Keep Teaching: Online Instruction Resources

If you are encountering...

• Technology-related issues – contact the IT Services Help Desk
• Instructional design-related issue – contact IDTS
• Individual student issues – contact Student Services

In the event that routine academic functions are disrupted due to prolonged campus or building closures, you may find it necessary to teach a class from off-campus. We have access to a variety of services at Rutgers to connect you with your students remotely so that learning can continue uninterrupted.

Make sure you have tested your access to the following equipment at home.

• Computer: Laptop or desktop computer
• Microphone: This may be built into your laptop or computer, or you may use an external device such as a USB microphone or headset.
• Webcam: A camera may already be built into your laptop, but you can also use an external USB camera for video conferencing.
• Internet: Either commercially provided (e.g., Comcast, Fios, Optimum) or a wireless hotspot through your mobile phone
• Free WiFi Access and Internet Service Updates

• Student Tips for Remote Learning  

Learning Centers - Remote Learning Services 

• Virtual Help Desk 
  • Information to help students navigate their courses and connect with support services 
• Guide for Successful Online Learning
• Remote Instruction Services and Resources
  • Information about access to remote services and ways to contact Learning Center staff
• How to Succeed in Online Courses
  • A resource to help students prepare for online learning.

• Learning Management System (LMS): If you do not have an online course site, such as Canvas, please contact Instructional Design & Technology Services (IDTS).
  • Canvas Course Template
  • Guide for Organizing Your Course in Canvas

• Announcements: An ideal way to post time-sensitive information critical to your course. Add announcements for due dates for assignments and projects, changes to your syllabus, corrections/clarifications of materials, and exam schedules.
  • How do I add an Announcement in a course?
  • TIP: Suggest to students that they check their notification settings to allow for copies of Announcements to be forwarded to their email address.
    • How do I set my Canvas notification as a student?
• Canvas Inbox: A messaging tool used to communicate with a course, a group, an individual student, or a group of students.
  • How do I use the Inbox as an instructor?
• Online Discussions: Allows for interactive communication between two or more people; users can participate in a conversation with an entire class or group.
  • How do I create a Discussion as an instructor?
• Chat: Can be used for real-time conversation with course users.
  • How do I use Chat as an instructor?

• Kaltura Personal Capture: A video platform that supports video creation, including lecture-capture.
  • Kaltura Capture – User Guide
  • Kaltura Video App for Canvas User Guide
  • Kaltura Capture – Recording Options
  • Tips for Recording a Presentation
  • Kaltura Capture – Recording PowerPoint Slides

• WebEx: A teleconferencing service that provides a platform for online collaborations and meetings. This service is free for Rutgers faculty, students, and staff, and the current licensing goes up to the WebEx meeting maximum, which is 1,000 participants.
  • TIP: We strongly encourage you to sign up for a WebEx account.
    • WebEx at Rutgers
    • Using WebEx

• Zoom: A web conferencing tool with combination of video, voice, content sharing, and chat functions for online meetings. This service is free for Rutgers faculty, students, and staff.
  • Zoom at Rutgers
  • How to create your Rutgers Zoom account

• Disruptive and Inappropriate Behavior
  • Responding to Disruptive or Inappropriate Behavior in Web Conferences 
  • Key Tips to Avoid Zoomboming and Unwanted Meeting Guests
  • Responding to Zoombombers

• Assignments in Canvas: Allows students to submit assignments online; enables instructors to grade and provide feedback online.
  • How do I create an Assignment?
  • How do I use SpeedGrader?
  • Tips for Remote Exams and Alternative Assessments
• Quizzes in Canvas: Used to create and administer graded or ungraded online quizzes.
  • How do I create a quiz with individual questions?
• Writing Exam Questions that Measure Student Learning: CTAAR presentation
  • Video Recording
    • Password: Ctaar123
    • NOTE: The presentation begins at the 24-minute mark
  • Presentation Slides
• Remote Assessment Options:
  • Alternatives to Proctored Exams
  • Designing Successful Online Course Collaborations
  • Selecting Meaningful and Relevant Alternative Assessments for Online and Face-to-Face Teaching

• Instructional Design & Technology Services Resources
• Information Technology Services Catalog of Technology Services
• Remote Teaching: Do This, Not That Tips
• Canvas New Analytics: Keeping Your Students on Track
• Rutgers University—New Brunswick Libraries: Fall 2020 Services
• Musings on Asynchronous and Synchronous Remote Instruction and Online Courses
• Notes on Best Practices in Online Learning from the Student Perspective

Free Training - Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT)

• 90 min. Comprehensive Sessions that cover communicating with students, web-conferencing, sharing resources and lecture capture (registration required)
• 30 min. "Tool Tip" Workshops that focus on one specific tool at a time (no registration required)

CTAAR - Virtual Office Hours

• In order to support faculty through the difficulties that are sure to arise as you make the transition to a remote teaching environment, CTAAR offers virtual "office hours" every weekday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EDT. At least one CTAAR team member will be available. Anyone is welcome to drop in with questions or concerns and we will do our best to assist you. 
• For the hours, links, and call-in information, go to:
  • https://ctaar.rutgers.edu/

Office of Disability Services

• Student, Faculty, and Staff with Disabilities
  • The new Office of Disability Services website designed to better serve both students and faculty.
• Accommodations for Online Courses
  • Advice for faculty on providing accommodations in the online environment, as well as on making remote courses more accessible for all students.

• Contact Instructional Design & Technology Services (IDTS)
  • Erica Lucci – Instructional Design Specialist
  • Sharon Stoerger – Assistant Dean for Instructional Support and Assessment