Remote Instruction Welcome! 

This resource guide identifies and provides links to a wide range of materials, services, and technology supporting or related to teaching remotely at the college level.

Summer 2020 Triage:

Looking for help or have a question regarding remote instruction? Email: remotehelp@skidmore.edu

Support for Teaching Online:  relevant Skidmore departments.

Best Practices for Teaching Online: A few tips

• Be present in your course - post, comment, and engage frequently
• Design a number of lower-stakes items to grade so students get consistent feedback on their understanding of content
• Create spaces for students to engage informally - a discussion board to ask questions in for instance.
• Design the course in a consistent, intuitive way. Don't make students hunt down where to submit things or what they need to do. 
• Create guidelines for how often students should check-in in their course, and how long it will take you to respond to questions and emails
• If incorporating synchronous meetings, make sure to give times and dates for them in your syllabus
• Tell students where to go if they need non-course specific help: link to the Help Desk, the Library, and other campus resources from your course shell.
• Be friendly and human, make connections with your students
• Have your course prepared in advance. Grading and interaction in an online course can be time-consuming, developing content simultaneously can get overwhelming. 
• Be flexible and provide options.  Students appreciate options in how and when assignments need to be completed.

Selected Best Practices Resources: