AEI

The biggest thing you can do to increase student success online is to keep them engaged. You can do this in 3 ways – with one another, with you, the instructor, and with the content. Establish clear communication policies and spend time building a sense of community early in the course. 一定要让学生自我介绍, which is also a good way to introduce tech like Kaltura MediaSpace or FlipGrid early on. Remember that some of your face-to-face activities and 作业 that worked in the classroom may require rethinking in an online context.

如果你使用讨论, 对学生的反应给出明确的期望, 就像一个标题和一个例子. While you should be present in discussions, don’t feel you need to respond to every post. 试着问一些后续问题，或者在最后做一个总结.

确保:

• 你试着在你的班级中建立社区和信任
• You introduce yourself and let students get to know one another early on
• At bare minimum, discussion or chats are used for learner interaction in asynchronous courses
• 有一个常见问题解答区或其他张贴问题的方式
• There’s a mix of learner-learner, learner-content, and learner-instructor focused activities
• 你们一起发布(或共同创作)!) guidelines for behavior online such as in discussions or Zoom sessions

There are many free and easy-to-use tools for you to enhance your online teaching. 请阅读下面的要点.

确保:

• You give your students a video “tour” navigating through D2L Brightspace
• You use the content area to post all class materials, organized into modules
• All tools you use support learning outcomes and learner engagement
• The course has links to the privacy policy and tech support pages for all tools Minimum technology requirements are stated

需要帮助建立你的课程? We’ve created a D2L Brightspace template to save time getting started. 只需导入并填写您的内容和作业. This optional template is based on Quality Matters standards and is not intended to standardize your course, 就在线学习中的常见话题提供建议和指导.

在这里访问模板

The template is a skeleton with 8 or 16 modules of placeholder pages all in the “Content” area of D2L Brightspace. Each module has places to preview course content and 作业, 为促进参与而进行的空白讨论, and an empty ungraded quiz you can use for practice or make official. There is also a ‘开始’ module for you to introduce the course, 教学大纲, 和你自己对学生.

使用课程模板的好处

• 让你的航线更容易导航, saving students time and reducing cognitive load so they can focus on mastering the content
• Keep students on track by organizing content linearly and all in one place
• 增加跨一个或多个课程的设计一致性
• 节省建立课程的时间

使用课程模板

All faculty, staff, and students automatically have an account with Kaltura MediaSpace. 类似于YouTube, this tool is a one-stop shop to host and record webcam 视频 and screencasts with voice-over. 当你完成的时候, 视频 can be embedded into your D2L Brightspace course with just a couple of clicks, 还有一个内置的自动字幕功能.

We recommend recording lecture 视频 that are smaller in scope (8-15 minutes long). 这增加了学生看完的机会, 也使它更容易编辑, 添加, 或者稍后删除部分. You can combine multiple 视频 into a single playlist and embed that into D2L Brightspace.

If you do have longer 视频, break them up into chapters and 添加 小测验 在两者之间保持互动.

Kaltura MediaSpace automatically auto-generates captions for your 视频. However, they do still need to be edited to guarantee compliance.

使用视频的好处

• Variety is the spice of learning: present content in multiple ways: readings, 视频, podcasts, etc
• Recording 视频 can allow you to spend more class time on active learning
• 嵌入测验可以提高留存率
• Recording announcements or content previews boosts instructor presence
• 视频字幕确保您的课程符合无障碍标准

如何开始?

下载1页的Kaltura MediaSpace快速指南

在我们的Zoho知识库上阅读我们的完整指南

为什么
学生在掌握课程内容方面有很多事情要做, but we may be unwittingly putting up 添加itional barriers that make things even harder for them.

Universal design boosts inclusivity and smooths the way for student success by reducing barriers to access. 事先考虑一下, 在设计课程时, 意味着确保我们的文件, 视频, and other resources follow certain standards so that anyone can access them without requesting help. 

常见的可访问性主题包括:

• 为所有图像提供屏幕阅读器可以阅读的替代文本
• 为所有视频配上字幕并检查其准确性
• 以逻辑方式使用标头和子标头
• Avoiding poor color contrast that may make documents hard to read

即使我们面对面授课, 我们仍然需要考虑数字无障碍, 比如我们演示中的色彩对比, 或者我们在课堂上播放的视频的字幕.

除了是法律, it benefits all students to have clear, easy-to-use material online. In 添加ition, accessible design prevents problems before they happen.

如何确保可访问性

阅读我们的Zoho知识库指南

• Microsoft Word辅助功能 包括有关标头、替代标签、对比度等的信息.
• Kaltura MediaSpace字幕
• 制作可读的pdf

使用内置的辅助功能检查器
The same basic universal design principles apply to materials in various formats, and many programs have built-in accessibility checkers that will find errors and suggest fixes for you.

• MS Office辅助功能检查器
• D2L明亮空间无障碍检查
• adobepdf无障碍检查

查看这些外部资源

• 设计一个可访问的在线课程
• 使缩放类易于访问