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This short video reviews How to find and enter your Blackboard course site How to make your Blackboard course site available to students How to post and send announcements to your students How to email your students through Blackboard Watch on YouTube

Manage Expectations This is new territory for faculty and students – approach it with an experimental and planful mindset, and you’ve got this! Review your syllabus and identify items (activities, projects, presentations) that may need to be modified for online delivery. Accept that you cannot become an expert overnight and that no one expects youContinue reading “Tips for Teaching Online in a Pinch”

In the event of an interruption, some early steps can prevent confusion later on. Watch on YouTube

Two approaches to teaching online have been identified: synchronous (which takes place real time) and asynchronous (which takes place over time). This video describe both and shares considerations when choosing the best approach for you and your students. Watch on YouTube

This short video should provide you with guidance on how to manage an online asynchronous discussion. It is not a How-To on technology. It focuses on questioing techniques and how to foster student engagement. Watch on YouTube  

Perusall is a tool that will allow you and your students to discussion a text in a collaborative environment. You and your students already have accounts which you can reach through Blackboard. It’s best not to go directly to the Perusall site to create an account since you already have one through the University. WatchContinue reading “What is Perusall?”

The video below will walk you through the process of making a lecture video with PowerPoint. After making your video, you can upload it to YouTube which will add captions. Watch on YouTube

Voicethread is a collaboration and communication tool. The video below provides an introduction that explains what Voicethread is and how to access it. You and your students already have accounts which they can access through Blackboard. It’s important to access Voicethread through Blackboard to activate your existing account. If you create an account by goingContinue reading “What is Voicethread?”

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates Indirect instruction refers to a set of learner-centered methods to encourage student involvement in observing, investigating, drawing inferences from data, or forming hypotheses. A goal is to maximize students’ learning goals and encourage  problem-solving and collaboration. Leaner-centered approaches emphasize each student’s interests,Continue reading “Indirect Instruction”

Direct instruction is the use of explicit teaching techniques like lecture, demonstration or presentation, usually employed to teach a specific skill or set of information. Direct instruction is a teacher-centered and passive learning model, in which the students receive instruction rather than actively participating in the construction of the learning environment. Teacher-centered approaches are theContinue reading “Direct Instruction”