April 2019

1. Getting started
with teaching online
Jennifer Englund & Yelena Yan
Academic Technology Support Services
March 2019
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

2. About us
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Jennifer Englund
Academic Technologist,
ATSS
Contact info:
email, Twitter
Yelena Yan
Academic Technologist,
ATSS
Contact info:
yanxx016@umn.edu
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

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Informal poll: who’s here today?
In the chat, indicate if your primary role is:
● Teaching (faculty, instructor, TA, etc)
● Staff (instructional designer, librarian, etc)
● Student (undergrad, graduate, professional)
● A different one! (share in the chat)
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

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Informal poll: what brought you here today?
In the chat, share...
● What brought you here today?
● What do you hope to learn or share?
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

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Agenda
● Overview of existing resources
● Share examples of [different parts of] online courses
● Set up activities and assessments - drop-in sessions
● Open Q&A
Use the chat as a backchannel - pose questions, answer questions,
think aloud what’s on your mind
Image: chatting by Kathleen Black from the Noun Project

6. Existing resources
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Curated list of existing resources
● Canvas Basics (video)
● Canvas Overview (text)
● Create and organize content
● UMN Libraries
● Teach Online
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

8. Examples of online courses
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Curated list of existing resources
● Discussions
○ text-based → video-based
● Online debate
● Groups
○ Shuffle each week
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

10. Set up activities & assessments
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You are not alone!
There are many online teaching resources available across our campuses.
Keep Teaching website
● text/video-based materials
● drop-in consultation sessions
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline

12. Open Q&A
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Current questions, challenges, successes...
What’s on your mind? What can we help with?
slide link: z.umn.edu/teachonline