Tips for online teaching
Are you in need of revising portions of your teaching due to the corona virus outbreak? This resource gives you concrete examples of how you can do it.
It is wise to consider whether some on-campus teaching may be replaced by online teaching. Here are two good possibilities available at Örebro University. The first involves recording lectures and making them available via Blackboard. The other consists of creating discussions and group lessons via Zoom or Blackboard Collaborate (for Ultra). Below you will find guidance and recommendations for how you, as a teacher, can use our digital resources to ensure that teaching continues even for students who are not on campus or if the university closes.
1. Teach students remotely
Version 1 – synchronous teaching
- Web lessons via your computer. Read more about Zoom (Inforum login required) or about Blackboard Collaborate for those using Blackboard.
- Allow students to ask questions or collaborate online through, e.g. Padlet, in preparation for, during or after the meeting. See instructional video on how to use Padlet.
- Have students discuss in small groups with breakout rooms. See the guide for using breakout rooms in Zoom or breakout rooms in Blackboard Collaborate.
Version 2 – asynchronous teaching
- Record your presentation with Kaltura and have the students watch it via Blackboard. See instructions on how to use Kaltura and Blackboard to record and publish educational films. (Inforum login required).
- To activate students, you can write reflection questions to answer (possibly in groups) or do a quiz so that students can check their understanding of key questions.
See instructions on how to construct tests and quizzes in Blackboard Ultra.
Version 3 – all teaching moves to Blackboard
- Post group work instructions on the course page in Blackboard is a great advantage, preferably in the form of a short video. See instructions on how to use Kaltura and Blackboard to record and publish an educational video.
- Organise student discussion groups. Read about discussion boards in Blackboard Ultra.
- Have students produce material (text, sound, video) and upload to the course site in Blackboard. See teaching instruction for video submission in Blackboard Ultra.
See student instruction for video submission Blackboard Ultra.
2. Teaching cancelled
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Post a message in the learning platform
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Post tasks to solve in Blackboard, preferably with peer review.
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