How can technology help me?

Regardless of the teaching modality you choose, it is important to give students a variety of opportunities to engage with you, each other, and the content. This can happen in both synchronous and asynchronous ways, and teaching and learning technologies can help.

Below are suggestions for connecting familiar pedagogical activities with technology tools. Some activities involve synchronous solutions. That is, you and your students might be working together at the same time. Other activities involve asynchronous solutions, meaning your students work independently and on their own time. You will likely find that some combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities create the best solution for your course. Keep in mind that it can take students longer to complete tasks online than in-person (including responding to lecture questions, writing assignments, and collaborating in general).

FACE-TO-FACE (ORIGINAL) PLAN Click on each description to learn more	SYNCHRONOUS	ASYNCHRONOUS
Lecture or guest lecture	LESS COMPLEX Lecture in real time using Zoom. Use Zoom's screen sharing function to display PowerPoint slides. Tip: For steps to invite a non-UVA guest lecturer, see How do I invite a non-UVA guest to a meeting in Online Meetings? MORE COMPLEX Annotate while you present.	LESS COMPLEX Record a lecture using a tool such as Zoom, Panopto, Kaltura, or Canvas Studio and post the recording to Canvas. See What are my software options for recording? (Zoom vs Panopto vs Kaltura vs Voicethread) for additional information about some of these tools. Provide students with a copy of your existing notes. MORE COMPLEX Break lectures into 7-10-minute segments: shorter videos are easier to digest. Share your screen to show slides rather than visual of yourself talking. Annotate while you present.
Interactive lecture	LESS COMPLEX As above, but make dedicated use of Zoom's non-verbal feedback options, Zoom polls, and/or Poll Everywhere. MORE COMPLEX At certain points in the lecture, move students into Zoom breakout rooms for collaborative discussion or problem solving. Assign TAs to enter the rooms as co-hosts. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.	LESS COMPLEX As above, but build in pauses with reflection questions, Panopto quizzes, Kaltura video quizzes, Canvas Studio video quizzes, or sample problems. MORE COMPLEX Use VoiceThread and invite students to add video, audio, or text commentary to your presentation.
Student presentations	Have students present by allowing participants to share their screen in Zoom.	Students can record using Zoom, Panopto, Kaltura, or Canvas Studio and upload to UVACanvas.
Small group discussions	LESS COMPLEX Have students type in real time using the Canvas Chat tool or Microsoft Teams. You can use the Microsoft Teams classes tool in UVACanvas to create a Teams site for your class. MORE COMPLEX Use Zoom breakout rooms to host small group discussions. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.	LESS COMPLEX Use Canvas Discussions, Piazza, or another discussion tool. MORE COMPLEX Allow students to create and edit content on a shared wiki such as Confluence.
Seminar-type discussions (smaller enrollment)	LESS COMPLEX In a small enough class, hold full class discussions in Zoom. In somewhat larger classes (>20), use text-based technologies such as the Canvas Chat tool or Microsoft Teams for full class discussions. MORE COMPLEX Use Zoom breakout rooms for smaller group discussions, and have each breakout room designate a single student to report back to full class discussion. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.	LESS COMPLEX Use Canvas Discussions, Piazza, or another discussion tool.
Collaborative group work (e.g., problem-based learning, case studies, writing peer review, etc.)	LESS COMPLEX Students create their own shared documents in OneDrive, Box, or Microsoft Teams. MORE COMPLEX Use Zoom breakout rooms, alongside shared documents, for students to discuss and problem solve in real time. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.	LESS COMPLEX Students create their own shared documents in OneDrive, Box, or Microsoft Teams. Collaboration proceeds through clearly defined student roles, since they will not all be working at the same time. MORE COMPLEX Create student groups in Canvas for the students to work through their own collaborative spaces.

FACE-TO-FACE (ORIGINAL) PLAN

Click on each description to learn more

SYNCHRONOUS

ASYNCHRONOUS

Lecture or guest lecture

LESS COMPLEX

Lecture in real time using Zoom. Use Zoom's screen sharing function to display PowerPoint slides. Tip: For steps to invite a non-UVA guest lecturer, see How do I invite a non-UVA guest to a meeting in Online Meetings?

MORE COMPLEX

Annotate while you present.

LESS COMPLEX

Record a lecture using a tool such as Zoom, Panopto, Kaltura, or Canvas Studio and post the recording to Canvas. See What are my software options for recording? (Zoom vs Panopto vs Kaltura vs Voicethread) for additional information about some of these tools. Provide students with a copy of your existing notes.

MORE COMPLEX

Break lectures into 7-10-minute segments: shorter videos are easier to digest. Share your screen to show slides rather than visual of yourself talking. Annotate while you present.

Interactive lecture

LESS COMPLEX

As above, but make dedicated use of Zoom's non-verbal feedback options, Zoom polls, and/or Poll Everywhere.

MORE COMPLEX

At certain points in the lecture, move students into Zoom breakout rooms for collaborative discussion or problem solving. Assign TAs to enter the rooms as co-hosts. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.

LESS COMPLEX

As above, but build in pauses with reflection questions, Panopto quizzes, Kaltura video quizzes, Canvas Studio video quizzes, or sample problems.

MORE COMPLEX

Use VoiceThread and invite students to add video, audio, or text commentary to your presentation.

Student presentations

Have students present by allowing participants to share their screen in Zoom.

Students can record using Zoom, Panopto, Kaltura, or Canvas Studio and upload to UVACanvas.

Small group discussions

LESS COMPLEX

Have students type in real time using the Canvas Chat tool or Microsoft Teams. You can use the Microsoft Teams classes tool in UVACanvas to create a Teams site for your class.

MORE COMPLEX

Use Zoom breakout rooms to host small group discussions. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.

LESS COMPLEX

Use Canvas Discussions, Piazza, or another discussion tool.

MORE COMPLEX

Allow students to create and edit content on a shared wiki such as Confluence.

Seminar-type discussions (smaller enrollment)

LESS COMPLEX

In a small enough class, hold full class discussions in Zoom. In somewhat larger classes (>20), use text-based technologies such as the Canvas Chat tool or Microsoft Teams for full class discussions.

MORE COMPLEX

Use Zoom breakout rooms for smaller group discussions, and have each breakout room designate a single student to report back to full class discussion. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.

LESS COMPLEX

Use Canvas Discussions, Piazza, or another discussion tool.

Collaborative group work (e.g., problem-based learning, case studies, writing peer review, etc.)

LESS COMPLEX

Students create their own shared documents in OneDrive, Box, or Microsoft Teams.

MORE COMPLEX

Use Zoom breakout rooms, alongside shared documents, for students to discuss and problem solve in real time. You can pre-assign breakout rooms before your meeting.

LESS COMPLEX

Students create their own shared documents in OneDrive, Box, or Microsoft Teams. Collaboration proceeds through clearly defined student roles, since they will not all be working at the same time.

MORE COMPLEX

Create student groups in Canvas for the students to work through their own collaborative spaces.

Notes: For a full list of institutionally-supported learning technologies, visit Learning Tech. If your school uses a learning management system other than UVACanvas, contact your school-level support for resources on specific tools.