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Communicate expectations to your attendees (includes editable email templates)
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Teaching with Technology Resources Synchronous Online Activities (Webinars, livestreaming, etc.) Before your session
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Review existing resources for online/remote course design
Updated onArticleThis guide provides quick links to published resources that you might find helpful for your online/remote course design. Many are quite comprehensive and you'll want to select the most applicable content for you. We'd also recommend that you review Engineering's Guide to Online/Remote Learning.
Teaching with Technology Resources How to Prepare for Summer and Fall 2020
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Consider production support for your non-academic hybrid events and activities
Updated onArticleThis guide is on how and where to access different media services on campus that the FASE community can book to support their media and audio visual needs. This includes livestreaming, hybrid events, filming, and other media services. Hosting and moderating hybrid and/or recorded events lends an extra layer of complexity for planning and managing your event. We highly recommend working with a team that can provide specific support for your needs. Typically, this type of support includes a cost per hour and requires lead time; planning and budgeting early is key.
Teaching with Technology Resources Assisted-Recording (e.g. filming including on location, lightboard, chalkboard, lecture capture) Before you Begin
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What to consider before you implement education technology within your course
Updated onArticleFrom snow days to conferences to preventative health and safety measures, there are a number of reasons why you might consider implementing a technological strategy to help support both anticipated and unanticipated disruptions of your regularly scheduled courses. Implementing educational technology requires thought and planning - so let's get started!
Teaching with Technology Resources Online/Remote Course Design How to plan your course
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How to Setup and Use Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)
Updated onArticleOpen Broadcaster Software (OBS), is a popular free and open sourced software used for video recording and live-streaming. Managing multiple content windows, audio, and visual inputs, it helps you create a professional video or streaming experience. This guide will introduce the basics of OBS, and how you can use it to deliver your course content.
"How to" Technical Guides (Non-Academic Toolbox Tools) OBS (Open Broadcaster Studio)
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Check your attendance log
Updated onArticleYou might want to track attendance for your session. Some webinar tools provide this as part of the tool. If not, you might choose to set up a survey or other mechanism by which you collect information on who has attended. As with many online things, it is difficult to make attendance tracking 100% accurate, so consider this when deciding how strictly you will need to enforce it.
Teaching with Technology Resources Synchronous Online Activities (Webinars, livestreaming, etc.) After your session
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How do I create the "newscaster" effect while streaming my video feed?
Updated onArticleThis guide will cover the process and gear needed to create a "newscast" style video, where software allows you to record two feeds at the same time, making it look like you are superimposed onto your presentation (without your webcam background showing up; this style of video requires a green screen).
With a little work to get up and running, this video style is a great way for students to feel more connected with you, since they can see you as you explain content. For other style ideas, see an overview of different formats for videos (and their strengths/weakenesses).
"How to" Technical Guides (Non-Academic Toolbox Tools) OBS (Open Broadcaster Studio) Configuration
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What is the difference between livestreaming and webinars?
Updated onArticleIt is fairly common now to want to share a session online, while it is happening. There are many different tools that let you do this, but in order to choose, you likely need to think about what type of session you are sharing - if you are hoping for an interactive session, with crisp content sharing (ex. slides) and easy set up, you are likely looking at a webinar. If you have a broadcast session, where you'd like to share video content to a wide audience (and you have the technical knowledge or a support team), then you might be looking at livestreaming.
This document will help you choose between a livestreaming event and a webinar.
Teaching with Technology Resources Synchronous Online Activities (Webinars, livestreaming, etc.) Overview of Tools
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Academic Support Services & Accessibility Offices at FASE
Updated onArticleThis list has been modified from the comprehensive tri-campus list of services available via Academic Support Services & Accessibility Offices at the UofT.
Teaching with Technology Resources Accessibility (Captioning, Accommodations, etc.) Share student-facing resources in your course
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Connect with a librarian (or make use of library resources)
Updated onArticleThe Engineering & Computer Science Library is located in the Sandford Fleming building on U of T's beautiful St. George campus.
Teaching with Technology Resources Online/Remote Course Design How to build your course