What can you do BEFORE finalizing your plan to interact with students?

Consult UNCW notifications and guidance.

Ensure that you know the parameters of the disruption and follow UNCW guidance on alternative course plans.

Communicate: There are multiple ways to communicate with your students.

Email - email your students using their UNCW email addresses.
Email inbox in Canvas - you also can send students emails using the Canvas inbox. Keep in mind that students need to have their Canvas notifications set to deliver messages emailed from Canvas and sent via Announcements.
Announcements - you can reach your students easily and quickly by adding an announcement to the course. This can get their attention in two ways: 1. as long as students have notifications set as mentioned, they will receive an email with the announcement. 2. The announcement also will be available in your Canvas course, and if you have your course set to display announcements, it will appear on the course's front page.

Zoom: If you choose, you may meet your students synchronously via Zoom.

Getting Started with Zoom and
other Zoom related info from the DTP including: How to Set up Zoom meetings

Canvas:

If you have found your way to this resource, congratulations on making your way to Canvas. You are mere clicks away from accessing the course shell for your course. In the menu on the left, select courses. Locate the current course/courses that you need to update/revise and publish so that you can continue instructing during a closure of in person classes. Congratulations again - you found your course. Continue through this guide to learn about ways you can adapt your face to face pedagogy to the online environment, whether synchronous or asynchronous. However, don't forget to publish your Canvas class so that your students can access it.

Upload:

Before your class begins online, one quick and easy step you can take to set you and your students up for success is to upload the course syllabus. Once you have learned how to upload this document, you can then upload other documents you want your students to use. These documents will be located in files, and you can link to them from a page you create.

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Simplicity:

Keep it simple. Less is more in this situation. Focus on using a few UNCW-supported tools so that students are not inundated with a laundry list of tools. Using only UNCW-supported tools and technology means that when you need help, we can support you, as opposed to requiring students to use technology outside of the purview of UNCW.

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Before you meet your class online

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Find your Canvas Course

If you have found your way to this resource, congratulations on making your way to Canvas. You are mere clicks away from accessing the course shell for your course. In the menu on the left, select courses. Locate the current course/courses that you need to update/revise and publish so that you can continue instructing during a closure of in person classes. Congratulations again - you found your course. Continue through this guide to learn about ways you can adapt your face to face pedagogy to the online environment, whether synchronous or asynchronous. However, don't forget to publish your Canvas class so that your students can access it.

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Communicate with your students

There are multiple ways to communicate with your students.

Email - email your students using their UNCW email addresses.
Email inbox in Canvas - you also can send students emails using the Canvas inbox. Keep in mind that students need to have their Canvas notifications set to deliver messages emailed from Canvas and sent via Announcements.
Announcements - you can reach your students easily and quickly by adding an announcement to the course. This can get their attention in two ways: 1. as long as students have notifications set as mentioned, they will receive an email with the announcement. 2. The announcement also will be available in your Canvas course, and if you have your course set to display announcements, it will appear on the course's front page.

Set up Zoom meetings

Getting Started with Zoom and other Zoom related info from the DTP including:

How to Set up Zoom meetings

Upload syllabus and other documents

Before your class begins online, one quick and easy step you can take to set you and your students up for success is to upload the course syllabus. Once you have learned how to upload this document, you can then upload other documents you want your students to use. These documents will be located in files, and you can link to them from a page you create.

Directions on how to upload ...

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During your course delivery

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Review types of Canvas pages and activities

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UNCW Canvas Page Types

LEARNING MATERIALS:

READ PAGES:

Read pages might include text written by the faculty member
These pages might also include links to external websites, articles, or PDFs
Read pages help provide scaffolding as the students learn the course material
These pages should be introduced and contextualized, giving an overview of what the reading is about and how it relates to the objectives and/or assessments

WATCH/VIDEO PAGES:

Watch/video pages include short videos with key course concepts (less than 20 minutes with 5-10 minutes being ideal)
Videos might be created by faculty, but an invited guest speaker/expert, or uploaded from an external site, such as YouTube or LinkedIn Learning
These pages help provide scaffolding as the students learn the course material
Watch/video pages should be introduced and contextualized, giving an overview of what the video is about and how it relates to the objectives and/or assessments
Graphics can be used in videos to highlight key concepts
Videos should be close captioned
LinkedIn Learning videos can be used and set up to be automatically graded as complete/complete

DOWNLOADABLE LEARNING TOOLS:

1-2 page PDFs that highlight key concepts in the course
These learning tools can be downloaded for reference to complete assessments and/or projects or referred to after the course has been completed
Downloadable learning tools should be introduced and contextualized
All PDFs need to be made accessible

ACTIVITIES & ASSESSMENTS:

DISCUSSION:

Discussion Board activities can greatly enhance engagement and shared learning
Discussion Boards should be introduced and contextualized, with clear instructions and prompts, this might include steps/prompts to be followed for initial posts, number of peer responses needed, and minimum number of sentences or words
Discussion Boards can be graded or can be ungraded and used to build up to graded assignments
For graded Discussion Boards, be sure to include a clear grading rubric
For larger classes, students can be broken into smaller Discussion groups
Technology tools, such as VoiceThread, can be used with Discussion Boards allowing students to leave comments for one another using video and/or audio

LEARNING ACTIVITY:

Learning activities give students the opportunity to apply and practice the learning material
These are often used to help students prepare for Discussions or other graded assignments
These are typically ungraded or have self-checks (such as a dropdown showing the correct answer)
Learning activity pages should be introduced and contextualized, giving an overview of what the video is about and how it relates to the objectives and/or assessments

QUIZ:

Quizzes help assess whether or not students are achieving the learning objectives
These can use multiple-choice, short answer, or long answer
Quizzes can be automatically or manually graded
Quiz questions can be text on the Canvas page or embedded in videos that automatically prompt students to stop watching and answer questions related to the content

PROJECT:

Individual or group projects can be used to assess students achievement of the course and module- or weekly-level learning objectives
Projects should relate directly to the objectives and draw from the learning materials and other activities
Projects should include a clear grading rubric
For group projects, LinkedIn Learning videos can aid in teaching skills in teamwork, collaboration, research, writing, and more, as part of the learning materials leading up to the project

Use Announcements

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Create Discussion Boards

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Setting up a discussion board
Setting up a student lounge for ongoing Q and A