A Checklist for Teaching Remotely

Create Your Course

• To create your Canvas course site, go to courses.uchicago.edu and click on the Create Your Course Site Now button.
• When you receive confirmation that your Canvas site has been created, you can click on the link to go to your Canvas site.

Create Your Syllabus

• Go to Syllabus in the course navigation menu and enter your syllabus. See: How do I edit the Syllabus description in a course?

Upload and Organize Your Files

• Add your course files to your course site.
  • Consider organizing your files into Modules to deliver them to your students.  See: Organizing Your Canvas Course Site | How do I add a module?
  • You can upload files in bulk, then add them to Modules. See: How do I bulk upload files to a course?

Communicate with Students

• Go to Announcements in your course navigation menu to create an Announcement that will go out to all students in your course. See: How do I add an announcement in a course?

Assess and Grade Student Work

• Add Assignments to your course that you can collect online. See: How do I create an online assignment?
• Assess student submissions using Canvas’ built-in SpeedGrader tool. See: How do I use SpeedGrader?

You can use Zoom to hold your course synchronously.* More information on Zoom will be forthcoming.

*Zoom accounts for Spring 2020 instructors will be provisioned before the start of the quarter.

Asynchronous Engagement

• Create a Canvas Discussion and allow students to comment on your discussion prompt. See: How do I create a discussion as an instructor?
• Create group assignments in Canvas to foster collaboration among your students. See: How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
• Enable Peer Review on Canvas Assignments to allow students to assess one another’s work. See: How do I create a peer review assignment?
• Students can work collaboratively in a Google Doc with Canvas Collaborations. See: How do I create a Google Docs collaboration as an instructor?
• You can also create Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc. outside Canvas Collaborations using the UChicago Google Suite for collaborative work. See: Teaching Tools

Synchronous Engagement

• Use Canvas Conferences to hold virtual office hours quickly and easily. See: How do I create a conference in a course?
• Use Canvas Chat to converse synchronously with students. See: How do I use Chat as an instructor?

Get Started with Panopto

• Create your Panopto account by logging into uchicago.hosted.panopto.com with your CNetID and password.
• Download and install the Panopto recorder app. Windows | Mac
• Make sure you are in a quiet place and wearing headphones.

Record Yourself

• In Panopto, choose Create → Record a New Session and open the Panopto recorder app when prompted.
• Choose the correct folder to record in from the drop-down menu at the top.
• Choose the camera and microphone. For a basic “talking head” video, this will be your webcam and either the computer microphone or an attached external microphone.
• If you wish to include a PowerPoint presentation or capture your screen, select the appropriate option under Secondary Sources.
• Click the red Record button to begin recording. Click it again to stop the recording.
• See further: Use Panopto to Record a Video

Put Your Panopto Video in Canvas

• You can embed your Panopto video in a content page, assignment prompt, etc. using the Rich Content Editor, and/or link to your video in a Module using the External Tool function. See: Manage Your Panopto Video Content and Add It to Canvas