Live Remote Delivery

Special Considerations for Live Remote Delivery and COVID-19

Accommodating COVID-19 illness or quarantine. Due to the need to accommodate students’ possible inability to attend class due to COVID-19, it would be wise to consider ways to make live components of the course available online. You might anticipate the following accommodations (please click on the link for information and training on that topic):

• Pre-recording lectures, demonstrations, etc.
• Recording in-person classroom sessions
• Granting extensions to due dates

Switching to online teaching after Thanksgiving break. All classes will be delivered fully online after the Thanksgiving break. You have already chosen live remote delivery so the transition should be seamless. As you consider what form your finals should take, you might be interested in the following:

• Assessment Options: Culminating Assessments vs. Comprehensive Final Exams

Improving Live Remote Teaching & Learning

Live Remote Delivery can benefit from the CORE Principles of Effective (Online) Teaching:

• Care for students and their learning
• Organization
• Relevance
• Evaluation and Assessment

Other Ideas for Improving Live Remote Courses

• Synchronous Online Classes: 10 Tips for Engaging Students (External Link)
• Eight Roles of an Effective Online Teacher (External Link)
• Review good practices for online teaching and learning (Video)
• Engaging Students Effectively in Live Online Class Sessions (Video)
• Before, During, and After: Facilitating Learning Online and In Class (Video)
• Engaging Students Online from Start to Finish (Video)
• Supporting Your Students’ Success Online (Video)
• Engaging Students Through Assessment (Video)

Tools for Live Remote Teaching

• Zoom
• Learning Management Systems (BYU Learning Suite and Canvas)
• Online Proctoring Options
• GoReact
• Other Communication & Collaboration Tools