• View eLearning's faculty guides for UAB's supported academic technologies
• View eLearning's previously recorded "Teaching Remotely" workshop presentations
• View eLearning's Faculty Support page
• View eLearning's Student Support (share with your students)
• UAB eLearning's contact information

• Explicitly establish a shared expectation about when and where students should check for announcements or other communications. 
• Use Canvas Announcements to communicate with the whole class. 
• Use Canvas Conversations instead of email to communicate with students so that important messages don’t get lost among other emails. 
• Use Zoom to host interactive online office-hours. 

• "Writing to learn" - Have your students write for one minute on a topic to prepare them for a discussion or generate questions they have about the material. Don’t collect or grade the writing. 
• "Pair and share" or small group discussions using Zoom Breakout Rooms 
• Use Canvas Peer Review to require students to complete a peer review of another student's work

• Sign up for the CTL Weekly Newsletter for the latest resources and opportunities. 
• Join the Center for Teaching and Learning’s weekly “Faculty Chat" hosted by CTL Director Dr. Scott Phillips.  The time for each week’s chat is published in the CTL’s e-newsletter each Monday morning and posted on the CTL's website.
• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. from the Center for Teaching Learning. 
• Schedule a one-on-one consultation offered by eLearning. 
• Check out eLearning’s repository of pre-recorded "Teaching Remotely" workshops for faculty
• Meet with colleagues over Zoom to see what they’re doing  
• Check out academic Twitter. A lot of good ideas are circulating, both discipline-specific and otherwise. 
• Visit the Pandemic Pedagogy Public Group on Facebook, where instructors share their experiences in switching to remote teaching. 

• Make use of the self-assessment tool developed by UAB’s Disability Support Services
• Upload accessible documents and PDFs only. See DSS’s Digital Document Guide on this page.
• Caption any videos you post, if posting videos from other sources, make sure captions are available. Request captioning for videos from UAB DSS
• If you are working with HTML, avoid using tables, especially if you are only using them for layout purposes.

• Contact DSS directly

• Their time zone
• Levels of experience with specific Canvas tools
• Levels of experience with using Zoom
• If they have reliable Wi-Fi access and devices

Be explicit about why you are asking these questions so that students understand that you are trying to transform your course in a way that everyone has equal access and potential for success

• Aim to make as much of your content asynchronous as possible.
• Don’t require synchronous sessions.
• Consider recording synchronous sessions so they can be accessed by students who were unable to connect at that time.
• Don’t rely on short windows for test/exam submissions.
• If you post recorded lectures, provide transcripts or notes when possible, so that students can access the content even if they can’t reliably stream videos.

• Convert the test to a Canvas “quiz” with randomized questions and a time limit.
• Make the test open notes or open book. Alter questions accordingly so that application of material is a required element.
• Turn the exam into an application-based, problem-solving assignment that students can complete on their own time and submit online.
• Ask students to video record their work or presentation using their phones or Kaltura, then upload it to Canvas.
• Have students give their presentations live to the class using Zoom. Students can submit presentations to you in advance since screen-sharing is disabled.