This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of sharing your videos using linking or Embedding.
PowerPoint as a Virtual Background in Zoom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHl608ufAk If you're hoping to enhance your virtual presentations, you might consider this feature within Zoom, which allows you to achieve a green screen effect over your presentation content. Learn more in this video, or on AJ...
Preparing for a Successful Online Course: Communicating with Students
When creating an online course, there are some key details to keep in mind in order to ensure success for both you as an educator and your students. These include clearly communicating your intentions with your students from the start, being prepared technologically,...
Preparing for a Successful Online Course: Preparing Strategically
When creating an online course, there are some key details to keep in mind in order to ensure success for both you as an educator and your students. These include clearly communicating your intentions with your students from the start, being prepared technologically,...
Preparing for a Successful Online Course: Preparing Technologically
When creating an online course, there are some key details to keep in mind in order to ensure success for both you as an educator and your students. These include clearly communicating your intentions with your students from the start, being prepared technologically,...
Pro Camera as your Web Camera
In order to bring up the production value of your online course recordings, consider using a DSLR camera as a webcam. Learn more from AJ Barse 's post, Pro Camera as Your Web Camera. Image Attribution: "photographer-455747_960_720" by Free-Photos is in the Public...
Pronoun Customization in Online Learning
Anyone can share their pronouns with online learning platforms such as Canvas and Zoom. This can help prevent instructors and other students from unintentionally misgendering one another, helping to create a more inclusive and welcoming online community. Explore...
Reclaiming and Diversifying College Office Hours
By: Rita Daniels, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, WWU Holding office hours is a typical university requirement for instructors. They allow students to receive additional support for course content, be motivated to do better, receive professional advice,...
Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in Online Courses
Regular and Substantive Interaction is a United States Department of Education regulation that outlines the requirements for instructor interaction in online courses. These requirements help distinguish online courses from correspondence courses. Learn more about RSI...
Setting Up an External Vixia Camera to Use as a Webcam
This video from WWU's Manager of ATUS Video Services, Robert B. Clark, gives you a guided tour in setting up a Vixia camera when there is a need for more camera capabilities for a video conference session. Setting Up an External Vixia Camera to Use as a Webcam from...
Sharing Your Video Library with Individuals or a Class
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to customize your video settings to share with a class or individuals and to set permission levels for viewing the videos.
Storing Zoom Recordings as Class Records with a Retention Policy in Panopto
At Western, class recordings fall in the category of course content that should be saved in a secure location for three months after final grade for the course is recorded and any academic grievances have been resolved. See: WWU Retention Schedule for Teaching &...
Student Response System and Student Polling
Socrative Pro is a student response system that can help instructors to poll their students anonymously, gauge student learning through quizzes, and complement their discussions with interactive approaches, all of which are helpful to increase student...
Teaching Handbook: FERPA Toolkit
FERPA compliance is essential in the classroom, but sometimes keeping up with FERPA compliance in a technologically advanced classroom can be confusing. Learn more about FERPA best practices... Teaching Handbook: FERPA Toolkit Image Attribution: Chintuzza - The Noun...
Top Tips for Online Student Engagement
by Meg Weber, Director of Community Engagement and Executive Education, Head Instructor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, WWU As faculty members, so often we can feel like our connection with students is less than it was in the past. We recall bustling days of...
Tune Up Your Recording Setup
https://youtu.be/c5qtaaaThPc As working from home continues to exist as an essential part of our everyday lives, you may begin to notice that your home setup could use a refresher. Check out this video by AJ Barse, or this page:...
Using Microlearning to Improve Teaching
Definition Microlearning is learning bursts of new information in small parts at a time. Some key features tend to include1: Sessions under 10 minutes Targeted simple and/or narrow topics Tasks be completed in-person or virtually Information paired...
Using Microsoft Teams in your Online or Hybrid Course
Explore the ATUS page, Using Microsoft Teams in your Online or Hybrid Course, to learn how to use Microsoft Teams educators to schedule and conduct online class discussions and course lectures, conduct online office hours, securely record student presentations, and...
Using the Canvas Chat Tool
This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of adding the Canvas (simple) chat menu item and using it in your class. For assistance with Canvas, see: Canvas Help at WWU.
Web Conferencing in Zoom
Zoom web conferencing has become an essential tool in our current era of digital communication. It is an effective method for faculty to connect with their students and the community, and is a way of maintaining everyday conversation with the people around us - even...
WesternOnline Presents Build Bits!
We know it’s difficult to balance daily work activities with finding the time to squeeze in professional development around online teaching and learning. That’s why WesternOnline is announcing Build Bits! Build Bits are 30-minute bite-sized trainings that combine...
WesternOnline: Classroom Management in Video Facilitated, Synchronous Courses
Organize your presentation file(s), websites, or other digital resources that you plan to share via the share screen feature or as links in the chat. Explore:...
WesternOnline: Mixed Modality: Face-to-Face and Online Synchronous Students
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Planning for a course that has students attending both face-to-face and via synchronous video conferencing should be planned with your synchronous,...
WesternOnline: Online Best Practices
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Learn more about online basics, student engagement, accessibility, and equity... Explore: Online Best Practices WesternOnline Resources for Online...
WesternOnline: Student Engagement
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Learn more about strategies and methods that can help you increase student engagement in online courses--and with any course modality using online...
WesternOnline: Teaching and Learning Hub
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. In order to learn more about how to create high quality and engaging online courses, visit: Explore: Western Online Teaching and Learning Hub...
WesternOnline: Teaching Synchronously with Video Conferencing
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU’s Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Learn more about strategies and methods for teaching synchronous classes. Explore:...