On-Demand Workshop Videos

This  was the first of the Dean’s Office Faculty Workshops: Strategies for  Moving to a Virtual Classroom, a summer series providing strategies and  tips to assist faculty who need to move physical, onsite classes to  virtual classroom experiences. This session will focus on technical  aspects of ensuring high-quality audio and video at home, with time for  discussion, and Q & A. The links shared in the session's chat  include Virtual Meeting Tips (Camera, Lighting, Sound); Amazon Wishlist of Recommended Hardware; BSPH Branded Virtual Backgrounds; BSPH Virtual Conferencing Hardware Purchase Requests.

As faculty  at the school move to a remote teaching model, knowing how to use  CoursePlus — the school's learning management system — is more important  than ever. Many tools in CoursePlus can save you time and minimize the  hassles of course administration. Whether or not you're familiar with  CoursePlus, this session introduces time-saving tips for making the  system work for you and your students. This includes information on: a  digital syllabus for keeping your students on track with your course  goals; Drop Boxes for collecting student work; an Online Library for  document organization (and posting your Zoom recordings); delivering  online exams; and a Gradebook for keeping students apprised of their  performance in your class.

Student  engagement is key for any online or classroom course, but often times  faculty face challenges that disrupt learning or impede students from  completing coursework on time. In this workshop, faculty and TAs learned  to recognize common challenges to student engagement and how to create  an evidence-based supportive learning environment (both online and in  the classroom) to meet these challenges head-on.

This session  was dedicated to moving assessment activities from the face-to-face  classroom to the remote, online platform. It focused on incorporating  academic integrity through clear communication and proactive design. In  addition, participants learned about alternatives to traditional exams  that can be considered for both formative and summative assessments;  options for maintaining existing exam formats in the online platform;  and CoursePlus tools and their settings that allow faculty to build new,  and sometimes stronger, methods of assessment plus techniques for  efficient grading and personalized feedback.

We offer several opportunities for LiveTalk training in person (in the  NSPH Multimedia studios) at the start of every term. In response to  recent events, for Term 4 AY19-20 we shifted the training to be online.  This recording was made during one of our three sessions. It teaches  navigating several techniques important to managing a LiveTalk,  specifically as related to Zoom. It's worth noting -- managing a  LiveTalk is definitely not the same as simply having a meeting via Zoom!