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Online & Remote Teaching

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Whether you plan to teach online or remotely, there are many things to consider before you start. Accordingly, eSAIL has developed many resources specific to online and remote-teaching, as seen here and in the side menu.

Select one of the following to find tutorials relevant to your particular teaching style.

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  • Teaching from Zachry
  • Teaching from Home Using Zoom
  • Teaching Online with Canvas (Asynchronously)

Quality Checklists
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Teaching from Zachry

Getting Started

  • 5 Steps to Getting Started with Teaching Online

Automatic Recording

All Zachry classrooms (1st through the 4th floor) come equipped with Mediasite recorders. These will automatically record your lectures according to the official class schedule. See Mediasite: In the Classroom for more details.

  • Step 1: Use Zachry Learning Studio Quick Start for Recording to ensure you get the best recording.
  • Step 2: Link Mediasite to your course in Getting Started with Mediasite and Canvas

Accessibility

  • 2-part video about creating accessible online courses:
    • Part 1: Why Should We Develop Accessible Online Courses? (3 min.)
    • Part 2: How To Make Accessible Online Courses (4 min.)
  • Editing Captions in Mediasite and YouTube (4 min.)
  • How to Create Accessible Headings, Links, Images, Tables, and Contrast (Accessibility Series)
  • Accessibility Tips (25 min.)

Promoting Interaction and Engagement with Students

  • Inserting Quizzes into Mediasite Recordings
  • Managing Zoom Participants and Using Chat (3 min.)
  • Using the Whiteboard Feature in Zoom (1.5 min.)
  • Enhance Your Mediasite Presentations with Engagement

Assessments

  • Inserting Quizzes into Mediasite Recordings
  • How to Proctor Exams in Zoom – A TAMU Faculty Panel Discussion on Best Practices
    (1 hour – hosted by TAMU Office of Academic Innovation)

Advanced Practices and Other Resources

  • Uploading Video in Mediasite
  • Editing Video with Mediasite

Contact eSAIL

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Teaching from Home Using Zoom

Getting Started

  • 5 Steps to Getting Started with Teaching Online
  • Teaching Remotely Using Zoom or Mediasite (Checklist)

Zoom Basics

  • Share with students: Zoom – Getting Started
  • Scheduling and Inviting with Zoom (7 min.)
  • Saving Zoom Recordings to your Local Computer (5 min.)

Accessibility

  • How to Enable Zoom Closed Captioning and Live Transcripts (1 min.)
  • 2-part video about creating accessible online courses:
    • Part 1: Why Should We Develop Accessible Online Courses? (3 min.)
    • Part 2: How To Make Accessible Online Courses (4 min.)
  • Editing Captions in Mediasite and YouTube (4 min.)
  • How to Create Accessible Headings, Links, Images, Tables, and Contrast (Accessibility Series)
  • Accessibility Tips (25 min.)

Promoting Interaction and Engagement with Students

  • Managing Zoom Participants and Using Chat (3 min.)
  • Using the Whiteboard Feature in Zoom (1.5 min.)

Assessments

  • How to Proctor Exams in Zoom – A TAMU Faculty Panel Discussion on Best Practices
    (1 hour – hosted by TAMU Office of Academic Innovation)

Advanced Practices and Other Resources

  • Zoom: Getting started with the iPad
  • Mirroring & Using your iPad in Zoom (1.5 min.)
  • The Provost’s Keep Teaching page contains additional resources.

Contact eSAIL

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Teaching Online with Canvas (Asynchronously)

Getting Started

  • 5 Steps to Getting Started with Teaching Online
  • Managing Your Online Course (Checklist) (download)

Canvas Basics

  • Canvas Course Launch Checklist
  • Canvas Basics (40 min.)
  • Delivery in an Online Environment (Adding Content to your Canvas Course) (50 min.)

Promoting Interaction and Engagement with Students

  • Managing Zoom Participants and Using Chat (3 min.)
  • Using the Whiteboard Feature in Zoom (1.5 min.)

Accessibility

  • 2-part video about creating accessible online courses:
    • Part 1: Why Should We Develop Accessible Online Courses? (3 min.)
    • Part 2: How To Make Accessible Online Courses (4 min.)
  • How to Create Accessible Headings, Links, Images, Tables, and Contrast (Accessibility Series)
  • Accessibility Tips (25 min.)

Assessments

  • Aggie Code of Honor (5 min.)
  • Quizzes & Exams in Canvas (35 min.)
  • How to Proctor Exams in Zoom – A TAMU Faculty Panel Discussion on Best Practices
    (1 hour – hosted by TAMU Office of Academic Innovation)
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Quality Checklists

  • Teaching Remotely Using Zoom or Mediasite (Checklist)
  • Managing Your Online Course (Checklist) (download)
  • Essential Elements Scorecard for Online Courses (download)
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Contact eSAIL

  • For online course support or Mediasite help, please email us at EngrLearnTech@tamu.edu.
  • View our Contact Us page for more ways to engage.

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