Tag: Zoom

Breaks in the In-Person and Synchronous Online Classroom

Reading Time: 4 minutes“For each class, faculty will […] [e]nsure breaks occur during the lesson time to support student needs.” – Course Delivery Procedure (January 2021)  Breaks are time-bound periods in which students stop doing class work to rest and re-focus. Breaks should be given for students into all in-person and hybrid courses at least by the 1-hour mark of class, or more depending...

Optional and Occasional Student Webcam Use

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis tip shares some information about why students may be turning off their web video cameras (webcams) during synchronous classes, how to monitor learner presence without webcams, and strategies for promoting engagement with optional and occasional web cam use. Reasons Students Turn WebCams Off In The Conversation, Tabitha Moses (2020) lists five reasons why many students are keeping their webcams...

Virtual Whiteboards in an Online Synchronous Classroom

Reading Time: 5 minutesMany of us use whiteboards when we’re teaching, but the move to an online synchronous classroom has made that a little more difficult. Fortunately, there are ways that we can emulate that process using tools and techniques that are readily available to us. In this teaching tip we’ll look at a few of the methods that faculty recommend: (1) Zoom...