by nswinehart | Sep 11, 2020 | Remote Teaching
Blended synchronous learning (BSL) is a mode of instruction where in-person and remote students are combined in one classroom environment. This form of teaching presents numerous challenges, but may be necessary at times in the 2020-2021 academic year when students...
by nswinehart | Sep 2, 2020 | Remote Teaching
Thinking about using films for a foreign language course or club during the age of Covid-19? Here are some questions to ask yourself. What? How? The obvious first question is what will students watch, but a less obvious, also important question is how will they watch...
by nswinehart | Jul 20, 2020 | Remote Teaching
Please learn more about the course at https://canvas.uchicago.edu/courses/29174. Calendar and outline below. All discussions will be on Thursdays, 3:00-4:00pm Central. Contact Nick for the Zoom link, or visit the Canvas home page. Module 1: Intro to Teaching...
by redwards | Apr 3, 2020 | Remote Teaching
NB: These guidelines are written from the perspective of those in Chicago, the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere. Those in the southern hemisphere should substitute south for north in these recommendations. Those in tropical latitudes will see significantly...
by redwards | Apr 3, 2020 | Remote Teaching
If you do not have a lot of choice over what microphone you will have to use with video calls, there are a few environmental factors to consider that can help your outgoing audio quality. Larger rooms, for example, tend to be more echoey. Likewise, rooms with flat...
by redwards | Apr 2, 2020 | Remote Teaching
The current guidance from Legal on recording Zoom classes is as follows. Recorded classes should only be made available to the students within the class and should not be posted to be shared more widely. Students should be notified of the recording but do not need to...