Frequently Asked Question

Taking Beacons Online Resource PDF

Best practices: 

• Communication
  • Microsoft Teams - try the app!
  • BigBlueButton - access it from your device!
  • Announcements (audio/visual options)
  • Incorporate your personal videos
• Quizzes
  • Aiken Format
• Forums
  • Video? Text?
  • Specifics
• Turnitin/Assignments
  • Rubrics
• Presentations/Video Components
  • Microsft Stream
  • YouTube
• OneDrive storage - try the app!
  • Upload documents to your personal OneDrive folder 
• Other helpful resources
  • Microsoft Stream (an alternate to YouTube)
  • Loaner equipment - webcams, voice recorders, laptops

Basics of getting a face-to-face course online:

1. Assignment upload boxes
2. Uploaded file resources
3. Recorded lectures/TEDTalks/YouTube
4. Digitize your course content
   1. Create online quizzes
   2. Move discussion questions to online forums
      
   3. Upload accessible PDFs to BeaconLearning for your students

Resources to Effectively Transition to Remote Work and Learning

A handy, consolidated list of resources from TechSmith.