If the university closes due to unforeseen circumstances, moving your class online is a great way to ensure minimal disruptions to the learning experience. We have created this site as a companion site to the Blackboard Course to help you through this process- from planning to execution.
Think of moving your course online as adding online components to an otherwise in-person course. This does not have to be a complete overhaul of your course or full conversion to an online course. Think of this as temporarily transferring your regular class online, not as creating an online course.
With this in mind, think about how you teach in-person. There are many tools that can replicate the in-person experience online. In the Blackboard Course guide and this site, we have detailed several of these tools to move your in-person course online.
There is no one way to move your class online. Each class has its own learning outcomes, and each instructor has their own teaching style. You will have to consider which option will work for you, your students, and your course.
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, anti-Asian stereotyping and biases might arise in your classrooms. This is an opportunity for you to interrupt, address, and correct these biases and present factual information to your students.
ADL: The Coronavirus Surfaces Fear, Sterotypes and Scapegoating
The Hechinger Report: TEACHER VOICE: Coronavirus Doesn’t Discriminate — Let’s Separate the Myths from the Reality
The Instructional Continuity Team is comprised of members of E-Learning Support, Audio Visual Services, Academic Technology Systems, and CTRL. The team members are listed in alphabetical order:
Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Tthere are two support options for your convenience, each will contact a member of the Instructional Continuity Team.
After 6:30 PM weekdays and for weekend support, please call (202-885-3904) or submit a help ticket.
Asychronous
Pre-recorded lectures or activities that students watch or perform on their own.
Blackboard Collaborate
Blackboard Collaborate is a synchronous video conferencing tool that can be used for class discussions, live lectures, and student presentations.
Synchronous
Live sessions that all students participate in. There is a set time that all students must “meet” during.
Kaltura
Video-creation tool that allows you to record asynchronous lectures.
Respondus Lockdown Browser
Tool that locks down the testing environment in an effort to prevent cheating.
SafeAssign
A tool that compares student submissions against multiple sources to identify areas of overlap between student work and existing publications.
Bob Brownlee (Audio Visual Services)
Kevin Cedeno (Academic Technology Systems)
Shilpa Das Gupta (Audio Visual Services)
Vanja Djemidzic (Academic Technology Systems)
Christina Floriza (E-Learning Support)
Mark Fritts (Audio Visual Services)
Eric Gordon (Audio Visual Services)
Bill Harder (CTRL)
Erin Horan (CTRL)
Julian Hough (E-Learning Support)
Kiho Kim (CTRL)
Stephanie Ko (CTRL)
Tony Loffredo (Academic Technology Systems)
Alex Marvi (Audio Visual Services)
Desire McNeil (Audio Visual Services)
Anna Olsson (CTRL)
Mike Piller (Academic Technology)
Ashley Roccamo (E-Learning Support)
Eric Schuler (CTRL)
Lindsay Studer (CTRL)
Scott Vanek (E-Learning Support)
Paul Vaughan (CTRL)
Meng Wang (E-Learning Support)
Allan Wade-Northern (Audio Visual Services)
Kim Westemeier (CTRL)
The Instructional Continuity Team is happy to help. You can contact us in three ways:
