GMS LfA Teaching Resources
Spring 2021 Guidance and Tips
- Faculty Tips for Student Engagement Spring 2021
- Quick Ed Media Zoom Guide
- LfA-Guidance-for-Spring-2021
- Maximize the L.f.A. Learning Experience – Students
- Maximize the L.f.A. Teaching Experience – Faculty
- New InClass LfA App (previously the Cohort app)
- Access app here: www.bu.edu/inclasslfa
- InClass LfA App Video The video provides an introduction to new seat reservation app available for all classes on both campus for – previously the Cohort app. Faculty must opt out.
- Current Funding Opportunities through CTL
Classroom Capacity
- Room Capacities with physical distancing
- Use Space-finder app to find what rooms are not scheduled
- Find a Classroom to find the appropriately sized room
- 25 Live
Remote Engagement Tips
BUMC IT Resources
BU Digital Learning & Innovation LfA Faculty Resources
- BU Digital Learning & Innovation Learn from Anywhere Faculty Resources
- Learn from Anywhere Pedagogical Resources
- Technology Tools, Trainings & Recordings
- Explore the Learn from Anywhere Classroom
- Classroom Recording Guidelines from DL&I
- LfA Classroom Tips from CTL
- Classroom Recording Guidelines from DL&I
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Digital Learning & Innovation and IS&T Client Services & Support
Dear Faculty,
Digital Learning & Innovation, in cooperation with Information Services & Technology, is pleased to announce that we will continue the Learn from Anywhere (LfA) classroom moderator program for Spring 2021. You can now request LfA classroom moderators for your eligible Spring courses by completing and submitting the following form:
https://www.bu.edu/tech/services/teaching/classroom/classroom-moderator/
The LfA classroom moderator role is designed to help faculty engage with students who are participating remotely in an LfA class that is being taught on campus. Find out more on the LfA Faculty Resources Page: https://digital.bu.edu/lfa/. To hear testimonials from faculty about classroom moderators, go to https://digital.bu.edu/bu-voices-reflections-classroom-moderators/.
We are happy to share that for Spring there is no class size limit criteria, so classes with less than 20 students are welcome to apply for a moderator.
An FAQ which outlines course eligibility criteria and provides details about the role of LfA classroom moderators can be found at https://digital.bu.edu/lfa-faqs
Please note the deadline of December 15 for requesting a moderator. Due to the accelerated nature and logistics of this initiative, requests received after the deadlines cannot be guaranteed.
Have questions? Your coaches and Remote Teaching Coordinators (RTC) are great resources for further discussion; you may also ask for more information via the LfA classroom moderator request form or by replying to this e-mail.
Best Regards,
Digital Learning & Innovation and IS&T Client Services & Support
LfA Classroom Technology Video Resources
- Pedagogical Guide to Zoom Part 1
- Pedagogical Guide to Zoom Part 2
- Tech Solution BASIC Room Experience in Rooms with these Technologies
- Tech Solution PRO Room Experience in Rooms with these Technologies
- Tech Solution UCAP Room Experience in Rooms with these Technologies
- Front of Room Solution Experience
- Changing Microphone/Headset and Video Sources
- Using Document Camera as a Whiteboard
- Connecting Your Laptop Using Adapters
- Using Whiteboard in BU Classrooms
- Pro Room Overview
- Basic Room Overview
- Doc Cam Overview
- USB-C Connection
How To Videos & Tips from GMS Faculty
Learn how to use Zoom (Dr. Thom Field)
- 5 short videos teaching faculty how to get started with Zoom
- Includes a directions for students who have never used Zoom
Back2BU Faculty Resources
Zoom Security Guide
Zoom Student Etiquette
- Join the sessions on time; times will be posted in Eastern Standard Time (Boston, MA). Joining a few minutes early will allow you to test your audio and video so the class can start on time.
- Use your real name.
- Join with audio muted, unless speaking. Classroom engagement is encouraged by using the raise hand function, unmuting audio when called upon and/or utilizing the chat function to ask a question (at the discretion of the learning activity facilitator).
- Join with video on to be interactive. Students may stop their video for moments of necessary self care or if their environment becomes distracting.
- Close unneeded applications on your computer to keep the video working, especially with a weak wifi signal.
- Be aware of what your professor and classmates can see. They can see behind you and they can see what you’re wearing (clothing is not optional).
- Post questions in chat publicly so fellow peers can also read questions or ask follow ups.
- Have headphones/earbuds with microphone readily available at all times while on campus
- Use headphones/earbuds whenever participating in a virtual session while within a classroom or other on-campus location where other individuals may be present who are not participating
Zoom Faculty Etiquette
- Provide expectations/guidelines to students during course/module introduction/first session.
- The faculty should join the Zoom room 5 minutes prior to start of session to test polling function or screen sharing capabilities. At the start of the session a reminder of the pertinent student expectations should be communicated verbally or in the chat. Guidelines that are suggestion to be communicated are as follows:
- Join/start the sessions on time, times will be posted in Eastern Standard Time (Boston)
- Join with video on and audio muted, unless speaking. Classroom engagement is encouraged by using the raise hand function, unmuting audio when called upon and/or utilizing the chat function to ask a question (at the discretion of the learning activity facilitator). Students may stop their video for moments of necessary self care.
- Use chat to ask questions, and questions should be posted publicly (in both large lecture sessions and small group sessions.)
- Moderator (if present) should verbally relay questions to the instructor to avoid parallel conversations. Answering the question in the chat should be avoided.
- In small groups it will obviously be easier to ask questions verbally, and use the hand raising function
- Have headphones/earbuds with microphone readily available at all times while on campus
- Make an announcement to students regarding if the session is being recorded and whether breakout rooms will be used.
- If breakout rooms are used, the facilitator will need to pause the Zoom recording. Breakout sessions are not recorded and will leave a black screen during the duration of the breakout.
- Be mindful of student fatigue and make sure to provide 10 minute breaks between scheduled 50 min sessions. If a session is longer than an hour, consider a break midway through the session. Please see best practices document.
- If session is mandatory, course coordinator will keep track of attendance using the registration feature.
- Create an attendance report from the online portal in Zoom. By viewing the usage report you can determine duration, entry and exit points of each participant.
- For audio/visual assistance and classroom recordings, contact BUMC IS&T Educational Media: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/bumc-emc/
- TurningPoint questions can still be utilized as long as students are given the code to respond. The Zoom polling function can also be used, but only the host can pre-set the questions in Zoom.
- Create one TP code for all sessions per class
- Lecturer (or moderator) should verbally paraphrase/repeat each question (from the audience or the chat) before answering. The chat feature cannot be seen in Echo recordings or in Zoom recordings that are recorded to the computer. If you would like the chat feature to show up in Zoom recordings, please make sure you are recording to the cloud.
- Note where microphone will be – need to stay in its proximity
- Jabra mic for zoom (for lecture halls)
- Mic for Echo
- Note where microphone will be – need to stay in its proximity
Zoom Etiquette Guidelines for download
Zoom Support
- For courses with assigned AV tech (i.e. PrISM, DRx), recordings of zoom sessions will be posted on Blackboard as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours). Use both modes
- Zoom recording – one big recording (may post sooner than Echo and could be an Echo back up if needed)
- Echo recording – broken up into individual lectures
- Secure each Zoom session:
- All meetings scheduled on or after July 5th, 2020 will require a password. Currently, passwords are enabled by default, but not required. Please ensure that future meetings are password protected. This will be especially important for recurring meetings. Passwords must be clearly posted on the blackboard site.
- Existing scheduled meetings will not be affected; however, you are strongly encouraged to password protect them. For more information on securing existing meetings, please see Securing Your Meetings on TechWeb. Starting July 19th 2020, Zoom will enable waiting rooms on any meetings without password protection.
- All instant meetings started with the “New Meeting” button in the Zoom app or the “Host a Meeting” option on the Zoom website will be password protected. Participants can be invited or sent the one-click URL once the meeting starts, just as before. This change will not affect instant meetings that use your Personal Meeting ID (PMI); your PMI security settings will still be honored.
GMS Faculty Coaches to reach out to for assistance
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- Linda Barnes, Medical Anthropology & Cross Cultural Practice lbarnes@bu.edu
- Amy Brodeur, Biomedical Forensic Sciences abrodeur@bu.edu
- Laurie Craigen, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine lcraigen@bu.edu
- Theresa Davies, Medical Sciences & Education; Assistant Dean Graduate Medical Sciences tdavies@bu.edu
- Simon Levy, Physiology & Biophysics simonl@bu.edu
- Maryann MacNeil, Anatomy & Neurobiology mamst@bu.edu
- Mina Moussavi, Physiology & Biophysics mmoussa@bu.edu
- Stephanie Oberhaus, Microbiology oberhaus@bu.edu
- Gwynneth Offner, Medicine goffner@bu.edu
- Barbara Schreiber, Biochemistry schreibe@bu.edu
- Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Anatomy & Neurobiology jjsogho@bu.edu
- Kathleen Swenson, Genetic Counseling Program kbb2010@bu.edu
- Karen Symes, Biochemistry symes@bu.edu
- Louis Toth, Anatomy & Neurobiology ljtoth@bu.edu
- Susan White, Physician Assistant Program susanew@bu.edu
- Aaron Young, Physiology & Biophysics youngaw@bu.edu
- Ann Zumwalt, Anatomy & Neurobiology azumwalt@bu.edu