Use the technology to create as many opportunities as possible for learners to see each other, each other’s work, and you. Select technologies and approaches that are familiar to you and your students to minimize disruption to your teaching during a stressful time.
A variety of technology tools are available for you to teach online whether you choose to deliver it synchronously via web conferencing applications, or asynchronously by pre-recording your lectures.
Zoom Web Conferencing
Zoom allows class sizes to expand and contract seamlessly. Instructors simply create a link for each Zoom meeting through the web portal and then share it with their students. Teaching with Zoom is greatly facilitated by certain features, which help the class to stay focused.
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PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint gives instructors the ability to add or record audio to the PowerPoint slides, which can then be saved and distributed as a presentation file. Adding your voice to PowerPoint slides is a pretty easy process, and it can turn a presentation from a plain set of slides into a self-contained instructional asset that stands alone and can be used by students to self-teach.
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Mediasite
Mediasite Desktop Recorder is an application that allows you to record presentations anytime anywhere on desktop computers and laptops as well as mobile devices. It can be used to record lectures and student presentations in and out of class.
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Articulate
Articulate 360 is a cloud-based e-learning platform that helps firms build online courses. Its features include content library, slide templates, a text editor, fonts, color themes, screen recording and a software simulation.
While you may not have access to an Articulate license and/or software to develop these modules at home, CETL’s team of Instructional Designers can work closely with you to develop an amazing elearning module specifically for your course. Contact CETL today!
WesternU Faculty eLearning Module Examples:
CETL has developed an online eLearning course for you to train and learn more about the capabilities of Articulate Software: https://cetl.westernu.edu/topic/intro-to-articulate/
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
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