“Resources for rapidly converting to online instruction [Some are being updated to have specific Covid-19 referecnes, but most are “disaster preparedness]” – Andrew McMichael

“This scholarlyteacher.com post offers a few considerations that may make the end result smoother for both faculty and students.” – Todd Zakrajsek and Kathryn Smith

“This link bit.ly/rtresourcelist from the POD listserv takes you to a listing of how colleges across the nation are addressing this event. The list is up to around 200 colleges and focuses on how to handle the teaching online suddenly question, and a shorter list of how to keep the support offices open and critical committee work rolling.” – Amy Ingram

“AUM is also providing an instruction continuity guide that would help faculty members transition their on campus courses to online mode. Information on the instruction continuity guide can be found on the Office of Online and Digital Learning website.” – Mrinal Varma

Go to:
https://sharepoint.aum.edu/academicadvisors/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx

“We can still complete grade changes, grade adjustments, and repeat-to-replace requests with a slight modification of the process. When you and your advisee determine that GAP or RTR are appropriate, you should fill out the form (available on SharePoint or from me), send the form to your advisee for his/her signature, and then either of you may forward to me. If it is not possible for the student to print, sign, and return the form, a specific email request from the student will suffice when accompanied by the completed form. A student could take a picture of the signed form if necessary.” – Kim Brackett

“As many of you are already away from the office, I wanted to remind you how to access your voicemail remotely. You should dial 334-244-3030 to be connected to the voicemail system. You will be asked to enter your extension and your password to gain access. Once logged in, you can follow the menu to listen to any accumulated messages and to update your personal greeting. I just changed my outgoing message so that it includes my email address as the preferred contact method at this time.” – Kim Brackett

“The major textbook publishers have decided to offer e-books for free for campuses that have been shut down.  Please review the list of participating publishers and see if your textbook is among those being made available and then pass the information along to your students.

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/user/signin

The library is currently working on creating a list of books available from our Reserves and SGA Textbooks program. (List of physical books available:  http://libguides.aum.edu/er.php?course_id=36868&preview=4b2b9e39160abf7ef6be789d0cf28970)

Here’s the press release from VitalSource: VitalSource Helps supports students who may have lost access to course materials due to a campus moving online to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Students and instructors at impacted 2 and 4-year non-profit institutions in the U.S. can now access an expansive catalog of e-texts through May 25, 2020, at no charge. This program is made possible by the support of leading publishers, campus retailers, and independent bookstores in higher education.

Students simply log into the VitalSource Bookshelf app using their school email address and can then find and view course materials from participating publishers via VitalSource’s Explore capabilities within Bookshelf.

Students who need assistance accessing free eTexts can visit  https://press.vitalsource.com/vitalsource-helps​

To view a list of publishers and resellers who are supporting this effort, visit  https://get.vitalsource.com/vitalsource-helps-full-list-of-participants

As always, please let the library know how we can help you and your students during this time. The library will be open and available for faculty and students to use. See our hours here: http://aumnicat.aum.edu/library-hours” – Samantha McNeilly

“Your students are going to be balancing due dates and times for all of their classes and may have never had an online course before. Rather than having multiple or varying due dates, pick one day and time for the entire online segment of your course and stick with that. I have my students turn in all of their work by 10pm each Sunday for the entire semester.

In terms of making online teaching easier on you, I cannot recommend this enough. Prior to switching to this style, I constantly had to readjust deadlines, send out multiple reminders, forgive late work because of confusion, etc.” – Jill Martiniuk, University of South Florida

“Given the number of people who will be using Zoom in the coming weeks, have a plan for students who cannot get online. Either be sure to record your lessons (which I suggest in general) or an alternative assignment for students.” – Jill Martiniuk, University of South Florida

“While your students might be really adept at social media, don’t assume that transfers over to other areas. Many of my students haven’t yet learned skills like merging PDFs. They might be going from no online classes to three to five online classes in a week. As overwhelmed as you might be at teaching an unexpected online class, they’re equally overwhelmed at suddenly being in multiple online classes each with different expectations, assignments, and deadlines.

Creating a bank of videos (YouTube has so many quick, useful ones) for basic skills or a FAQ (ex: “How do I switch my Mac/PC keyboard to Cyrillic?”) for basic digital literacy could be really helpful and save you from having to answer the same question over and over again in email” – Jill Martiniuk, University of South Florida

“This article is a practical viewpoint – recognizing the chaotic circumstances under which our students will be operating.” – Lee Farrow