We have listed some resources below that are useful for teaching online.
Course Design
- How to Develop an Online Course Quickly and Effectively: A Ten-Step Process
- Redesigning Activities
- Redesigning Assessments
- An Effective Syllabus
- Principles and Examples for Shifting Your Teaching and Assessments to a Remote Teaching Environment
- Creating learning activities for F2F and online
- The Value of Short Instructional Videos
- Tips for Writing Effective Discussion Questions
- Course Design – The University of Texas at Austin
- Course Design and Preparation – Washington University in St.Louis
- Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions – KPU
- Complexity & Biggs SOLO Model – KPU
- UBC’s Online Teaching Program (a free, online, self-paced course)
- Ten assessment thoughts when redesigning your course for digital delivery – North Island College
- Alternatives to High Stakes Testing: A Step-by-Step List of Ideas – North Island College
Online Delivery
- Strategies for Teaching Online
- Remote Instruction vs Online Teaching and Learning
- Chat Strategies
- Learning Activities
- Online Collaboration
- Online Instructor Presence
- Inclusive Teaching and Learning
- Teaching Remotely: Learn best-practices, important policies, and essential aspects of effective remote instruction
- Writing Assignments and Feedback – Washington University in St.Louis
- Strategies to Reduce Marking
HyFlex Delivery Mode
- Outline of course delivery modes
- Tips for Teaching HyFlex and Staggered Hybrid Courses with Remote Learners
- 7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model – Educause Learning Initiative (ELI)
- Building a HyFlex Course to Support Student Success – [Recording] A Quality Matters webinar. Dr. Wendy Tietz from Kent State shared her extensive experience with designing and delivering HyFlex courses.
- Best Practices in HyFlex Instruction – Video
Online Tools
- Keep Teaching Resources – Indiana University
- ezTalks – Free video conferencing tool
- Powerpoint 365 or 2019 – Recording an Individual or Group Presentation
- Tech to Create Course Materials
- Tech for Facilitating Connections
- Scrumblr.ca – a simple (but not particularly flexible) tool that can be used to generate quick, synchronous activities for students.
- Hypothes.is – a webtool that allows people to annotate online text
- Bubbl.us – a tool to build concept maps for a particular concept, lecture or module.
- Tools to support remote teaching and learning
Blackboard Resources
- Recording of a Collaborate Training Workshop
- Instructor Transition Course – You need to be enrolled in this course
- Blackboard Help | For Faculty | For Students
JIBC Blackboard Training Workshops
- Workshop 1: Course Template, Announcements, Discussions and Uploading Content
- Workshop 2: Assignments & Groups
- Workshop 3: Tests & The Basics of the Grade Centre
- Workshop 4: Blackboard Grade Center Part 1 – Introduction
- Workshop 4: Blackboard Grade Centre Part 2 – Set up
OPEN Resources
Open Education
Home – Open Education Resources (OER) – LibGuides at Justice Institute of British Columbia (jibc.ca)
Creating Open Educational Resources | Open UBC
Library:OERR/User Guides/Copyright Permissions/Openly Licenced Material – UBC Wiki
Open Image sites
16 Sources for Free Public Domain and CC0-Licensed Images (wpbeginner.com)
The Gender Spectrum Collection by Broadly (vice.com)
1.9 million+ Stunning Free Images to Use Anywhere – Pixabay
Beautiful Free Images & Pictures | Unsplash
Use of Images
Using Images in Publications | Georgetown University Library
UBC’s Online Teaching Program
UBC’s Online Teaching Program (a free, online, self-paced course)