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Zoom Tips: Move Co-Host Between Breakouts, and Show Zoom Windows During Screen Share

I recently learned about two important Zoom features. 1) Move Co-Host Between Breakouts You may have colleague (e.g. teaching assistant, graduate student instructor, etc.) assist you during live session. In particular, you may want to assign them to move between Read more

By Mike Rivera, 5 years ago June 25, 2020
Guides and resources

Principles to Guide the Move to An Online Environment

Compiled by the School of Information faculty.  Introduction You are not in this alone The School of Information has offered flipped-classroom, online learning since 2014. We have learned a lot along the way. In this blog you can find pointers Read more

By Mike Rivera, 5 years ago June 16, 2020
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How to Embed Videos in bCourses

BCourses has a 2GB storage limit. Furthermore, it takes a long time to upload videos directly to bCourses. The following instructions will help you embed videos in a bCourses module. This how-to is for videos that are hosted on Google Read more

By Mike Rivera, 5 years ago March 21, 2020
Guides and resources

How to help students cope with stress and make room for compassion in the classroom.

We are all stressed. Many institutions across the US announced this week that they’re going to be moving their classes online. This change came suddenly, which means that for most instructors and students, there was not enough time to train Read more

By Sulafa Zidani, 5 years ago March 14, 2020
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Cool stuff you can do in Zoom, really.

The I School has two online masters degrees: our MIDS program trains data scientists to manage and analyze the coming onslaught of big data, in a unique high-touch online degree; and, our MICS program prepares cybersecurity leaders with the technical Read more

By Deirdre Mulligan, 5 years ago March 14, 2020
Guides and resources

Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 by Aimi Hamraie and more…

Today I taught my first online class due to COVID-19. This was an 11 person discussion based class and one student presented. Class went very well and the discussion was smooth. For each discussion question I called on three students Read more

By Niloufar Salehi, 5 years ago March 11, 2020
Thoughts and reflections

Moving to Online Learning in the Context of COVID-19

This is what I told my students today: I am fully aware that some of you may not have the ideal space or internet connection at home to participate in a remote class to the extent you might wish. I Read more

By Daniel Griffin, 5 years ago March 10, 2020
Guides and resources

For Instructors: Hosting an Online Classroom (15-person class)

This is an opinionated collection of thoughts gathered and collected through 5 years of teaching online classes in several online platforms. These thoughts are built around a 15-person classroom, which is where we have the most experience. However, any of Read more

By Douglas Alex Hughes, 5 years ago March 10, 2020
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For Students: Online Classroom Expectations

Class meetings that are conducted online provides students the opportunity to have a robust online learning experience. Not only are these meetings robust to whatever challenges the campus might be facing at the time (political unrest, wildfires, viral outbreaks), but Read more

By Douglas Alex Hughes, 5 years ago March 10, 2020
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More Resources

Here is a list of other great resources we have found online: A Brief Guide to Synchronous Remote Course Tools, Michael Ball, UC Berkeley EECS, March 2020

By Niloufar Salehi, 5 years ago March 10, 2020
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  • Zoom Tips: Move Co-Host Between Breakouts, and Show Zoom Windows During Screen Share
  • Principles to Guide the Move to An Online Environment
  • How to Embed Videos in bCourses
  • How to help students cope with stress and make room for compassion in the classroom.
  • Cool stuff you can do in Zoom, really.
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