Quick links: Student Engagement Strategies | Quizzes, Exams and Assessment Tips | Lecture Strategy and Production | Adjusting Courses for Remote Success
Student Engagement Strategies
Ian Straughn, Anthropology
Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:00-3:00 p.m. and by appointment
Email for Zoom link: ian.straughn@uci.edu
Topics he can assist with:
- Deciding whether to have live synchronous zoom sessions for your course
- What kinds of activities (besides straightforward lectures) to have in a synchronous session
- Using Zoom polls and breakout rooms
- Strategies for Canvas discussion boards
- Whether group work is possible remotely and how to do it effectively
- Developing assignments that encourage active student learning
- Strategies for active watching of recorded lectures and other media
- Strategies for active reading of course materials
- How to manage the zoom wall of avatars, initials, and the occasional live face when running a synchronous session
- Developing active roles for your TAs during live remote sessions
- Thinking through student accessibility issues & accommodations
Quizzes, Exams and Assessment Tips
Marek Kaminski, Political Science
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Email for Zoom link: mkaminsk@uci.edu
Helpful tutorials on quiz basics:
Lecture Strategy and Production
Kristin Turney, Sociology
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00-3:00 p.m. beginning Aug 10
Email for Zoom link: kristin.turney@uci.edu
Adjusting Courses for Remote Success
Gustavo Oliveira, Global and International Studies
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (Tuesdays will be topic structured; Thursdays will be open-ended)
Email for Zoom link: gustavo.oliveira@uci.edu
- August 4: Teaching Remotely for the First Time: Where to Start?
- August 11: Tweaking Syllabi and Learning Objectives for Better Remote Learning
Subsequent topics to be determined and will be sent via email to instructional list prior to start date/time.