LibGuides: For Faculty: Instructional Continuity: Holding Virtual Class Sessions

Tools for Synchronous Virtual Class Sessions

These tools can enable virtual class meetings (as well as virtual office hours, an exam review session with an instructor or a TA, or even student presentations): simply let your students know when and where to "meet up" virtually.

Run through this "Teaching a Live, Online Session" checklist from OLC for some considerations to keep in mind/check out beforehand, and some resources to take in.

Google Meet/Hangouts
All Guilford community members have access to Google Hangouts Meet through their Guilford Google accounts. You can set up virtual class sessions or meetings in advance by creating a Google Calendar event: this automatically creates a Hangouts Meet link that all invited participants can use to join, either by sending out the link or sharing the calendar invite. Using the screen share feature enables virtual presentations.
Zoom
Guilford now has an institutional license to Zoom, which means that all Guilford community members now have access to it. Log in to Zoom using your Guilford Gmail address and email password. Upon login, faculty and staff are equipped with Pro accounts that allow instructors to create breakout rooms, record sessions to the cloud (with transcription provided by Zoom), share whiteboards, poll students, and more. We have also set up a Zoom Canvas integration. More helpful information about Zoom, including log-in instructions, is provided below.
Canvas Conferences
Canvas Conferences allow you to create a virtual conference within Canvas: you and your students can hold a virtual class session or conversation, and as the presenter you can share your screen (including slides) with students, and even poll them. You can choose to have a Conference recorded, so students can review it later (please note that recordings are deleted after 7 days). Students can also create their own Conferences, if you would like them to practice or host class presentations and the like.

Google Meet/Hangouts

a link to instructions on how to record a Google Meet/Hangout.
This slideshow has a step-by-step walk-through, with screenshots, of how to use Google Meet/Hangouts.

Zoom

Step-by-step instructions for logging into Zoom, and additional Zoom walk-through information and videos are available on our guide to Zoom.

We have set up a Canvas integration; you will need to enable Zoom in your course menu from the Settings Navigation page. You can then setup meetings that students can access from within your Canvas course.

For any questions about or issues with Zoom, please put in a Help Desk ticket at http://webhelpdesk.guilford.edu/ or email webhelpdesk@guilford.edu.

Phone Calls

If a student does not have Internet, but has access to a phone, you could conduct coursework with them via the phone.

Students can also call in to many video conferencing meetings (including via Google Meet/Hangouts and Zoom) by phone, using the phone number provided. You would just need to verbally describe things you share on the screen (presentations, etc.).

For Faculty: Instructional Continuity

Considerations in Holding Synchronous Virtual Class Sessions

A Very Quick Guide to Google Hangouts

Tools for Synchronous Virtual Class Sessions

Google Meet/Hangouts

Zoom

Phone Calls