Online teaching poses new challenges, with adaptations needed to successfully transition to the online environment. This collection of articles explores important considerations for virtual teaching.
Considerations when Teaching Online
There is no one right approach to teaching: different individuals have different styles, with course content influencing what may be the best approach for delivering the content. Explore what is best for you with these articles:
Bringing Energy to your Online Class
One of the most important considerations when teaching online is how to maintain student energy and engagement. This article explores ways of bringing some energy to the class, with a specific focus on online teaching environments.
Contingency Planning your Online Classes
Online teaching presents some new difficulties that have the potential of derailing a class. This article explores some possible sources of disruption and considers ways of reducing the likelihood of issues arising, or dealing with such problems should they occur in the class.
To Sit or to Stand when Teaching Online
It’s easy to assume that sitting is the best way of teaching on-line – all your students will be sitting down. However, there are some advantages to consider of standing up when delivering your class. This article will explore the benefits of both options.
Approaches to Managing Online Discussions
For classes that involve any degree of participation, it is important to consider how to manage online discussions. This article explores the options and considerations involved in student participation within online classes.
Using Teaching Assistants in Online Classes
For large online classes, in-person teaching assistants can be a useful resource can to resolve in-class issues and improve the flow of the class. This article examines possible uses of Teaching Assistants in the online format, as well as how to set up Zoom so that they can take on these responsibilities.
Enhancing the Integrity of Online Examination
While remote, unsupervised exams are inherently difficult to supervise, there are approaches that can reduce the risk of integrity issues in an online environment. This article explores approaches for enhancing the entirety of remote examinations.
Establishing Norms in an Online Class Environment
Establishing clear norms and expectations around online learning is important for ensuring a smooth and successful class delivery. This article explores some of the important expectations to establish to help deliver a smooth and successful class.
Continually Improving your Class
Just as in-person teaching, it is unlikely that everything will be perfect the first time around, and adaptations may be necessary to effectively deliver your content.
Using your Online Class Recordings to Improve your Teaching
One of the key benefits of teaching online is being able to review your class recording. This article explores ways of using the recordings to improve your presentation style and class delivery.
Top Guides for Teaching Online
Our collection of some of the most popular guides from experienced online and distance learning educators.
Elevate your Online Presentation Skills with Masterclass
This article explores how Masterclass – a platform of professionally produced online instructional material from some of the most respected experts in their fields – can be an invaluable source of inspiration when transitioning online.
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Elevate your Online Presentation Skills with Masterclass
This article explores how Masterclass – a platform of professionally produced online instructional material from some of the most respected experts in their fields – can be an invaluable source of inspiration when transitioning online.
Contingency Planning your Online Classes
Online teaching presents some new difficulties that have the potential of derailing a class. This article explores some possible sources of disruption and considers ways of reducing the likelihood of issues arising, or dealing with such problems should they occur in the class.
Using Teaching Assistants in Online Classes
For large online classes, in-person teaching assistants can be a useful resource can to resolve in-class issues and improve the flow of the class. This article examines possible uses of Teaching Assistants in the online format, as well as how to set up Zoom so that they can take on these responsibilities.
Setting up a Class in Zoom
If you are new to Zoom, there are a lot of settings that are useful of being aware of when setting up a meeting. This article explores those settings, with guidance on what may be useful for your class.
Top Guides for Teaching Online
Our collection of some of the most popular guides from experienced online and distance learning educators.
Using Zoom’s Waiting Room
The waiting room feature help ensures Zoomboming is a thing of the past. This article explains Zoom’s waiting room feature, and important things to know about the feature for managing your class.
Managing Virtual Office Hours
Virtual office hours can be an important companion to an online course, allowing students to resolve administrative questions and address gaps in understanding. This article explores different approaches for holding virtual office hours.
Effective Use of Zoom Polls
A quick way of engaging with students on Zoom is through the use of polls. In this article, we will explain how to set up polls in Zoom and effective opportunities for integrating them into your class.
Using Chat in Zoom
Zoom’s chat feature can be a great resource – but are also a potential distraction when teaching. Learn how to selectively use it within your class, or disable it to avoid interruptions.
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Display 49 Participants in Zoom Gallery View
One of the challenges with teaching medium to large classes on Zoom is viewing all students simultaneously. Although the default settings in Zoom limits the number of thumbnails displayed in the gallery view to 25, this can be increased to 49 (depending on your computer’s capabilities). This article explains how to enable this option, the computer specifications required to enable the feature.
Top Guides for Teaching Online
Our collection of some of the most popular guides from experienced online and distance learning educators.
Bringing Energy to your Online Class
One of the most important considerations when teaching online is how to maintain student energy and engagement. This article explores ways of bringing some energy to the class, with a specific focus on online teaching environments.
Setting up a Class in Zoom
If you are new to Zoom, there are a lot of settings that are useful of being aware of when setting up a meeting. This article explores those settings, with guidance on what may be useful for your class.
Elevate your Online Presentation Skills with Masterclass
This article explores how Masterclass – a platform of professionally produced online instructional material from some of the most respected experts in their fields – can be an invaluable source of inspiration when transitioning online.
Contingency Planning your Online Classes
Online teaching presents some new difficulties that have the potential of derailing a class. This article explores some possible sources of disruption and considers ways of reducing the likelihood of issues arising, or dealing with such problems should they occur in the class.
Establishing Norms in an Online Class Environment
Establishing clear norms and expectations around online learning is important for ensuring a smooth and successful class delivery. This article explores some of the important expectations to establish to help deliver a smooth and successful class.
Sharing a PowerPoint via Zoom
One of the most common ways of presenting on Zoom is to share a PowerPoint Presentation. In this article, we will explore how to set PowerPoint presentations to open as a separate Windows that can then be shared from within Zoom.
Downloading Class Attendance from Zoom
If your class incorporates attendance as part of its grading structure, it is useful to be able to download a list of class attendance, rather than have to manually record participation levels – this article describes how to download attendance for each class.
Resolving Student Technical Issues with Zoom
From connection and internet issues to microphone and webcam problems, there will inevitably be at least some technology issues during your Zoom classes. This article and its accompanying student-companion, is intended to help you to provide support to students who are having issues connecting to your Zoom call.
To Sit or to Stand when Teaching Online
It’s easy to assume that sitting is the best way of teaching on-line – all your students will be sitting down. However, there are some advantages to consider of standing up when delivering your class. This article will explore the benefits of both options.
See a Student View of Zoom
It can be useful to see Zoom as your students do – this makes it easier to know what they are likely seeing at there end and provide guidance and instructions. This article shows how Zooms looks from the student perspective.