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In the event that routine work or academic functions are disrupted due to prolonged campus or building closures, you may find it necessary to work or teach a class from off campus. We provide a variety of services to connect you with colleagues and students remotely so that work and learning can continue uninterrupted.

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titleVirtual Private Network (VPN)

Please note that most EMU and cloud resources, such as Moodle, myEMU, G-Suite and EMU Google Mail don’t require the use of VPN.

Services that do require the use of VPN include: Network Drives (G:/, H:/,P:/, Z:/).

EMU’s Virtual Private Network (VPN) creates a “tunnel” between your computer and the campus network that identifies you as a member of the Boston University community when you are not connected directly to the campus network, allowing you access to restricted networked resources. If you need to access resources that require connecting to VPN, please see our instructions for connecting with VPN.

Teaching Remotely

Asynchronous instructional options

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titlePre-record your lectures

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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titleAssign online individual, paired or group work

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 workshop activity for students to submit rough drafts, and give each other feedback on drafts, as per a protocol you post on CanvasMoodle.

Synchronous instructional options

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