Let’s Teach

Faculty Remote Teaching Support

Overview

• The Let’s Teach initiative provides training to hybrid and face-to-face delivery faculty to update their courses to implement fully remote instruction.  This webpage provides faculty members with resources to support the university’s effort and just-in-time training resources. 
  
  
• To ensure Fall 2020 readiness, the Office of Distance Education continues its Faculty Ambassador program. Through the Ambassador program, faculty members who may need assistance with their face to face Fall 2020 courses are assigned a Fall Faculty Ambassador. The appointed ambassador also serves as an online/remote instruction mentor throughout the semester.
  
  
• If you would like to be assigned a Fall Faculty Ambassador, contact the Office of Distance Education.

• Come on and Zoom, Zoom… Tips for Zoom Meetings – Hosted by the Office of Distance Education
  
  
  • Recording: https://vsu.zoom.us/rec/share/wdNsKbOpqzpLHoXq92PAXZwOFd__aaa81CcZ8vZZy0dPnNnQmjnRRgRQ1e3dt60V?startTime=1585850684000
    
    
    

• Recording from the 3/24/20  Online Webinar  – Communicating with Your Remote Students – Hosted by VSU Online/The Office of Distance Education. 
  
  
  • https://vsu.zoom.us/rec/share/3u18Ae238z9Ie43i4kDvYbcrL9S-eaa80HMXqftey01NNtWNwkZWnKb0d8ZLlYJR?startTime=1585082062000
    
    
    
• Understanding Blackboard Collaborate Ultra  – VSU online Math instructor and department ambassador, Melissa Watts
  
  
  • Recording: https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/playback/load/5facf1b628134ae08ebb591eee2d01af
    
    
    
    
• Blackboard Collaborate and SafeAssign Webinar – Hosted by the Office of Distance Education and Blackboard
  
  
  • Recording - VSU: Blackboard Collaborate and SafeAssign - recording_1 - VSU: Blackboard Collaborate and SafeAssign - recording_1
    
    
  • Collaborate and SafeAssign Webinar Slides -  Collaborate and SafeAssign Webinar Slides 
    
    
    
    

VSU Help and Support

• VSU Office of Distance Education: distanceeducation@vsu.edu
  
  
  
• VSU Faculty Senate Technology Committee Contacts:
  
  
  • Dr. Colleen Taylor, CmTaylor@vsu.edu
    
    
  • Dr. J Rajendran Pandian, pandian@vsu.edu
    
    
    
• VSU Technology Services Help Desk: 804-524-2000
  
  
  
• VSU Libraries

Publisher Assistance

• McGraw-Hill Publishing
  
  
  • Sign up for a Basics of Connect webinar for quick tips for your online course. Click here to register.
    
    
  • Support At Every Step site for self-service videos and guides on Connect
    
    
    
• Cengage Publishing – Remote Assistance
  
  
• Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings - Google Drive
  
  
  

Recommended Articles and Resources   

• Practical advice for instructors faced with an abrupt move to online teaching (opinion)
  
  
• What to expect as colleges and universities move classes online amid coronavirus fears: 4 questions answered
  
  
• Tips for Those Who are New to Online Teaching
  
  
• Free Bisk Online Course – Register Here:  Best Practices for Effective Online Instruction
  
  
• Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity - Google Drive
  
  
• Online Teaching Tool Kit
  
  
  
  
  

Free Student Engagement Tools

• Screen-Cast-O-Matic - Record screen share lectures
  
  
• EdPuzzle - Insert questions into videos to check for understanding
  
  
• FlipGrid - Upload videos and track student viewing time. Use your VSU email account to sign up for a free Educator’s account
  
  
  
  

Blackboard Quick Learn Resources

• Create Content
  
  
  
• Add Assignments
  
  
  
• Add Assessments
  
  
  
• YouTube Video Playlist
  
  
  
• LMS101 –VSU Technology Committee LMS and Teaching Tools Resources Blackboard shell
  
  
  
• Best Practices Tip: Cleaning up your Bb home page, include detail on courses and make available/unavailable
  
  
  
• Blackboard Webinar Resources
  
  
  • Webinar Training Series: Accelerate Your Transition to Remote Instruction
    
    
  • Blackboard Collaborate Help
    
    
  • SafeAssign Help
    
    
  • Blackboard Learn Help
    
    
  • Blackboard Community
    
    
    
    

Video and Audio Conferencing

• Blackboard Collaborate - Host a video lecture, record a lecture, send a lecture link
  
  
  • Text and picture based help 
    
    
  • Video help
    
    
    
    
• Zoom Meetings – Host and record a video lecture or class session 
  
  
  • Zoom Video Tutorials

• Practices for Securing Your Virtual Classroom
  
  
  • https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/27/best-practices-for-securing-your-virtual-classroom/

Quality Matters Resources

• QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist
  
  
• QM Higher Education Rubric