Quick Tips About Teaching Virtually

Technology

• Experiment in the Canvas sandbox/practice class, rope in some students to help you test it out. 
• Teach students to ALWAYS use chrome–otherwise things don’t show in canvas, such as submit buttons
• Teach tech tools and virtual participation skills before expecting students to use them
• Keep the chat window open.  Students message me privately throughout class. 
• Dual monitor is a game changer.  It allows for multitasking. 
• Closed captioning records even when your mic is on mute, so be careful!

Virtual Lesson Design/Implementation

• Prepare a good work space–notetaking paper, pens, dual monitors, water, tissues…think about what you might need during class and have it handy
• Plan in buffer time in your live lessons for tech hiccups
• Plan for zoom to crash!  I was kicked out of my zoom today, but my students were still in it.  Tomorrow I’ll tell them that if I disappear, that we’ll use myMCPS to communicate. Think of it as being like a fire drill…