All University classrooms are equipped so that students and faculty can participate in classroom sessions in multiple modalities (remote, hybird, in-person). Watch this short video demonstration<\/a> of the \u201cremote ready\u201d features of University classrooms or this video demonstration of the entire teaching station<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n In addition to the permanent multimedia in 116 rooms, 12 portable\u00a0OWL systems<\/a> provide portable remote, hybrid or in-person videoconferencing for smaller seminar room areas and other rooms where permanent fixtures are less practical. Four audio, conferencing and video setups offer complete remote system setups for alternative spaces not normally considered as classrooms, such as large meeting rooms or even some protected spaces out-of-doors.<\/p>\n Several options exist at Furman for effectively delivering content in your courses. Instructional technology and learning management systems can be utilized to engage students collaboratively, regardless of their specific mode of course engagement.<\/p>\n Below is an overview of some of the instructional technology that we recommend you utilize for your instruction, ordered by the level of enterprise-level support provided by our ITS colleagues. As you consider the technology best suited for your needs, please remember:<\/p>\n At Furman, every student is automatically enrolled in Moodle courses and each faculty member is encouraged to utilize the learning management system as a “hub” of online course material. In Moodle, you can ask students to:<\/p>\n To activate Turnitin through Moodle, complete the following steps:<\/p>\n For more information, see a comprehensive guide from Turnitin<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the best options for holding virtual synchronous class sessions is to utilize Zoom<\/a>. All Furman faculty, staff, and students have access to a Furman Zoom Professional account. If you do not yet have a Zoom account, please contact Susan Dunnavant<\/a> to obtain one.<\/p>\n The Zoom interface, for example, includes video conferencing, a chat window, screen sharing, and whiteboard features that make engagement highly interactive. Students join via a link you provide.\u00a0 For a comprehensive guide to educating through zoom, including tips on how to get started, instructions on setting up a session, and information about how to record videos or class sessions and utilize interactive features like small group breakout rooms, visit here<\/a>. Professor of Classics Chris Blackwell has these tips for utilizing multiple devices<\/a> to facilitate FurmanFlex instruction through Zoom. A full list of Zoom video tutorials<\/a> and frequently asked questions<\/a> is available online and don’t forget to consider how to make your Zoom sessions more inclusive<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zoom Operation Notes:<\/em><\/p>\n Upload course readings, create collaborative work space, and invite students (or student teams) to annotate documents with questions, connections, or links to resources that provide more detail in Box<\/a>. These documents can be directly linked in Moodle. In Box, you can set up folders for specific purposes (e.g. in-class group work), and then share that folder with all the members of your class (or post a link to the folder in your Moodle course). If you’ve shared the folder (or the link to an openly accessible folder), any of your students can create and edit shared documents in that folder. There are both word processing (word) and spreadsheet (excel) options within Box. Box also has features allowing for <\/span><\/span>collaboration on documents via Microsoft Office 365. For more information about how to use Box at Furman, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Integrated into your Microsoft system,\u00a0Microsoft Teams<\/a> allows you to chat, meet, call, and collaborate all in one place, no matter where you are. Resources for exploring and utilizing this resource are\u00a0available here<\/span><\/a>, including a recorded workshop overview of the platform and a \u201cQuick Start\u201d guide.<\/p>\n Once a team is created (you can create teams for each of your courses), you can allow members to collaborate on group projects, set up video class meetings with up to 250 people and access, share, and edit Word docs, PowerPoint, and Excel files in real time. Teams also has a\u00a0Real Simple with Pictures<\/a>\u00a0feature that allows you to play video with virtual meetings, or the Stream app can be used to show longer films and videos that can be shared with specific groups. A host of end-user tutorials for Teams are available\u00a0here<\/a>. To access Teams from your Outlook web browser, click on the grid in the top left-hand corner of your browser that says “App launcher” and select Teams. \u00a0From your desktop Window menu, click Start. > Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n Email can be an interactive and effective low-tech tool when needed. You might, for example, invite students to email you a non-conventional reading response that is short and non-replicable. \u00a0For instance you could ask students to:<\/p>\n If certain types of synchronous interaction aren\u2019t available because of increased demand or if internet access is limited altogether, you may want to have <\/span><\/span>email distribution lists<\/span><\/span><\/a> developed for each of your courses as a back-up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAt a minimum, on-campus classrooms include:<\/h5>\n
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Both on and off campus, you have access to:<\/h5>\n
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Moodle Tutorials:<\/h5>\n
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Turnitin – Moodle Feature<\/h4>\n
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Box<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Furman Lightboard<\/strong><\/h4>\n