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WNMU will be moving the majority of our courses to online or Zoom for the remainder of the spring semester. With this in mind, we have created this course shell as a guideline to assist in the migration from face-to-face to online.  Below is a quick start-up guide on How to Take your Course Online in a Hurry:

How to Take Your Course Online in a Hurry

1. Create a module in the Modules area of your Canvas course to contain all the materials and activities for that class meeting. Make sure to name the module in a way that its contents are easily recognizable to students. Outline clearly for students the specific steps they will need to complete the activities in the class meeting. What will they need to watch? Read? Complete? Submit? Discuss? Etc.
2. Add any required readings or other materials to your course. You can upload a document, PowerPoint or other files by Files tool then add the resource to a module. You can also create a quick webcam video recording giving students some of the supplemental information that would normally come out in class. For webcam videos of less than three minutes, use the Record/Upload Media tool in a Canvas Page. For longer videos use Lecture Capture.
3. Create space for thinking and reflection with a discussion for each module or create an assignment where students can submit their answers to prompts about the reading and video before they come to the live class for the discussion. These private submissions can be submitted for a grade in the gradebook, or the instructor can just scan them before class to make sure students are all on the right track.
4. Publish your course in Canvas to allow your students access to the course.
5. Finally, set up the Virtual Classroom meeting using Zoom for the day and time your class normally meets. This will provide your students a link to enter the Virtual Classroom space for your video conference. Click here Links to an external site. to download the Zoom Client. For more help with Zoom click here. For Mediasite information click here.

For more help with setting up your Canvas course click here.