Center for Academic Technology

Keep Calm and Teach On

Tips to Keep teaching during Campus Disruptions

This page was designed to support the University's online delivery of the curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic and other significant campus disruptions. The University has also prepared a companion site called Keep Calm Work On for the members of the Butler community who are now working from home.

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Technology Trainings, Tutorials and Resources

Canvas	Zoom	Panopto
Getting Started with Canvas - CAT recorded training Canvas Quizzes - CAT recorded training Canvas Assignments - CAT recorded training Canvas Speedgrader - CAT recorded training Canvas Collaborations - CAT recorded training Panopto/Canvas Studio - CAT recorded training Use Canvas Modules structure course content and links Communicate with students using Canvas Announcements Use Canvas Quizzes and Assignments for assessments; Also, see Tips to Reduce the Impact of Cheating in Online Assessment (NIU). Use Speedgrader for giving feedback & scores Promote collaboration using Discussions and Groups Canvas 101 Self-Paced Online Training - Offered by CAT Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is a standard set of specifications for allowing third party learning applications to integrate with educational platforms. Third-party LTI integration allows the application to connect to Canvas. Before submitting your request, view the list of LTIs that have either been approved or requested. All new tool requests for Canvas LTIs must go through the LTI approval process. The approval process for each tool will include reviews for Functionality, Accessibility, Security, FERPA, Legal, Cost, as well as other factors.	Meeting Security How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom Event (Zoom article) Preventing Unwanted Guests from your Zoom Meetings (ask.butler.edu) Settings for Preventing Zoom-Bombing (Berkeley) Advising Advising: Setting up Zoom meeting - CAT recorded training Advising: Creating Sign up times in Canvas - CAT recorded training Advising: How Students Sign Up - CAT recorded training Training Getting Started with Zoom - CAT recorded training Zoom Next Steps - CAT recorded training Zoom Training Videos - Vendor training Comprehensive Guide to Educating Through Zoom - Vendor Training Tips and Tricks for Teachers Educating on Zoom Tips and Tricks for Administrators and Staff Student Tips for Participating in Online Learning Live Training, Recorded Training, and Zoom Meetings for Education Training Inviting a guest speaker to your Zoom meeting Enabling Zoom in Canvas - Note: Zoom can also be used independently from Canvas Adding a Zoom Recording to Canvas (Instructors) Submitting a Zoom Recording to Canvas (Students) Using Zoom for Boardwork Using Your Smartphone as a Doc Cam	Panopto for Beginners - CAT recorded training How to Use Panopto to Record Asynchronous Course Content (Instructors) How to Create a Panopto Assignment Folder for Student-Created Videos Panopto Butler Libguide Panopto Vendor Training Videos Using Panopto with Canvas on a PC Using Panopto with Canvas on a Mac Student Instructions - How to Create a Panopto Recording and Submit to a Canvas Assignment/Discussion Panopto/Canvas Studio Training - CAT recorded training

Canvas

Zoom

Panopto

Getting Started with Canvas - CAT recorded training
Canvas Quizzes - CAT recorded training
Canvas Assignments - CAT recorded training
Canvas Speedgrader - CAT recorded training
Canvas Collaborations - CAT recorded training
Panopto/Canvas Studio - CAT recorded training
Use Canvas Modules structure course content and links
Communicate with students using Canvas Announcements
Use Canvas Quizzes and Assignments for assessments;
Also, see Tips to Reduce the Impact of Cheating in Online Assessment (NIU).
Use Speedgrader for giving feedback & scores
Promote collaboration using Discussions and Groups
Canvas 101 Self-Paced Online Training - Offered by CAT
Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is a standard set of specifications for allowing third party learning applications to integrate with educational platforms. Third-party LTI integration allows the application to connect to Canvas. Before submitting your request, view the list of LTIs that have either been approved or requested.

All new tool requests for Canvas LTIs must go through the LTI approval process. The approval process for each tool will include reviews for Functionality, Accessibility, Security, FERPA, Legal, Cost, as well as other factors.

Meeting Security

How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom Event (Zoom article)
Preventing Unwanted Guests from your Zoom Meetings (ask.butler.edu)
Settings for Preventing Zoom-Bombing (Berkeley)

Advising

Training

Vendor Support Services

Canvas 24x7 Faculty support hotline: 1-844-483-5027 or via Chat
Canvas 24x7 Student support hotline: 1-844-483-5026 or via Chat
Zoom 24X7 support

Center for Academic Technology (CAT)

Butler Center for Academic Technology (CAT) - In the event of an extended campus disruption, CAT staff will likely work remotely but continue to provide ongoing support via telephone, email, and web conferencing with Zoom. All faculty should email or call CAT as usual. Note: CAT Equipment checkout service will be temporarily unavailable or limited during a campus closure.

Request consultation
Request workshop
Submit a question via email: cat@butler.edu
Browse CAT website at www.butler.edu/cat

Online Teaching Support and Resources

CAT Instructional Designers (CAT-ID)

CAT is staffed with two Instructional Designers who are available to consult with faculty to implement quick tips and best practices for course design, facilitation, rubrics, and assessment. CAT-ID staff continues to provide ongoing support via telephone, email, and web conferencing with Zoom. All faculty should email or call the instructional designers to request consultation or training.

Email: cat-id@butler.edu
Call 317-940-6212

More Information on Designing and Facilitating Online Courses

Best Practices for Designing and Teaching Online Courses is training to create a new online course or convert a traditional course online. Content and assignments offer templates and step-by-step information on content planning and resources, instructional techniques for activities, course organization, and feedback from instructional designers for the specific course you are developing. Sign up here.

Preparing for Your Final Exams

Exam Security Considerations

Write questions that require higher-order thinking (like an application or case-based questions) rather than memorization.
Consider adding short answer and/or essay questions to a standard multiple-choice exam.
Pull your exam questions from a variety of sources. Be cautious when using test banks from publishers since both the questions and answers likely are easily found through a simple google search.
Randomize questions within the exam.
Randomize answer options within each question.
Set up an exam so one question appears at a time and must be answered before the next question appears.
Use a specific and narrow time limit to discourage learners from accessing other resources. Recommended time limits based on question type:
- 1 minute per multiple choice
- 2 minutes per short answer
- 10-15 min per short essay
- 30-60 min per major essay
Limit the feedback learners will receive from Canvas immediately after they complete the exam by clicking the ‘Restrict student result view’ in New Quiz Settings. Access instructions on how to adjust the settings in New Quizzes.
Limit the course content available to learners during the quiz window. View three options for limiting content in Canvas modules.

Exam Administration Considerations

Since there are no in-person final exams in Fall 2020, choose alternative approaches, such as:

Assigning a final paper or project in lieu of an exam
Assigning a take-home final (delivered and returned electronically) that is open-book and open-note
Assigning a time-limited online final exam

If you wish to assign a final exam, it must be administered online. When administering exams online, there are two windows of time to consider:

1. The window of time during which the exam is available for students to access and begin taking the exam (e.g., exam is available from Monday at 5 pm EDT until Wednesday at 9 pm EDT; a window of time allows flexibility for students taking classes in a wide range of time zones). When setting this window of time, please ensure you include the regularly scheduled final exam time for the course in question, as published on the schedule here: Registration and Records webpage.

2. The time limit students have to complete the exam once they begin taking it (e.g., students have 90 minutes to complete the exam). Students with documented accommodations related to the amount of time available to complete an exam must receive those accommodations relative to the amount of time other students have to complete the exam once they begin taking it. For questions about accommodations, contact SDS by email atsds@butler.edu or by phone at 317-940-9308.

Posting Exam Grades Within Canvas

The default setting in Canvas Gradebook is to automatically post grades. This means as soon as you grade a learner’s exam, they see the grade with any feedback you provide. We recommend changing the grade posting policy within Canvas to Manually Post Grades. This provides you with time to make adjustments to grades (like curving or throwing out exam questions) before learners see grades.

Additional Butler Resources

If you need guidance entering exams into Canvas New Quizzes or adjusting the settings in New Quizzes, use the following recorded webinar. Please click on the link to view the recording.
- Canvas Quizzes– Creating Quizzes, exploring question types, manipulating quiz settings

Resources:

Teaching Online in a Pinch (tips for preparing your students and yourself for online)
8 Lessons Learned from Online Teaching
Butler Librarian Support for Online Teaching
MERLOT: Preparing Teachers & Students for Online Learning

Most face-to-face instructional strategies can be adapted and accomplished in an online format.

The table below shows which academic technology best accomplishes common teaching strategies.

Online Teaching Strategy	Recommended Technology
Lecture delivery (synchronous, live)	Zoom
Lecture delivery (asynchronous, recorded)	Panopto
Class Discussions (synchronous)	Zoom
Class Discussions (asynchronous)	Canvas Discussions
Student Presentations (synchronous, live)	Zoom
Student Presentations (asynchronous, recorded)	Panopto
Student Group Work	Group Sites in Canvas
Share Readings and Web Materials	Canvas
Student Assessments	Canvas Quizzes & Assignments
Student Assessment Feedback	Canvas Speedgrader, Canvas Grades
Office Hours / Advising Appointments	Telephone, Zoom

Resources for Science Labs

Some types of labs and lab instruction may be able to move online with limited loss of fidelity. Science instructors are encouraged to explore the following resources for approaches:

JoVE - Promotes science education by making and publishing videos of scientific experiments from laboratories around the world.
MERLOT - comprehensive learning object repository
Labster - Virtual online lab experiences

Guidance for Digital labs and simulations

Digital Labs and Simulations Teaching Guide (Vanderbilt)
Expanding the Virtual Classroom: Making Science Labs Available to Online Students (Wiley)
Using Your Smartphone as a Doc Cam (Butler guide)

Make Your Online Course Content Accessible

Computer Resources and Support

Equipment Considerations

In order to reliably deliver instruction off-campus, it will be prudent to use suitable technology equipment. Consider the following recommendations:

Reliable Internet: Make sure to have reliable internet connectivity. Broadband connections such as cable, fiber optic are strongly recommended;
- View tips for optimizing your home WiFi
- View tips for troubleshooting your home WiFi
Capable Computer: Use a newer model internet-capable computer with antivirus software and the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox browsers installed;
Audio and/or Video Capacity: For audio and/or video recording, it is strongly recommended that you use a high-quality USB mic/headset combo (such as the Logitech H390) as well as a webcam (most laptops already come installed with webcams). For an affordable USB doc cam, consider the IPEVO V4K.

NOTE: Contact IT at ask.butler.edu if you feel your equipment or internet connectivity is not sufficient to teach remotely.

Butler IT Help Desk

Search for answers or submit a case at ask.butler.edu

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