Developing an Online Presence
Research shows that in order to provide students with a positive learning experience online, the instructor needs to establish an active and strong online presence--both as an expert and as a learning facilitator.
Facilitating a high level of interaction between yourself and students, and among students, is key to online course success. SPS makes various course technologies available to support this practice:
- online class sessions and breakout rooms (Zoom)
- online discussion forums (Canvas: Discussions, Group Discussions)
- faculty-moderated student conferences online (BigBlueButton)
- asynchronous multimedia discussions and collaborations online (VoiceThread)
- flipping the classroom (Panopto)
Get To Know Discussion Tech!
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Conferences in Canvas - Moderator Guide: Conferences is a web-conferencing tool that is fully integrated with the Canvas LMS. Conferences makes it easy to conduct synchronous (real-time) meetings for all users in a course. Conferences allows users to broadcast real-time audio and video, demo applications, share presentation slides, or demo online resources. These features make this tool ideal for online class sessions, lectures, group discussions, and office hours. The web-conference tool behind conferences in Canvas is called "BigBlueButton". More info