Additional Resources
The following web sites and documents offer a variety of suggestions and "better practices" for remote teaching. Many are specific to the schools that produced them, but all offer useful advice that can be adapted.
See also: Xavier Library's index of resources that have been made available during the COVID-19 epidemic
Instructional Continuity Planning
An instructional continuity plan is a plan to ensure that learning can continue even when face-to-face meeting is not possible.
- Quick Start Guide for Developing an Instructional Continuity Plan (CAT Food Blog)
- Preparing to Teach During an Interruption: Strategies for Maintaining Instructional Continuity Workshop (CAT+FD Workshop)
- Instructional Continuity Planning Worksheets (Washington College)
- Instruction Continuity Plan Examples (Georgetown University)
Emergency Remote Teaching
Remote teaching is the use of technology to allow teaching and learning to take place during a temporary emergency.
- Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption (Jenae Cohn and Beth Seltzer, Stanford University)
- Resources for Online Meetings, Classes and Events (Nancy White and Facilitators for Pandemic Response Group)
- Remote Exam Kit (Office of Academic Innovation, Portland State University)
- Best Practices for Online Tests (Center for Teaching Excellence, Pepperdine University)
- Putting some of your course content online in a hurry? We have resources for you! (Stacey Johnson, Vanderbilt University)
- Going Online in a Hurry (Michelle D. Miller, Chronicle of Higher Ed)
- Prepare to Move Online (in a Hurry) (Nathan Greeno, Inside Higher Ed)
Brightspace Resources
Brightspace is the Learning Management System (LMS) used by Xavier and is the best pedagogical technology to start with during an emergency.
- Brightspace How-to Guides (CAT Food Blog)
- Brightspace Tips (CAT Food Blog)
- Brightspace Help (D2L)
- Brightspace YouTube Channel (YouTube)
- Brightspace Community (D2L)
- Which Brightspace Tool should I use? (Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Memorial University)
- Embed Web 2.0 Tools in your Brightspace Course (Millersville University)
Resources for Technology Tools
Beyond Brightspace, there are a variety of technologies that can be used to provide teaching, learning, and assessment.
- Blog, Wiki or Forum - which should you use? (University of New South Wales - Sydney)
- 50 Web Tools (CAT Food Blog)
- Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThreads (CAT Food Blog)
- Technology for Academics (Sue Frantz, Technology for Academics)
- Virtual Laboratories in Teaching and Learning Science (Scientix Blog)
- Learning Outcomes/Technology Tools Matrix (University of New South Wales - Sydney)
Accessibility Resources
When using technology to teach, try to ensure that materials are accessible to all students.
- Accessibility in Education (CAT Food Blog)
- Brightspace Accessibility Information
- Tips for Creating Accessible Content
- Headings (CAT Food Blog)
- Text Formatting (CAT Food Blog)
- Descriptive Links (CAT Food Blog)
- Alternative Text (Alt Text) (CAT Food Blog)
- Describing Complex Images (CAT Food Blog)
- Lists (CAT Food Blog)
- Tables (CAT Food Blog)
- Creating Accessible Course Content In Microsoft Word (D2L)
- Creating Accessible Course Content In Microsoft PowerPoint (D2L)
- Six Tips For Making Online Courses Accessible (D2L)
- Introduction to Web Accessibility (Web Accessibility in Mind)
- Open Education Resources (OER) and Accessibility (Merlot)
- Universal Design for Learning (CAST)
- Web Accessibility (Purdue University)
- Microsoft Accessibility Resources (Microsoft)
- PDF Accessibility: Best Practices (Adobe)
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