Remote Teaching and Learning Tools
Whether you need to teach or meet remotely, the following workshops, videos, guides, and webinars will help you get started.
Working and Teaching Online
Teaching Online
Zoom
Zoom is the university's primary tool for delivering online courses synchronously. Below is a list of useful tip sheets, videos, and web articles on using Zoom:
- Setting up a Zoom Account for Virtual Teaching - tip sheet
- How to Manage a Zoom Room like an Expert - tip sheet
- Learn how to secure your virtual classroom from malicious activity - blog post
- Getting the Most from Zoom - video
- Setting Up Positive Learning Environments in Zoom - web article
- Sharing Video with Sound in Zoom - tip sheet
- Allowing Users to Schedule Zoom Meetings on your Behalf - tip sheet
- Creating Breakout Rooms in Zoom on Behalf of Someone Else - tip sheet
- Pre-assigning Participants to Breakout Rooms using CSV File - tip sheet
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning offers online synchronous classes on Zoom, such as Using Zoom to Facilitate Online Classes. Visit the Taylor Institute course calendar to register for classes.
Find more information on how to use Zoom on the eLearn @ UCalgary website
Video
YuJa
Learn how to use YuJa to record, edit, and publish videos of your lectures:
- YuJa: Getting started, recording, and editing - video
- YuJa: Publishing - video
Find more information on how to use YuJa on the eLearn @ UCalgary website.
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning offers an online synchronous class called Using YuJa in Teaching and Learning. Visit their course calendar to find upcoming sessions and to sign up.
Snagit
Learn how to use Snagit to capture and edit screenshots and make basic screencast videos.
Meeting Online
Here are some additional topics related to holding online meetings:
Microsoft Teams
Managing Staff
Learning Technology Coaches
Learning Technology Coaches support the implementation of learning technology tools as the campus community transitions to online and remote teaching. Coaches are available to support academic staff design and implement their online courses, adapt to new learning technologies, and assist with session scheduling and facilitation.
- Work with a Coach - sign up for sessions and request help
Online Learning Sessions
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning offers online classes on a wide range of teaching and learning topics to assist UCalgary faculty and staff. These include topics relating to Zoom, YuJa, and D2L. Here are some examples:
Zoom
- Using Zoom to Facilitate Online Classes
- Handling Challenges in the Zoom Classroom
YuJa
- Using YuJa in Teaching and Learning
D2L
- D2L Work Session
- Use D2L to Collect Assignments and Provide Student Feedback
- Putting your Content Online
- Creating Quizzes Online
- Setting Up Online Discussions in D2L
- Communicating with Students using D2L
Teaching Online
- Teaching Online Program - Special Edition
- Designing and Facilitating Group Work in Online Courses
- Course Design Essentials
- Online Feedback Strategies and Rubrics
- Promoting Student Engagement and Active Learning on Discussion Boards
- Online Student Assessment
- Flipping Your Online Course
- Engaging Students Online
- Best Practices for Designing a Quality Rubric
Visit the Taylor Institute course calendar to register for classes.
D2L
D2L (formerly known as Desire2Learn and now also known as Brightspace) is the learning management system (LMS) used at the University of Calgary. Design a course that effectively uses the tools that are available within the D2L learning environment and host online courses.
Find more information on how to use Zoom and D2L on the eLearn @ UCalgary website.
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning offers online synchronous classes on D2L, such as:
- D2L Work Session
- Use D2L to Collect Assignments and Provide Student Feedback
- Putting your Content Online
- Creating Quizzes Online
- Setting Up Online Discussions in D2L
- Communicating with Students using D2L
Visit the Taylor Institute course calendar to register for classes.
PIVOT MedEd
PIVOT MedEd is a national collaboration of medical educators helping each other pivot our curricula in this time of coronavirus pandemic. Here you will find some general resources to assist you in pivoting to an online or virtual curriculum.
General Resources
COVID-19 Research Collaboration
For faculty, postdocs, students, and staff engaged in COVID-19 research and related activities
Remote Experiential Learning Resources
Course disruption can be especially challenging when the course includes experiential learning (EL). Simply put, online EL will not fully replicate an in-person experience. In this unprecedented global event, we must consider alternate arrangements. With intentional design and assessment, online EL can facilitate some of the knowledge and skill development that would normally occur in-person. This page lists some resources to get you started on thinking through how you might approach the task.