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Distance/Online Strategies

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Distance education, including online and hybrid/blended, often utilizes different strategies than traditional face-to-face education. The distance classroom may also use transformed strategies from face-to-face, while also leveraging options & items specific to distance.

Featured resources:

* A Few Engagement Strategies at the Start of the Semester – A list of a few strategies that can help engage students and spark interest at the start of the semester.

* Blended Learning Toolkit – From the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the toolkit is a substantial resource intended to help instructors create engaging and effective hybrid/blended courses.

* Online Course Quality Rubric – This checklist will help instructors ensure their class meets online quality standards.

An instructor talking with and helping two students

Establishing Communication Standards

It’s important to clearly define your personal expectations for communication with your students, while also explaining how you would like them to communicate with you.

Tools for Communicating with Your Class

Faculty members have a few tool choices available when needing to communicate with their class.

Panopto at Moraine Valley

Panopto is Moraine Valley’s video distribution system. Videos created by any method (with a mobile device, video camera, webcam, Camtasia, etc.) can be added to this system for sharing with others. Features of Panopto include: Video playback on all devices Excellent reporting Customizable privacy settings Text-to-speech captioning Integrated quizzes (with reporting on quiz answers) Built-in video editor Canvas integration Multimedia Services provides information on the use of Panopto through the ITConnect Knowledge Base. For a quick start on using Panopto, view the Learn: Using Panopto document on ITConnect. Panopto also has an excellent support portal with articles on using its […]