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| − | + | Your Sakai site is your "hub" for all class activities. | |
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| − | + | * All '''credit classes''' already have a Sakai site for Spring 2020 | |
| − | For non-credit classes, | + | * For '''non-credit classes''', the '''[https://forms.gle/CbLfi2iQqKu2ojiLA Sakai Course Site Request Form for Non-Credit Courses]''' must be submitted in order to get a site created. |
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| − | * | + | ===Sakai Training=== |
| − | + | * Instructors must complete the [https://training.durhamtech.edu/node/644 Intro to Sakai] online workshop before they can get access to their Sakai sites. | |
| − | * | + | * [https://training.durhamtech.edu/node/647 Intermediate Sakai] - All instructors who do not have online teaching experience should register for and complete this workshop! |
| + | * Both workshops are online and self-paced. For more details see [[Sakai Training]]. | ||
| + | * TO REGISTER: Visit [https://training.durhamtech.edu training.durhamtech.edu] | ||
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| + | ===Sakai Support and Self-Help=== | ||
| + | * [[Sakai Resources for Instructors]] - provides links to detailed info on every tool in Sakai. | ||
| + | * Instructors can email sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu for assistance. | ||
==Training for online instruction== | ==Training for online instruction== | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 16 March 2020
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Contents
Sakai
Your Sakai site is your "hub" for all class activities.
- All credit classes already have a Sakai site for Spring 2020
- For non-credit classes, the Sakai Course Site Request Form for Non-Credit Courses must be submitted in order to get a site created.
Sakai Training
- Instructors must complete the Intro to Sakai online workshop before they can get access to their Sakai sites.
- Intermediate Sakai - All instructors who do not have online teaching experience should register for and complete this workshop!
- Both workshops are online and self-paced. For more details see Sakai Training.
- TO REGISTER: Visit training.durhamtech.edu
Sakai Support and Self-Help
- Sakai Resources for Instructors - provides links to detailed info on every tool in Sakai.
- Instructors can email sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu for assistance.
Training for online instruction
Sakai contains many tools to support online instruction, including discussion forums, online tests/quizzes, assignment submission tool, gradebook, and a “Lessons” tool for organizing and presenting content.
The Intermediate Sakai online workshop covers all of these tools as well as best practices for using them in online instruction.
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All instructors without online teaching experience should register for Intermediate Sakai at training.durhamtech.edu. |
Convert PowerPoint lectures to videos
PowerPoint contains tools for adding voice narrations to your slides. You can then export your narrated PowerPoint to a video and upload it to Sakai using a special tool in Sakai called Warpwire.
For instructions, see:
Narrating PowerPoints & Sharing Them on Warpwire (PDF)
Hold an online meeting (webinar) with your class
Meetings (BigBlueButton) is a webinar tool available in Sakai that allows instructors to hold live, online meetings with students.
- You can display presentations, use a white board, use audio and/or a webcam, chat with your students, share your desktop, record the meeting, and more.
- Meetings is a synchronous tool, which means users have to be online at the same time to interact. You can record your Meetings, and students can view the recordings in Sakai.
For details and handouts, visit:
Sakai Meetings (BigBlueButton)
Create videos, audio recordings, and screencasts
Sakai contains a tool called Warpwire for creating videos or audio recordings and sharing them with students. With Warpwire, instructors can…
- use a webcam to record a video of themselves talking
- create an audio-only recording
- record a “screencast” demonstrating something on their computer screen
- record a video on a phone or tablet and share with students in Sakai
For details and step-by-step handouts, visit:
go.durhamtech.edu/warpwire
Support resources
For students
Contact Sakai Support - lists support options available, including how to contact the 24/7 Sakai Help Desk.
Sakai Help for Students has videos and FAQs to help students log in, post in a forum, take an online test, submit an assignment, and more.
For instructors
Sakai Resources for Instructors includes pretty much everything there is to know about Sakai and has links to detailed help for every tool in Sakai.
Email sakaihelp@durhamtech.edu with questions or problems.
- BE SPECIFIC. Tell us your course & section number, the name of the specific test/quiz/forum/assignment, and the name of a specific student affected (if applicable).
More tips and resources
- Durham Tech’s Curriculum Online Course Guidelines
The college's expectations for teaching online are laid out in 20 succinct guidelines. Click "Expand" to the right of a guideline to see specific ideas and resources.
- Indiana University: Keep Teaching
Lots of great strategies for communication, delivering lectures, running labs, assessing learning, etc.
- UNC-CH: Preparation for Teaching Online and Strategies
Note that UNC uses Zoom for online meetings. Durham Tech uses a different but similar tool called Meetings
- Vanderbilt University: Putting some of your course content online in a hurry
Good suggestions for a variety teaching scenarios. (Note that Vanderbilt uses different tools than Durham Tech, but similar tools are available here.)
- How to Be a Better Online Teacher: Advice Guide
An online teaching guru shares great advice in this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education
