reason for recording
• an understanding of the process and workflows for recording and uploading recordings
• a real computer/laptop 
• thin client computers are not reliable for Zoom recording or for meetings
• webcam 
• microphone
• reliable internet connection
• software or a service for recording

What are SCC's recording options:

• Canvas
• Using Studio feature
• Zoom
• Zoom Pro account recording to cloud
• Zoom Basic account recording to local computer
• TechSmith Relay

Scenario 1: Using Studio feature in Canvas

• Refer to this: How to record a Canvas Studio video with a webcam in a course
• After recording closed captions can be generated and edited for the video
• Then the video can be uploaded to Canvas, YouTube, SCC LectureCast Server
• for more information contact Tammy Hobbs

Scenario 2: Using Zoom

• All faculty should have a Zoom Basic or Zoom Pro account named the same as you SCC email account. (contact Bruce Huddleson for additional clarification
• Zoom can be used for:
• live meetings
• recording your presentations
• office hours
• When I record where can I find my recording
• If using Zoom Pro account- record to the cloud
• share the links to Canvas
• If using Zoom Basic account- recording will be to your local computer
• the mp4 video file can then be uploaded to Canvas, YouTube, SCC LectureCast Server
• Getting Started with Zoom 

Scenario 3: Using TechSmith Relay

• Install TechSmith on the computer to use
• Using TechSmith Relay to Record Presentations
• covers how to request storage space for your recordings as well how to record

For more information contact:

Bruce Huddleson x5080 bhuddleson@scciowa.edu

Clay Huston x5081 chuston@scciowa.edu

Resources:

Pedagogy in Times of Disruption

How to record a Canvas Studio video with a webcam in a course

Getting Started with Zoom

How to Zoom
Short YouTube videos for most of Zoom's functions.

Using TechSmith Relay to Record Presentations

Responses-Today's Q

Responses to Today's Qs

What is on peoples' minds?

20200409 To whom or what are you listening for a little reprieve from today's bedlam?

20200408 On what are you spending increased time now at home, than before COVID-19 era?

Quick Pick Me Up

Some feel good stories. Tips for adapting to current time.

When I is replaced with We, even Illness becomes Wellness- Malcolm X

Mix of Recordings about Quarantine
You will find  yourself humming, tapping along.

Kennections
Test your knowledge with 5 trivia questions with a common theme, brought to you by Jeopardy wiz- Ken Jennings

Irish Repay Support They Received from Native Americans- 173 Years Later
A timely gesture by the Irish government to Native Americans

If your phone rings in class you must answer and put on speaker
What would be an embarrassing call?

Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration- Take Me to the World
Sit back and enjoy

The Daily Break

"One uplifting story from better times"

A four-legged setter

Being a volleyball fan, this put a smile on my face. Wish I could've have delivered those sets back in the day.

Now What
Write a caption.

Current News About Students

News For and About Students During COVID-19 Crisis

How are our students dealing with this crisis? Instructional Continuity?

Educause COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Help for Students
What are the issues impacting our students?