Resources to Move Your Course Online
Teaching during times of potential disruption requires creative and flexible thinking about how faculty can support students in achieving course learning outcomes. This page offers resources for faculty at Fleming College who are creating a student-centered learning experience in an online learning environment.
Self-register for the LDS Team’s newly released course: Alternate Delivery Course Development to learn more about moving curriculum from face-to-face to alternate delivery using D2L.
For information from Fleming’s Information Technology Services regarding equipment and software needed to teach online, see https://department.flemingcollege.ca/its/important-info/
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Tip Sheet: Designing a Student-Centred D2L Course
Learning Online Module: Resource for Students
To view recordings and resources from the our Virtual Teaching & Learning Week sessions, please click here.
Student Services Information Spring 2020
During the Teaching and Learning Week Spring 2020, Student Services hosted a panel discussion. We wanted to share this information with you so that you have it on hand for the first week(s) of class.
Student Services Panel – First Week of Class Information(Powerpoint)
Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor Information for Faculty and Students
Resource: Virtual Proctoring using Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor
*** Releasing the Adjusted Grade Column in D2L
Resource: Releasing the Adjusted Grade Column in D2L
*** How to Exempt a Student from a Grade Item in D2L
Resource: Exempt a Student from a Grade Item in D2L
Tool List for choosing technology for Teaching and Learning
This tool list is aggregated yearly and the tools are voted on 🙂
Resource: https://www.toptools4learning.com/
1. Communication
Communicating with your students
Setting Expectations for Online Teaching
Resource: Setting Expectations for Online Teaching Tip Sheet
Resource: Webex Housekeeping slides
Resource: WebEx Overview slide
- WebEx best practices
- Resource: WebEx Best Practices
- Post a news item/announcement in D2L
- Video: How to create and post an announcement
- Video: How to delete and restore announcements
- Send an email to students
- Send an email to students
- Establish virtual office hours
- Resource: How to Establish Virtual Office Hours
Looking for exemplars for communicating with students? Check out this link from the Association of Colleges and University Educators Online Teaching Toolkit.
Connecting with each other
- Contact the LDS Team
- Resource: LDS Team Website
- Resource: Twitter @flemingLDS
- Using your personal WebEx room for meetings
- Resource: How to Use WebEx to Meet with Students
- Resource: WebEx Overview Slides for Students (information to share with students at the beginning of your class; edit as needed to suit your circumstances)
- Student Resource: WebEx Quick Start – Attending a Meeting Using Pc or Laptop (Students)
- Student Resource: WebEx Quick Start – Attending a Meeting Using a Mobile Device (Students)
Communicating clear expectations
- Managing your online presence
- Resource: “Manage your online presence” video and resources
- Setting expectations for students’ online behaviour
- Resource: Fleming’s Student Rights & Responsibilities website has “Online Etiquette” documents that you can use with your students and link to on your D2L page.
- Organize your course and create a predictable rhythm
- Resource: “Organize your course” video, resources, and checklists
2. Content and Presentations
Presentation/Lecture
- Create a micro-lecture video
- Resource: How to create a microlecture video
- Host a Virtual Classroom
- Record your PowerPoint
- Resource: How to record a PowerPoint slideshow with narration and slide timings
- Resource: Upload video to YouTube
- Don’t forget to edit YouTube’s auto-captions. Resource: Editing YouTube auto-captions (View video instructions)
- Resource: How to get a link to share a Youtube Video
- Resource: How to post a link to D2L
- Record yourself on your phone or computer
- Resource: How to record using your phone or desktop
- Resource: Upload video to YouTube
- Don’t forget to edit YouTube’s auto-captions. Resource: Editing YouTube auto-captions (View video instructions)
- Resource: How to get a link to share a Youtube Video
- Resource: How to post a link to D2L
- Locate video on LinkedInLearning
- Resource: LinkedIn Learning
- To login, click on Sign In > sign in with your organization > enter flemingcollege.ca > use your Fleming username and password.
- Resource: How to embed video into D2L
- Resource: LinkedIn Learning
- Use Microsoft Teams to Enable Class Collaboration
- Login to Teams: Login to MyCampus & click Email on the left-hand sidebar. This will take you to Outlook web access. Click the ‘waffle’ icon (9 dots) in the top-left corner to access the other Office 365 applications menu and select Teams.
- Login with <username>@flemingcollege.ca. (Using your email address, (e.g. firstName.lastName@flemingcollege.ca) will not work in most cases.)
- Resource: How to create a Team for your course
- Resource: How to start a video meeting in your Team
- Login to Teams: Login to MyCampus & click Email on the left-hand sidebar. This will take you to Outlook web access. Click the ‘waffle’ icon (9 dots) in the top-left corner to access the other Office 365 applications menu and select Teams.
- Streaming Video
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- Library Services subscription platforms are listed here, as well as some free academic streaming sites. Instructions for access are included.
- Curio (CBC): Canadian content
- Films on Demand: huge range of topics and program areas
- CREDO: chemistry, cooking, anatomy, and more
- Resource: Video Streaming: Resources for Research and Classroom Use
- Library Services subscription platforms are listed here, as well as some free academic streaming sites. Instructions for access are included.
- Consider using other educational technologies
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Demonstrating a Skill
- Locate video on LinkedIn Learning
- Resource: How to login to LinkedInLearning: Click on Sign In > sign in with your organization > enter flemingcollege.ca > use your Fleming username and password.
- Resource: LinkedIn Learning PD
- Record yourself demonstrating the skill on your phone or computer
- Resource: How to record using your phone or desktop
- Resource: Upload video to YouTube
- Don’t forget to edit YouTube’s auto-captions. Resource: Editing YouTube auto-captions (View video instructions)
- Resource: How to get a link to share a Youtube Video
- Resource: How to post a link to D2L
- Look for simulation resources online to use in your course
- Resource: Library Services
Accessibility
- Create accessible materials
Labs
- Running Lab Activities
- Resource: Running Lab Activities Online
- Resource: MERLOT HYPERLINK “https://www.merlot.org/”(comprehensive learning object repository)
- Resource: Labster (Virtual online lab experiences; has a fee)
- Resource: Phet Simulations (Interactive Simulations for Science and Math)
Research
- Program specific research guides
- Resource: Library Services Research Guides
3. Student Engagement
In–class discussions
- Host a synchronous discussion using WebEx
- Resource: How to Use WebEx to Meet with Students
- Student Resource: WebEx Quick Start – Attending a Meeting Using Pc or Laptop (Students)
- Student Resource: WebEx Quick Start – Attending a Meeting Using a Mobile Device (Students)
- Use Discussion Board on D2L
- Video Playlist: Discussion Board
- Use the Chat tool on D2L (to host chat sessions with section or with the whole class:
- Consider using other educational technologies
Collaboration and Group Work
- Use Microsoft Teams to Enable Class Collaboration
- Login to Teams: Login to MyCampus & click Email on the left-hand sidebar. This will take you to Outlook web access. Click the ‘waffle’ icon (9 dots) in the top-left corner to access the other Office 365 applications menu and select Teams. Login with <username>@flemingcollege.ca. (Using your email address, (e.g. firstName.lastName@flemingcollege.ca) will not work in most cases.)
- Resource: How to create a Team for your course
- Resource: How to start a video meeting in your Team
- Students can host their own WebEx rooms for group work
- Student Resource: How to Meet with Other Students Using WebEx
4. Assessments
Formative feedback
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) online
- Use cartridges to import online quizzes and links to content directly into D2L.
Unsupervised (Open Book)
- Use Quiz tool on D2L
- Resource: Creating a quiz
- **Testing Centre Request Form is a great resource to help you set up your quiz in D2L.
Faculty please send the completed form to: Sherri Crump,
Web–Secured
- Use Respondus Lockdown Browser for a D2L quiz
- Consider using Assignment Dropbox submissions and enable TurnItIn
- For example, if you have a quiz with long answer questions, this could be made into an assignment and submitted through Dropbox, enabling TurnItIn.
- Resource: Using Assignment Dropbox
- Resource: Using TurnItIn
Presentations
- Host a Virtual Classroom
- Students submitting video projects to faculty on D2L
- Use Discussion board to share videos to the class
- Resource: Using Discussion Boards
- Use Microsoft Teams to have live student presentations
- Login to Teams: Login to MyCampus & click Email on the left-hand sidebar. This will take you to Outlook web access. Click the ‘waffle’ icon (9 dots) in the top-left corner to access the other Office 365 applications menu and select Teams. Login with <username>@flemingcollege.ca. (Using your email address, (e.g. firstName.lastName@flemingcollege.ca) will not work in most cases.)
- Resource: How to create a Team for your course
- Resource: How to start a video meeting in your Team
Written Assignments
- Use Word in Microsoft 365
- Resource: Word for Windows training (Microsoft)
- Hand-written assignments, photographed or scanned and submitted in DropBox
- Resource: Using Assignment Dropbox
Academic Integrity
- Use the Library’s Subject Guide on Academic Integrity
- Resource: Maintaining Integrity Online
5. Student Resources
Library Services Modules and Tutorials
- Academic Integrity, Avoiding Plagiarism, and Library Core Skills
- Resource: Self Enroll for Modules Here
- Resource: Academic Integrity Subject Guide for Students
- Avoiding Plagiarism ILC Workshops
- Library Tutorials
- Highlights: Finding articles using Discovery, search strategies, evaluating sources of information, citation style guide
- Resource: Access tutorials here
- Library ILC Workshops
- Live Library Help
- Access from Library homepage:
- Drop-in Reference Desk for weekday help via WebEx
- Immediate support available through AskON chat help service:
- Monday – Friday 9am – 10pm
- Guaranteed Fleming Staff:
- Monday – Friday 11am to 4pm
- Access from Library homepage:
6. Continuous learning
Online modules
- Short, free, self-directed course about teaching online in a hurry from Bryant University
Strategies for remote teaching and learning
- Practical tips for communicating, presenting, engaging and assessing with students
- Resource: Strategies for remote learning and teaching from Bowdoin University
Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OER Toolkits
- Resource: OER Toolkit
- Resource: Accessibility and OERs
Universal Design for Learning
- UDL and Online Learning
This resource is adapted from Durham College’s https://durhamcollege.ca/cafe/teaching/planning-to–move-your-course-online/
Our team is project based and available to support learning design, learning technology, teaching excellence and professional learning at Fleming College. LDS is led by Molly Westland, Director of Academic Quality, Planning & Operations.
We work with faculty on curriculum development, teaching strategies and meaningful integration of technology into teaching practice. We’re ready to help you when you need it!
Meet the Team
Mary Overholt, Teaching & Learning Specialist Mary is a Teaching & Learning Specialist who has worked in faculty development and curriculum development for the past 5 years. She particularly enjoys supporting faculty members throughout their development and continuous learning as educators. Her teaching background includes high school English and math, and Communications and General Education courses in the School of General Arts & Science here at Fleming. |
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Jodie Black, Teaching & Learning Specialist |
Alana Callan, Digital Learning Design Specialist Alana is a digital pioneer who designs and supports online learning and Educational Technology since it began (yes, she’s that old). She is passionate about working with others and supporting learning in all formats. She is an avid learner and expert in course design, integrating technology, inclusion and all things digital and in education. |
Deborah Leal, Digital Learning Design Specialist |
To reach us, you can Email LDSTeam@flemingcollege.ca, |