Instructional Continuity

Determine Schedule Changes:

If the situation that leads to the need for rapid online teaching will last a while, such as an outbreak of a pandemic disease that may keep the campus closed for weeks, you will need to determine how the schedule changes affect the delivery of your instruction.  You may need to consider alternative methods of content delivery in addition to the adjustment of assignment types and communication methods. 

Communicate Effectively:

Students will learn from you what to do about the course in situations that have led to campus closure. Ask your students to keep communication channels open.  In addition to receiving alerts from the university, inform students to make sure that they do NOT turn off instant notifications in Moodle for announcements or their Midway email accounts. You will need to use both to communicate your course plan and student expectations for this new learning environment.

Balance Synchronous/Asynchronous Teaching

You have many tools to teach online and most of these tools are in Moodle. There are other tools that you can use to support student learning during this time, and they are found in this guide. These tools can be synchronous and asynchronous.  While synchronous tools can help you easily replicate what you do in the regular classroom, there might be content or activities that are better left in an asynchronous format, such as readings and discussions.