Mapping Online Tools to Replace Face-to-Face Activities
| Face-to-Face Activity | Online Alternative | Further Information | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lectures | Record voice onto PowerPoint and embed into Brightspace | Easy to do – students can then access in their own time. We recommend breaking the lecture down into 5-10 min sessions and giving the students activities in-between. | Link to guide on creating screencasts from PowerPoint |
| Use last year’s lecture capture | Find the lecture recording in last year’s module and embed the link into Brightspace. | Link to guide on embedding Panopto/Hudstream into Brightspace. | |
| Create a screencast to cover basic points using Screencast-o-matic (or similar) | Screencast-o-matic is a simple tool to use that records the screen. Up to 15 mins can be recorded using the free version. | Link to Screencast-o-Matic | |
| Link to screencasting page on the iPark | |||
| Record lecture using Panopto/HudStream | We recommend breaking the lecture down into 5-10 min sessions and giving the students activities in-between. | Link to guides on Panopto/HudStream | |
| Find one or more Youtube videos that cover the same material and embed them into Brightspace | Again a series of short videos would be better than one long one, giving the students activities in-between. | Link to YouTube | |
| Link to Guide on Embedding YouTube into Brightspace | |||
| Live stream the lecture using Panopto/HudStream | Only recommended if you are already trained in using these tools and feel comfortable with them. | Live Streaming with Panopto/HudStream | |
| Make sure to record the session for anyone who is unable to join live. | |||
 Class or Group Discussions | Discussion forums on Brightspace | These can be split into groups for larger cohorts. | Link to guide on discussion forums |
| You can make students post first before seeing other posts. | |||
| Easy to set up and for staff and students to engage with asynchronously. | |||
| These can be split into groups for larger cohorts. | |||
| You can make students post first before seeing other posts. | |||
| Easy to set up and for staff and students to engage with asynchronously. | |||
 Individual Tutorials or PAT Meetings | Telephone | Low-tech and easy. | |
| Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams is for virtual meetings and it is intuitive to use | Link to further information and guides & screencasts | |
| More labor-intensive but an option to consider if other solutions are not feasible. | |||
 Other Student Group Work | Collaborative online tools such as a wiki or Google Doc | Students can collaborate asynchronously on a task. | Collaborative Documents |
| Using Collaborative Documents in Microsoft Teams | |||
 Student Presentations | Students can create a screencast using voice-over PowerPoint or Screencast-o-matic, and submit it to a Brightspace assignment inbox | You would need to provide guides for your students to do this. | Link to Screencasting using PowerPoint |
| Link to Screencast-o-matic | |||
| Video presentation using their smartphones or tablet devices | Students can video themselves doing a presentation and submit it to Brightspace. | ||
 Office Hours / Student Support | Brightspace chat facility | This offers a synchronous alternative that is very easy to use. | Link to guide on Chat tool |
| Brightspace Discussion forums | These can be created for individual students, groups, or all students and would be an asynchronous alternative to handle student inquiries. | Link to guides on discussion forums | |
| You can allow anonymous posts too, to encourage engagement. | |||
| Brightspace’s FAQ tool | Populate this with the questions you get asked the most and then direct students to this tool first. | Link to guide on FAQ | |
| Can be updated as new questions are asked. | |||
 Communicating Messages to Students | Announcements | Use the Brightspace announcement tool to keep your students up to date with what they should be doing, deadlines and any changes or updates. | Link to guide on Announcements |
| Video Notes | In prolonged absences from campus consider regular updates using the VideoNotes tool in Brightspace. | Link to guide on Video Notes | |
| This will add the human touch to modules and the VideoNotes can be added to Announcements or content areas. | |||
| VideoNotes can also be close-captioned. | |||
 In-class Tests | Quizzes | If the tests can be converted to quizzes, then this is a good option. | Link to guides on Quizzes |
| Consider creating question pools so that questions can be randomised. | |||
| Open-ended question types can be used but would need to be marked individually. | |||
| You can put a time limit on quizzes to replicate time limits in class-based tests. |