…then choose your tools, training, and schedule!
Spring 2020 has been a rollercoaster of new tools and strategies for teaching as the entire campus committed to academic continuity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other campuses, we rose to the occasion with whatever means possible to create emergency remote teaching and modified courses. As we approach the Summer it is time to take a more formal approach to the task of teaching while off-campus, and the Center for Distance and Online Learning staff has created the resources you will need.
Hudson Valley Community College Summer classes will be offered as either Remote Classes or Online Classes. As noted by Quality Matters, EDUCAUSE, and other institutions who scrambled to meet the needs of their students this spring semester, Remote Classes are not the same as Online Classes. But if planned well, with appropriate use of the tools, Remote Classes can be highly effective. HVCC has been teaching remotely with ITV classes for decades, and with the help of a Blackboard course shell, these courses can be very rich, live, teaching and learning environments that rival the physical classroom. With just less than eight weeks to go before Summer classes begin, are you ready to start building?
Choose Your Modality
HVCC Remote Classes
- Synchronous: teach on the same schedule each week as you would in the classroom but from another location
- Exchange materials remotely
- All classroom accommodations for students apply and materials are ADA compliant
- Training highly recommended for instructors new to the modality
HVCC Online Class
- Asynchronous: fully developed and structured course where students access material on their own schedule within the week
- Homework, lectures, instructional material, assessments, grading, and overall course design meets internal and external standards for online learning
- Content and structure is ADA compliant and accommodations for students apply
- Training required for all fully online instructors
- OSCQR Rubric review at completion
Choose Your Tools
HVCC officially supports and provides the following synchronous tools for Remote Classes
- Zoom – video and web conferencing tool with additional Blackboard Learn LMS integration
- Collaborate – webinar and lecture tools that are built into the Blackboard Learn LMS
Asynchronous Class tools available at HVCC
- Blackboard Learn LMS for a full suite of course development and student support tools
- VoiceThread multimedia asynchronous discussion boards with assessment, integrated with Blackboard
- TechSmith Relay video streaming of screen captures and video lectures with assessment, integrated with Blackboard
- Ability to integrate OERs or publisher content, homework environments, and interactive exercises
Choose Your Training Schedule
There are 6 Online Instructor Boot Camps in 2 different week-long schedules, and 4 Remote Instructor Boot Camps in 2 different week-long schedules. There should be a schedule to meet your needs.
Online Instructor Boot Camp Schedules: (registration begins the week of April 6)
- April 15 – April 22 with a week to build and a May 1 OSCQR Rubric review. Choose from 3 schedules, morning, afternoon and evening, OR
- May 6 – May 13 with a week to build and a May 22 OSCQR Rubric review. Choose from 3 schedules morning, afternoon and evening.
Remote Instruction Boot Camp Schedules: (registration begins the week of April 6)
- April 15 – April 24, 3 class sessions and 5 days to schedule 1 on 1 training as needed. Choose from 2 schedules, morning or afternoon.
- May 6 – May 15, 3 class sessions and 5 days to schedule 1 on 1 as needed. Choose from 2 schedules, morning or afternoon.
Ongoing workshops will be announced that focus on high needs topics:
- Grading and Blackboard GradeCenter
- Zoom, TechSmith Relay, Collaborate
- Blackboard assignments, discussions, and tests
- More TBA
Published: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:15:25 +0000 by l.ryder