Bad weather, natural disasters, and other emergencies may result in missed class time for instructors and students. Because it’s not always possible to schedule additional instructional hours within a quarter, we have posted a number of resources that can help you and your students when university operations are suspended. We also offers practical advice on using technology when classes can’t meet.
Asynchronous instructional options
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| title | Pre-record your lectures |
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Pre-recording lectures works for classes of any size and is especially useful for large lectures. It’s an excellent option for students who may not be available during class time. Below are Panopto tutorials on: Digital video for education |
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| title | Assign online individual, paired or group work |
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Ideas for individual or group work: - Ask students to complete a Moodle quiz after viewing your pre-recorded lecture or completing assigned readings.
- Ask students to work on problems, projects, or drafts online. They can do so either individually, in pairs, or groups.
- After they submit their work, ask students to discuss it together.
- Students may do their work asynchronously, but are required to submit their assignments by a specific date and time.
Best practices for online paired or group work: - Use part, or all, of an assignment your students are already working on in class.
- Assign groups of students to do different readings and then facilitate asynchronous online discussions of the texts together.
- Use the Moodle peer review feature for students to submit rough drafts, and give each other feedback on drafts, as per a protocol you post on Canvas.
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Synchronous instructional options
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| title | Meet online via Zoom | Meet online via Zoom |
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Let your students know that you will meet with them at the usual day and time via Zoom. Advise them to be at their desktop or laptop ahead of time to try out the link you have sent them. Learn more about Zoom. Include some Zoom best practices in your email to students: - Use a computer that is in a quiet room, without other computers that are accessing Zoom.
- Click on the Zoom meeting link sent by the instructor.
- Unmute the audio and video at the bottom of the screen.
- When you are not talking, mute your audio.
- Use the chat feature if you have questions.
Record a Zoom meetingYour Zoom meeting can also be recorded to your computer and uploaded to Canvas. This is helpful for: Students who are unable to get online to join a live session.A small class that requires extensive interaction (be careful to remind students that the meeting is being recorded)
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Mixed asynchronous & synchronous teaching
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| title | Pre-record your lecture and offer a supplemental live Zoom meeting |
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Pre-record a lecture using Panopto (or Zoom), and offer a supplemental live meeting via Zoom for follow-up questions. This format does not require recording the follow-up session. If you decide to record the follow-up, be sure to let participants know the meeting is being recorded. |
Best practices
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| title | Recommended practices and "easy wins" |
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- Communicate fully and explicitly with students. Summarize all of the changes to your course on a dedicated Moodle age.
- Utilize Moodle announcements to keep your students up-to-date on any changes or modifications.
- Send a request to helpdesk@emu.edu to setup a phone or Zoom meeting if you need assistance using these tools.
- Take advantage of colleagues' ideas, departmental practices, and share your ideas.
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