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Instructional Continuity

Resources to insure instructional continuity in the event of prolonged campus closure

UPDATE March 13

Moodle Link: https://moodle.midway.edu

Use your Midway login and password


Tools & Tutorials

 

Learning Opportunities
Beginning Wednesday, March 18
ALL learning opportunities will be held online

Monday, March 16

10:00 - 11:00am  Lab Courses
11:00 - 12:00pm  Record Using PowerPoint
1:00 - 2:00pm   How Will My Teaching Change?
3:00 - 3:40 Moodle How-to: Discussion & Assignments
3:45 - 4:30 Moodle How-to: Quizzes

Tuesday, March 17
1:00 - 2:00pm How Will My Teaching Change?
2:15 - 3:00pm How to: Discussions & Assignments
3:00 - 3:45pm How to: Quizzes


Teaching Videos

  • How Will My Teaching Change?

Contact:
Ellen Bloomfield, EdD
Director of Instructional Technology
ebloomfield@midway.edu
thecenter@midway.edu
859.846.5755
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Basic Considerations for Teaching Online

These items identify the fundamental issues you will need to consider in order to deliver your course(s) from home or an off-campus location.

Access Your Moodle Course Shell

Moodle course shells can be accessed at the Moodle Midway site using you University email and password.

Post Course Content on Moodle

While a wealth of detailed information is available on how to use all of Moodle's tools and features is available on the The Center at Midway website,  these Quick Start articles can help get you up and running in Canvas with the most common tasks and most frequently asked questions.

For a full list of Moodle Tutorials, please see the Moodle Help Site on The Center@Midway webpage.

 

 

Some material on this site is adapted from https://teaching.pitt.edu/

Establish Modes of Communication

If an emergency situation causes a campus closure or prevents you from coming to campus, it is important for you to use the electronic communication tools in the University system.  The following are tools we have to facilitate communication.

  • University Email
  • Set up Mobile Devices for Office365
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Moodle Announcement
    Please note, it is not recommended to use Moodle Chat as a reliable source of communication between you and your students.  It is best to use Midway University email or Microsoft Teams. 
  • Phone
    It will be important that students have access to call you.  If you are a full-time employee you can publish your RingCentral extension in your Moodle course shell.  If you are an adjunct, we ask that you provide a phone number so that your students can contact you. Midway University does not endorse texting students with your personal phone.  We ask that you use Microsoft Teams for text-based messaging.

 

Preparedness Checklist

The Center at Midway for Teaching Excellence and Innovation advises faculty to consider activities that enable continuity of instruction in the event of high student/faculty absenteeism or changes to normal campus operations due to pandemic illness, natural disaster, unsafe conditions, or unforeseen emergencies. During such an event, it is prudent to minimize disruption to the essential processes of teaching and learning, while maintaining the health and safety of the campus community. The following resources will assist faculty in continuing instruction in the event of an extended disruption to standard University operations.

Please contact thecenter@midway.edu for any questions related to this site.