Here at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana we have a wonder Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) who help faculty become better teachers. I have used their resources many times throughout the years.
This morning I got a wonderful email with this article: Teaching while Masked. This leads to good information and excellent practices on teaching while wearing a mask. Love the advice! Granted an old theater major like myself can project my voice even through a mask. Still, I loved knowing that my techniques worked and that new one could be used. Enjoy the read.
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Last year I worked with an online expert to get my beloved class K200 Microcomputer Applications in Kinesiology fully online. Yes it has a website but we at Indiana University also use Canvas for managing our courses. Now I like for my students to see everything about my class up front. That way they can plan and work ahead. The designer I worked with said NO! That it might confuse the students, especially if I changed things, and to not open the Canvas sections until the absolute start date.
Today I got an email saying hey, open the class up early. I can see how in the past if the Canvas site wasn't ready, then of course you don't open it up. However, within a day or two, my Canvas sites will be ready to ROCK! So I will open them up ASAP. I will also encourage my students to check them out before the class starts to we can start fresh. Here's to the New COVID Normal Number Four (or is it 137 - can't remember). I'm looking forward to having everything ready for my students and myself. I have been making videos for my course - K200 - for several years. I use primarily screen capture because when you teach a tech course you must have a way to show what to click. Hence, screen capture.
This summer, thanks to help from other instructional designers, I started using Camtasia. I do like it very much. The Camtasia publishing company, TechSmith, now likes to send me emails. Today's email: 7 Videos That Help You Build Effective Online Courses. I do like this article. It is general, giving broad strokes on what types of videos to make. I must admit I was pleased that I was making or had made some of these videos already. Phew! There were also several videos I don't make. I don't know if I am ready to make project feedback videos; time to reconsider. Also this semester I got my first video from a student for an introductory discussion post. Made my day. |
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