Teach Well
Past Online Workshop Recordings
Remote Teaching
Get ready with this series of workshops covering essential elements for successful remote teaching.
- Organizing Your Remote Course — April 3, 2020
- Consistent Calendaring for a Remote Course — April 6, 2020
- Transparency in Remote Courses — April 13, 2020
- Alignment in Remote Rourses — April 20, 2020
- Assessment in Remote Courses — April 27, 2020
- Variation of Activities in Remote Courses — May 4, 2020
- Presentation Slides (ppt)
- Building Community in Remote Courses — May 11, 2020
- Presentation Slides (ppt)
Blackboard Ally
Blackboard Ally is coming in Fall for everyone. Get a jumpstart and learn how this accessibility tool can help with your course materials.
- Blackboard Ally: Get Started! — April 9, 2020
- Making Accessible Word Documents — April 16, 2020
- Making Accessible PowerPoints — April 21, 2020
- Making PDF Documents Accessible — April 30, 2020
- Alternative Formats Available to Students — May 7, 2020
- Make Blackboard Itself More Accessible — May 14, 2020
Technology Tuesdays
Webinars to refresh your knowledge about the many tools and technologies available at CPP to support remote teaching.
- Zoom Breakout Rooms and Polls — October 6, 2020
- Gradescope — October 13, 2020
- OneDrive — October 20, 2020
- Facilitating Asynchronous Discussions — October 27, 2020
- Student Panel on Remote Learning — November 10, 2020
- Creating and Sharing Interactive Videos with Kaltura v.1 — November 17, 2020
- Blackboard Grade Center — December 1, 2020
- Zoom Best Practices — February 2, 2021
- MS Teams for Classes — February 9, 2021
- Blackboard Tests Best Practices — February 16, 2021
- Creating and Sharing Interactive Videos with Kaltura v.2 — February 23, 2021
- Labster and Other Fun Tools For Active Learning — March 2, 2021
- Virtual Software Lab, Presented by Lucas Lanting — March 9, 2021
Wall of COOL Speaker Series
- Offering Choices Encourages Engagement in Online Courses, presented by 2020 Wall of COOL awardee Stephanie Marin Rothman — October 29, 2020
- Nuts and Bolts of Writing an eBook, and the Benefits of Digital Publications, presented by 2021 Wall of COOL awardee Vernon Snyder — April 15, 2021
Prepare Ahead
Get Your Blackboard Course Ready
- Make your Blackboard course available to students
- Log into Blackboard.
- Open your course
- Navigate to your Control Panel (bottom-left menu) > Customization > Properties
- Select Yes next to Make Course Available
- Click Submit when done
- Upload your syllabus
- Add your course content
- Remind your students that all messages sent through Blackboard are sent to their CPP email.
Checklist
Task | Technology |
Hold remote office hours | Zoom Skype |
Distribute your syllabus digitally | Blackboard |
Distribute course resources | Blackboard |
Receive student assignments | Blackboard Turnitin |
Interact with Students | Blackboard Zoom Skype |
Capture and deliver course lectures | Camtasia YouTube Zoom PowerPoint built-in video |
Evaluate and deliver grades | Blackboard *Do not use email* |
Access voicemail from home | Voicemail Instruction Guides |
Technology Tools
Our Tools and Technologies page provides an overview and resources for a wide variety of useful tools.Acknowledgement
Some content on this page is based on Stony Brook University’s resources, CSU Channel Islands’ Keep Teaching site, and Georgetown University’s Instructional Continuity site.