Library Guides: Tips, Tools, & Resources for Online Teaching: Online Teaching

REMOTE TEACHING TIPS AND TOOLS

Mercer University

Additional Tips for Zoom Users

Resources for Law Faculty On Teaching and Coronavirus/Covid-19
Thoughts & tips on teaching with Zoom
A Free Zoom Tutorial from a Long-Time User, Compiled by Tracy Norton from Touro Law
1. Video 1: Equipment Setup (6 min, 14 sec) -
2. Video 2: Zoom Feature for Sprucing Up Your Appearance and Your Space (3 min, 43 sec)
3. Video 3: Zoom Recording of a Conversation Sharing Practical Tips (1 hour, 2 minutes) -
4. Video 4: Screencast Recording of a Conversation Sharing Practical Tips (same conversation as Video 3, just from the moderator's perspective) ) (58 minutes, 23 sec)) - Recorded Using Camtasia -
University of Washington IT
- UW Zoom Video Conferencing - FAQs, support pages, introductory videos.
University of Minnesota IT
- Zoom: Teach Online Class Sessions - Includes sample agenda for a class session with notes about the different Zoom tools you'd use and what prep you need to do to use them well.
Stanford Law Library
- How Do I Present and Record My Class in Zoom? - Systematic instructions, including how to connect Zoom to Canvas.
Western New England University
- How to Zoom: An Introduction - from the American Association of Law Libraries, Computing Services Special Interest Section
From Zoom
- Tips & Tricks: Teachers Educating on Zoom
  - 2-page PDF with notes about pedagogy and links to guides for Zoom features. March 2020.
- Zoom Training Webinars
  - Zoom staff present training webinars on a variety of topics. You can sign up for a live webinar or watch one that's been recorded.
Trial Advocacy Online - Dean Charlie Rose, Ohio Northern University, how he uses online tools for trial advocacy classes

Other Technology Possibilieis–Beyond Zoom

Resources for Navigating Remote Work & Virtual Trainings

As we adapt to the disruptions occurring within our organizations, many of us are working remotely and conducting virtual trainings for faculty, staff, clients, and other stakeholders and constituents. To better assist with this transition, we have compiled some helpful resources:

Remote Work Setup
Planning and Transitioning to Virtual Learning

ONLINE PEDAGOGY AND LEARNING TOOLS

In General

Yvonne Dutton and Seema Mohapatra, COVID-19 and Law Teaching: Guidance on Developing an Asynchronous Online Course for Law Students (article on SSRN)
Online Learning Consortium
- Making the Shift to Online Learning: Emergency Preparedness & Instructional Continuity, (on-demand webinar, 1 hr.)
- Using Live, Online Sessions to Support Continuity of Instruction, (on-demand webinar, 1.5 hrs.)
Bridget Crawford, Tips for Teaching Law Classes Online in the Event of a COVID-19 Shut Down of Law Schools
Faculty Lounge (March 7, 2020). Crawford has been "teaching Federal Income Tax and Wills, Trusts & Estates in mixed live/online formats since 2009." Includes a short (24 min.) video.
Allie Robbins, Thoughts for Law Professors Contemplating Moving to Virtual Classes, The Activist Guide to Passing the Bar Exam (March 10, 2020) (Robbins teaches at CUNY Law).
Stanford University
Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption
- Google document prepared by two academic technology specialists for Stanford faculty. 20 pp as of March 8, 2020. See Getting Started with Zoom and Canvas at 17-20.
Teach Anywhere - "Be ready to temporarily take your class online during sudden and prolonged campus or building closures."
Sean M. Krahmer et al., Ensuring Instructional Continuity in a Potential Pandemic, Inside Higher Educ. (March 4, 2020). Includes table listing instructional strategies, student activities, and evidence of student attendance or participation for each.
Bethany Galbraith, Help Deliver Courses Synchronously Webinar
Josh Blackman, My 30-Minute Webinar on Using Zoom for Class Instruction

Asynchronous Online Teaching:

Agnieszka McPeak, Asynchronous Online Law School Teaching: A Few Observations
Bridget Crawford, Establishing Norms for #Law Student Participation in Remote Learning: Turn Cameras on and Mute That Mic

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