
Redesign for Virtual-Online
Checklist to get ready to teach during Fall Semester 2020
Faculty Development
- Summer Training Series:
- Kick-off - watch recording of kick-off training)
- Growing with Canvas - self-paced online training for all skill levels
- Intro to E-Learning - self-paced online training
- Virtual Back to School Training Series:
- Canvas Basics Tues, Aug. 4th or Tuesday Aug. 11th
- Canvas Advanced Tues. Aug. 12th
- Instructional Design Wed. Aug. 19th
- Tuesday Teaching Tips - stay current with your teaching and design skills
- Collaboration Station - share your expertise and learn from faculty colleagues
- Best Practices Checklist - use this checklist to help guide your course design
- Canvas Guides - click the “Help?” link in Canvas
- Examples of Experiential Learning Online
- Teaching in a Digital Classroom Series
- UEN is offering Amazon Gift cards to faculty that complete professional development opportunities in the Reimaging Teaching program.
Tools
weber.edu/online/onlineTools.html
- Web Conferencing - Zoom, Google Meet, Canvas Conferences (Big Blue Button)
- Recommended: Zoom, Google Meet (for ‘live’ captioning)
- Zoom Training Course
- Video - Rec/Upload Media in Canvas, Kaltura (videos.weber.edu), Yuja
- Quizzes/Surveys in Canvas
- Recommended: “New Quizzes” feature in Canvas for low-stakes assessment
- Student Groups and Peer Review in Canvas
- Collaborations in Canvas using Google Docs, Google Drive, Microsoft 365
- Student Resources button in every Canvas course leads to this Student Resources page.
- The Inclusive Teaching Practices Toolkit is a set of free resources—including videos and downloadable planning guides—that can be immediately put to use to benefit both faculty and their students. These practices are tailored for online teaching but are also relevant to the physical classroom.
- Syllabus Construction Guidelines (including recommended language for both general and virtual/ online teaching)
- Article: "A Game a Day: Fun and Dynamic Synchronous Online Learning"
- Article: Encouraging Student Engagement During Synchronous Meetings: Preventing Midterm Drop-Off
Instructional Design Support
weber.edu/online
- Course Consultations - send an email to instructionaldesign@weber.edu
- Chat with a designer M-F, 8a to 5p
- Online instructional design webinars
- Other Resources
Quick Contacts
- Teaching and Learning Forum 801-626-7667
- Computing support 801-626-7777
- Canvas support 801-626-6499
- Instructional Design 801-626-6499