While this resource is currently being built, you may use this as an idea generator for ways to accomodate students. The goal of this page is to assist our faculty by providing ideas for delivering instructional content when we are required to be flexible. Expect this resource to change and grow over the coming weeks. (updated October 9, 2020)
How to use this page
Consider your teaching style and click on the scenario below that best describes your teaching style or the intended delivery of content for a particular class session. Within each scenario below there are options for how to deliver that content outside of the physical classroom. This can help meet the needs of students who may have an extended absense or it can help guide you to some suggestions for ways to start converting your course to an online delivery method. Flexibility is key and we want to help you be as flexible as possible. If you would like help or a consultation regarding any of these options or technologies, please contact LITS and one of our Instructional Design and Technology team will meet with you to help craft the best solution with you.
The Synchronous Solution Scenario
If the student is able to join into a class synchronously through Zoom, you have the option of using the SIR technology to meet this need. This may be built-in classroom technology or a cart with Zoom Room technology on it.
Basic Solution: LITS can provide a zoom ready laptop for use by the professor. These laptops will have a built-in camera and microphone to stream the professor synchronously through the internet.
Enhanced Solution: Using the SIR equipment for synchronous participation in the classroom will likely be the easiest solution to this situation. The student will enter or click on a Zoom classroom link for the room or cart you are using and they will be able to participate in the class remotely. Please contact LITS if you have any questions regarding the details of this solution.
If the student does not have a stable internet access, it may be better to either use the equipment to record a Zoom session or look into another solution in the asynchronous scenarios below.
If the class is highly discussion based in smaller groups within the classroom, general discussion in the classroom will be easier to manage for the distant student due to microphone and camera angle concerns. Request a Course Assistant to manage the technology in the room.
You may be in an SIR and you do not have a CA. Request one or consider an asynchronous solution in order to keep the technology from interfering with your instruction.
Asynchronous Scenarios
Basic Solution: Share your slides and try recording the audio from your lecture to share with the student. You can request a voice recorder from LITS.
Enhanced Solution: You could use screen recording software to record your presentation or record voice files to embed in your slides. Screen recording solutions include: Zoom, Quicktime, Camtasia, and others.
With LITS Assistance: Send your PowerPoint file (.pptx) with embedded audio narrations to the Instructional Technology team and they can convert it to a piece of HTML5 media to be shared with your students and easily accessed on any device.
The in-class videos are likely easy to share with the student separately. We should not try to record those in class to share. That is beyond the gray area of fair use.
Basic Solution: Send video links to your student through Canvas or email, share your slides and try recording the audio from your lecture to share with the student.
Enhanced Solution: Use screen recording software to record your presentation or record voice files to embed in your slides.
With LITS Assistance: If you have enough lead time, schedule recording time in the Instructional Design and Technology Studio here
Basic Solution: Record your lecture audio (using either a digital recorder from LITS or your computer). Nominate a student to take photos or “scan” the whiteboard regularly throughout class with an app like Microsoft Office Lens. Share your recorded audio files along with a folder of those scans/images with your student through Canvas.
Enhanced Solution:
With LITS Assistance: Schedule studio time in the Instructional Design and Technology Studio here to use the LightBoard to record your lectures. Don’t know what the LightBoard is? Check out this humorous video for a quick overview.
Basic Solution: The student can respond to some discussion questions in writing to you or to the class in a Canvas Discussion.
Enhanced Solution: Have the whole class summarize their take-aways from the classroom discussion and post them to a Canvas Discussion for the student to respond to.
With LITS Assistance:Feel free to contact us for a consultation.
Basic Solution: The absent student may have to give their presentation another day.
Enhanced Solution: Record the in-class student presentations as well as have the absent student record their presentation. Create a discussion forum in Canvas with for the uploaded presentations so that the absent student(s) can comment on the in-class presentations and the in-class students can comment on the absentee presentation(s).
With LITS Assistance:Feel free to contact us for a consultation.
Basic Solution: Schedule a one-on-one discussion with the student to discuss the reading for the missed sessions. This discussion can either be in-person at a later date or over Zoom current to the class schedule.
Enhanced Solution: Make a Canvas assignment for the single student to post their work as a part of their participation grade.
With LITS Assistance: There may be other creative solutions for the situation besides the ones here. Consider making an appointment with a member of the IDT team if you want to explore other avenues.
Basic Solution: Share this content with the student. Link to the content or import the resources into your Canvas course.
Enhanced Solution: Consider flipping your classroom so your students watch lectures prior to class and classroom time can be used for deeper discussion.
With LITS Assistance:Feel free to contact us for a consultation.
With LITS Assistance: Meet with IDT. Maybe there is a solution we can talk through together!
