Online Teaching Resources
Getting Started
- Putting your course online (video) (opens in a new window)
- Digital Accessibility
- Securing Remote Work
- Synchronous Meetings Best Practices [PDF] (opens in a new window)
- TechReady - All you need to know about OHIO technology all in one place
Blackboard
Blackboard is OHIO’s learning management system. It is an online service for posting course-related materials and facilitating interactions between students, instructors, teaching assistants, and guests.
- Getting Started with Blackboard
- Best practices with Blackboard (4/23/20) (video) (opens in a new window)
- Looking for a Blackboard template for Spring Semester? Please contact Mary Beth Robinson at robinsom@ohio.edu
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a team-based collaboration tool that provides group chat, channeled conversations, instant messaging, live document collaboration, audio or video calls, and meetings.
- Getting started with Microsoft Teams
- Requesting a Microsoft Team (scroll down to "How to Request")
- Assignments (opens in a new window)
- Sharing Content (opens in a new window)
- Recording Your Meeting (opens in a new window)
- Play and Share a Meeting Recording (opens in a new window)
- Attendance Reports (opens in a new window)
- Introduction to Microsoft Teams for Students (video) (opens in a new window) (but still useful for Faculty)
Zoom
Zoom is a video conferencing tool that provides chat, breakout rooms, polling, and audio or video calls within a meeting.
- Scheduling a Zoom Meeting (opens in a new window)
- Meeting Controls (opens in a new window)
- Sharing Content (opens in a new window)
- Recording Your Meeting (opens in a new window)
- Enabling Breakout Rooms (opens in a new window)
- Tips for Securing Your Virtual Meetings (opens in a new window)
Panopto
Panopto is a cloud-based application for recording lectures, presentations, or events for later replay by students or colleagues. You can easily embed your recordings in your Blackboard course.
- General Panopto Help and Resources
- Getting started with Panopto (PDF)
- Panopto Q&A Session for RHE Faculty (5/4/20) (opens in a new window)
VoiceThread
VoiceThread is a cloud-based application that allows you to upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. You can easily use VoiceThread in your Blackboard course.
- Getting started with VoiceThread
- Adding VoiceThread to your Blackboard course (opens in a new window)
Proctortrack
Proctortrack allows students to take a proctored exam on their own devices from a location of their choosing, if the feature has been enabled by the instructor in the Blackboard course. A student will need a computer with a webcam and access to a well-lit room.
Book a workshop to learn more!