Message from Learning Environment Services, ITS (27-02-2020)
For your reference, all 159 central classrooms are Panopto and Zoom ready. Although a few of them do not come with a ceiling-mounted camera (due to the physical room limitation), all the classroom PCs are equipped with a built-in microphone and camera. Also, Panopto recorder and Zoom meeting software packages have been pre-installed. For looking…
Online teaching practices (21-02-2020)
Dear colleagues — As you know, we’ll be going back to online teaching for at least four weeks from 2 March. I know you are working hard to create an online teaching environment for your students. This is not easy, particularly in the limited time, and with the uncertainties of the last few weeks. Many…
Getting Ready for an Online Lesson via Zoom (21-02-2020)
To: All Students Getting Ready for an Online Lesson via Zoom We may all feel a little uneasy when turning on our webcam for class. Here are a few tips that will make your class more enjoyable: Before joining your online lesson on Zoom Test your video input Test your camera and microphone before accessing…
Message from Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) (19-02-2020)
Dear colleagues In the past couple of days I’ve had opportunities to discuss online learning with the Associate Deans (T&L) and, when visiting with the President, with colleagues in the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences. In recent weeks I’ve also had many email conversations with colleagues and students. I figure it makes sense to…
Workshop on Online Teaching: Feb 25, 3pm (18-02-2020)
To: Academic staff of Faculty of Social SciencesCc: Faculty and Departmental Administrators Dear Colleagues: The Teaching and Learning Committee is organizing a session with TELI to facilitate online teaching skills and experience. The session aims to assist teachers in converting from traditional teaching to online teaching, introducing and exploring common e-learning tools and available teaching…
T&L time sensitive points (18-02-2020)
To: Academic staff of Faculty of Social SciencesCc: Faculty and Departmental Administrators Dear Teachers, Many thanks for your continued resilience and dedication during the current teaching period. There are few time sensitive points to highlight for consideration by all teaching staff this week. – First, as the ADD/DROP period was extended until 21 February, teachers…