This page provides resources for getting a course online quickly in a crisis. By combining two tools, Moodle (a learning management system) and Zoom (a web conferencing tool), instructors can meet their basic needs for teaching remotely.
Use Moodle for Core Activities
Moodle is recommended as the main hub for your course. Moodle can house your course documents, readings and presentation files. It can also be used to facilitate communication with all the students enrolled in your course as well as provide a record of all your communication. All courses have a Moodle shell that is automatically created and populated with your students for this semester.
- UNCA Moodle Help Guides for Moodle 4.1 (Topics include: Assignments, Forums, Quizzes, Activities, etc.
- NC State Moodle Brief Tutorial Videos (see videos on Moodle 4.0, not Moodle 4.3/ignore the opening on how to get to moodle through NCState and access in your typical way)
- How to Download the Moodle App on Phone
Use Zoom for Online Class Meetings
Zoom is our web conferencing tool and enables you to have real-time interactions with your students. Zoom can be used to hold office hours and deliver course lectures, and meetings are easy to record.
- UNCA Knowledge Base: Zoom Video Communication (see especially Using Functions for how to use whiteboard, breakout rooms, polling, etc,)
- NCState Teaching with Zoom Brief Video Tutorials (9 videos/ignore any NC State specific info)
- Strategies for Using Zoom in Low Bandwidth Situations
- Tips to Increase Student Engagement in Zoom Breakout Rooms (NC State DELTA Article)
- Using Breakout Rooms in Zoom
- Leveraging Zoom Tools to Facilitate Engagement
Tips for Online Teaching
- Quick Tips for Online Teaching (Evelyn Chiang)
- Online Learning Tools and Helene Support Resources (UNCA Ed Dept/Kimberly Nava Eggett)
- Consult the guide on How to Be a Better Online Teacher (Darby) in the special collection, “Moving Online Now: How to Keep Teaching during Coronavirus,” published by the Chronicle of Higher Education.