EDUCATING THROUGH COVID-19: Addressing The Widespread Impact of Coronavirus on Schools

In times of crisis, a community shows its true worth by how it pulls together to support and care for one another. Our STLHE community is no different. Individually and collectively we have provided amazing resources across our Educational Developer listservs on alternative approaches to teaching and learning. Our goal is to collate and provide these curated resources to the broader community.

This is a resource page to help higher education institutions plan for possible campus disruption by COVID-19, or Coronavirus 19.

Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 2:30pm TLS has compiled the list below from various online postings related to teaching in higher education. This is a non-curated list, which we will update should more resources become available. Humanities and Social Sciences English (Example): Student Self-assessment Form for Online Discussions (by Resa Crane Bizzaro): https://mcgill-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/bruktawit_maru_mail_mcgill_ca/EfLFP42wADFBigGJTImSw1QBCy0qnIQrRoF81VX8FIKxdg?e=YUypWG History (Case Study): Teaching History Online: Challenges and Opportunities: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjituqrh5joAhXHXM0KHXDaDjIQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fwheelock%2Ffiles%2F2013%2F11%2FSchrum-Teaching-history-online-1.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1AOA5_13NQVBPX0O9hX9MT History (Resources): Resources from the National History Education Clearinghouse https://teachinghistory.org/ Humanities, Group Discussions (Case Study): Re-creating the In-classroom Experience: https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-online_teaching/tag/humanities/ Humanities, Group Discussions (Case Study): Writing Classes across Timezones—Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online: https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-online_teaching/tag/writing Language Teaching (Advice): A guide to distance language teaching: https://extemporeapp.com/cant-become-expert-online-teachers-overnight/ Language Teaching (Case Study): Teaching Language Online: https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-online_teaching/tag/language/ Language Teaching (Resources): Language Panda: https://www.languagepanda.org/ Language Teaching (Resources): Open Educational Resources from the University of Texas: https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/ Language Teaching (Software/Apps): McGill Arts Multimedia Language Facility: https://www.mcgill.ca/amlf/amlf-software-resources Media Arts/Labs Online (Case Study): Hands-On Practice with Electronics from Home: https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-online_teaching/2020/03/13/rodolfo-cossovich-clinical-instructor-of-interactive-media-arts-working-with-electrons/ Service-learning (Resources): Community-Based Learning (Service-Learning) during COVID-19: https://www.csun.edu/undergraduate-studies/community-engagement/resources-community-based-service-learning-faculty-during Music and Fine Arts Dance (Resources): Moving Dance-Based Pedagogy Online: http://dancestudiesassociation.org/news/2020/resources-for-moving-dance-based-pedagogy-online?fbclid=IwAR025Lg99v7KOcXRQNKtUlNkYv6P4jXdlJB_GBXrmuOcTFsNGxknF1tSyC8 Music (Case Study): Teaching Music Online: https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-online_teaching/2020/03/06/chen-wei-clinical-assistant-professor-of-arts-group-piano/ Music (Instructional Strategies): Distance Learning for Ensembles and Conducting Class: https://www.cbdna.org/ideas-to-deal-with-coronavirus-and-distance-learning-for-ensembles-and-conducting-class/ Music (List of Software/Apps): Christian Bill Guide to Remote Music Education: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SoERjaLMA1Tro1FTf5i8iLckaL03bL8Xuugr7el77Iw/edit Music (Resources): Teaching Music and Audio Production Online: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13fYFK-_qaeVnIGdobLWmtGJfZLutB5181ZTxN9dmD2Y/edit

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-649 Hydrological Sciences (Advice, Blog): Resources to Help Move Classes to Online: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs/2020/03/18/online-teaching/ Labs (Advice): How to Quickly (and Safely) Move a Lab Course Online: https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Quickly-and-Safely/248261 Labs (Advice): Running Remote Labs: https://keepteaching.iu.edu/strategies/index.html

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Labs (Resources): Compilation of Online Resources (e.g., Virtual Labs, Simulations, Data Sets): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18iVSIeOqKjj58xcR8dYJS5rYvzZ4X1UGLWhl3brRzCM/htmlview?sle=true

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-562 Mathematics (Case Study): Teaching Math Online: An In-Depth Teacher Interview: https://www.alleducationschools.com/blog/teaching-math-online-interview/ Physics (Advice): How to Teach Physics Online: Bringing the Classroom to the Student: https://owltutors.co.uk/teach-physics-online-bringing-classroom-student/ Psychology (Case Study): Legal Psychology Online: https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-online_teaching/2020/03/05/pekka-santtila-professor-of-psychology-nyu-shanghai/

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-553 Psychology (Resources): Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange: http://topix.teachpsych.org/w/page/19980993/FrontPage Psychology (Resources, login required): APA Online Psychology Laboratory: https://opl.apa.org/

What is Zoom? Zoom is one of the most popular web conferencing tools in higher education today. It allows instructors to easily convene an online meeting with students, chat with or without video enabled, and deliver presentations while maintaining a good quality connection between all participants. Instructors can also poll students during the session, record videos, and share them in myCourses. View the system requirements for Zoom → View Zoom resources for students → How do I get access to Zoom? Zoom access for McGill instructors hosting classes/meetings McGill instructors teaching in the Winter 2020 term have been provided a licensed Zoom account in order to be able to host remote teaching events. In all situations, you must login using McGill's single sign-on service (SSO) with your McGill username and password. Types of licenses provided by McGill: Group Type of license Max number of meeting participants Max meeting length Recording All McGill (instructors, staff, TAs, students) Basic 100 24h (1 on 1 meetings) 40 minutes (3+ meeting participants) Local recording McGill instructors teaching during the Winter 2020 term Licensed 300* 24h Local recording & Cloud recording** Other users of authorized accounts for teaching purposes Licensed 300* 24h Local recording & Cloud recording** * Instructors teaching sessions larger than 300 students will be allowed to exceed the 300-person cap on meeting invitations. More information will be provided shortly on this procedure. ** More information about recording and providing recordings to students will be available shortly. Login to Zoom Zoom access for McGill students Students will not require special access to Zoom as they will be participants in teaching meetings rather than hosts. However, students who wish to use Zoom are encouraged to create Basic accounts and must sign in with their McGill username/password. Signing into Zoom from the web From a web browser, go to https://mcgill.zoom.us. From the Zoom page, click Sign In. This will open the McGill sign in window. Enter your McGill Username and click Next. Enter your password. This will bring you to your Zoom profile page. To setup a new meeting, click Schedule a Meeting at the top of the window. Signing into Zoom from the application/client Click Sign In with SSO. Note: You may have previously used a specific Zoom account via Email and Password from this page, instead you will be able to use your McGill credentials from this button. Enter your McGill username in Your company email. Follow the steps using your McGill credentials and click Allow. Getting started with Zoom from myCourses Creating your instructor account in Zoom Before accessing Zoom in myCourses, you must sign in to Zoom at https://mcgill.zoom.us/ and click Sign In using your McGill credentials. This will create your instructor account with the appropriate license. Adding Zoom and Lecture Recordings to your customized navbar in myCourses If you are using one of the default navbars, Zoom and Lecture Recordings have been added automatically. However, if you are using your own customized navbar, here are the steps to add the two: From your course homepage, hover the mouse on the navbar until the … appear. Click … > Edit This Navbar. Click Add Links. Select Lecture Recordings and Zoom then click Add. You may drag and drop to place them closer to the first tools. Scheduling meeting and accessing room settings From your course homepage, click Zoom on navbar. Click Schedule a New Meeting. Topic: Enter a topic or name for your meeting. Append some information pertaining to the session, such as the date or the topic covered. Important: In order for the recording to pulled automatically into myCourses, the meeting session must have the semester and course name as pulled from myCourses. (e.g.: Winter 2020 - ACCT-362-003 - Cost Accounting – March 23 lecture) Description: Enter in an optional meeting description. When: Select a date and time for your meeting. Duration: Choose the approximate duration of the meeting. This is only for scheduling purposes. The meeting will not end after this length of time. Registration: Check this option if your meeting will require registration. Instead of a join link for your participants, you will be provided a registration link. Host Video: Choose if you would like the host video on or off when joining the meeting. Even if you choose off, the host will have the option to start their video. Participant Video: Choose if you would like the participants' videos on or off when joining the meeting. Even if you choose off, the participants will have the option to start their video. Audio: Choose whether to allow users to join using Telephone only, Computer Audio only, Telephone and Computer Audio (both). Meeting Options: Require meeting password: A random password will be generated when scheduling a meeting. Participants need to enter the password to join the meeting. Enable join before host: Allow participants to join the meeting without you or before you join. Mute participants on entry: If join before host is not enabled, this will mute participants as they join the meeting. Participants can unmute themselves after joining the meeting. Use Personal Meeting ID: Your Personal Meeting Room is a virtual meeting room permanently reserved for you. Once students have the link to your Personal Meeting ID, they can join it at any time the meeting is in use. This is helpful if you have many sessions as students do not need find or remember a different link each time. However, students will be able to join a meeting in session unless you lock the meeting or use the Waiting Room feature to admit participants individually. Enable waiting room: Allows the host to control when participants join the meeting by placing them in a waiting room. Record the meeting automatically: Check this if you want the meeting to be automatically recorded and "In the Cloud" for the session to appear automatically in Lecture Recordings for students to access. Alternative Hosts: Enter the email address of another Zoom user who is Licensed, on your account to allow them to start the meeting in your absence. Note: All instructors in the course are automatically hosts when joining the meeting from Zoom in myCourses. 3. Click Save once the settings are complete. Once a meeting is created, students can join the meeting directly from myCourses course page, by clicking Zoom > Join on the corresponding session. Inviting participants Once you have created your meeting, a Join URL will be created. Copy the Join URL and share it with your participants or click Copy the Invitation to send out the invitation to your Zoom meeting. Copy the Invitation will open up a window where you can copy the full invitation to send out via email. Sending the invitation from myCourses From your course homepage, click Classlist on the navbar and Email Classlist. At the bottom of window, click Send Email. Enter a subject in the email and paste the invitation in the email. Click Send at the top left of the window. Testing audio and video https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio Joining a session https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting- Running a Zoom meeting Session controls https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362603-What-Are-the-Host-Controls- Sharing your screen https://www.youtube.com/embed/9wsWpnqE6Hw?rel=0&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1 Sharing a whiteboard https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205677665 Breakout rooms https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476093-Getting-Started-with-Video-Breakout-Rooms https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476313-Managing-Video-Breakout-Rooms Polling https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/213756303-Polling-for-Meetings Recording in Zoom Recording your session Once a session is started, click Record and select Record to the Cloud. You can confirm that the session is recording at the top left of Zoom window (red circle in a cloud). Note: If you have previously selected Record the meeting automatically in the meeting settings, this will appear immediately as the session begins. Once your session is completed, either press the Stop symbol at the top-left of the window or exit and end the meeting. You will receive an email from Zoom when the cloud recording is ready to be uploaded to myCourses and will be done automatically. Depending on the length of the video, it may take between an hour and 3 hours before the recording is available to students under Lecture Recordings. Viewing your recorded sessions in myCourses All Zoom cloud recordings from sessions created in myCourses are automatically added to your course under Lecture Recordings. As noted previously, the meeting session must have the semester and course name as created from myCourses. E.g.: Winter 2020 - ACCT-362-003 - Cost Accounting. Managing your recorded sessions If you would like to review the video settings for the course or remove a particular video, click Lecture Recordings > Tools. To remove a video from the students' view, uncheck the Enabled checkbox. Tips and best practices Getting prepared Prepare your equipment: Download the Zoom app and encourage your students/attendees to do the same. Ensure that you have all required equipment and that the equipment works. This includes a computer (laptop or desktop), a microphone, a webcam and a speaker. Some laptops have a built-in microphone and speaker but having a headset and external microphone is ideal to reduce background noise. Schedule a meeting in the Zoom application for desired date/time. Copy the invitation and send to students. Test your audio and video before starting a meeting. Make sure the microphone is enabled and your audio is loud enough that you can hear others. Review your host controls and meeting settings. Review how to share your screen. Review how to use the chat. Join the meeting a couple of minutes early to ensure proper connection and set up before students/attendees join. Prepare yourself: Look your best! While you don’t need to be dressed to the nines, keep in mind that your students will still be able to see you. Check lighting. Ideally you should be facing light instead of having your back to it. If a light source (like a window or lamp) is behind you, students will only see a dark silhouette rather than your face. Check your background for distractions. Put your webcam at eye level and try to look at the webcam when you speak instead of the screen. Try to avoid distracting gestures or mannerisms. Try to do what you would do in person! Hosting a session At the start of a session: Review housekeeping details with students/attendees. Remind them to mute their mics when they are not speaking/presenting. Let them know how and when they can ask questions during your presentation. Should they post a message in the chat? Should they unmute themselves and speak up? Let them know if you’d like them to have their webcams on or if they can keep them off. Discuss online etiquette for virtual meetings. Review an agenda or plan at the beginning of the meeting. Consider recording your session. Troubleshoot audio/visual problems if they arise. Make sure your students can hear you. During a session: Share your screen when necessary Use “Pause” feature to freeze the view for students. Use “New Share” to transition between screens/applications. Use the annotation tool to highlight important areas. Divide students into smaller groups for discussion by using Breakout Rooms. Have students present and share ideas/projects with their peers. Promote questions, comments and reactions from your students through the chat feature or by unmuting their microphones. Additional resources Tips and Tricks for Teachers Educating on Zoom Zoom for Education Recording Getting Started with PC and Mac User Guide Joining a meeting (tutorial video for students)