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In view of the potential risk of class suspension under an epidemic outbreak, staff members are strongly advised to plan and prepare ahead so that you can continue your work and teaching when a crisis hits.
In 2003 SARS period, many lectures were conducted with below e-Learning platforms which minimized the impact to students. Here is the checklist for your preparation and planning.
- Do you know the available solutions to continue your teaching?
- Do you have a computer at home?
- Can the computer accesses the Internet?
- Have you collected contact e-mail and information of your students?
- Are the teaching materials web-ready?
- Do you have WebCT/Moodle/CUForum course(s)?
- Have you learned how to use WebCT/Moodle/CUForum?
- Have you planned budget for necessary equipments if you need to teach online in real-time?
- Do you have a computing ID and Campus-wide E-mail (CWEM) password?
- References
I. Do you know the available solutions to continue your teaching?
This includes,
- CUForum
- WebCT
- Moodle
- 1-way pre-recorded lecture + WebCT/Moodle
- 1-way live lecture + WebCT/Moodle
- Adobe Connect
Please click here for details.
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II. Do you have a computer at home?
To continue teaching online in case of class suspension, you would need a computer at home or at office. You would need the computer to prepare electronic teaching materials and communicate with your students. If you haven’t gotten a computer yet, you may consider buying one: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/mcas/hwsw/#howto
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III. Can the computer accesses the Internet?
In addition to a computer, you also need to have an Internet connection so that you can teach online and communicate with your students remotely. You can acquire broadband internet connection service from commercial companies or use ITSC’s free wifi / dial-up service to access Internet:http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/network/offcampus.html
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IV. Have you collected contact e-mail and information of your students?
Although you are not recommended to use e-mail as a communication channel with your students, you are still encouraged to keep records of your students’ contact e-mail so that you can inform them the web address to your course for the first time. After that, all communications should be done inside the web course.
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V. Are the teaching materials web-ready?
In order for you to teach remotely on Internet, the teaching materials must be in electronic format. Electronic formats can be in a wide range such as Word, PPT, PDF, HTML, audio and video depending on your expected learning outcome. You can contact us to discuss further for the courseware design and the conversion service:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/mcas/mclm.htm#elearning
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VI. Do you have WebCT/Moodle/CUForum course(s)?
By using WebCT/Moodle/CUForum, teaching can be continued off-campus during class suspension. The platforms allows you to distribute teaching materials, carry online discussions, collect homework and conduct online quizzes (available at WebCT/Moodle only) etc. You can check out the application procedures to open a course at WebCT/Moodle/CUForum respectively:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/eLearning
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VII. Have you learned how to use WebCT/Moodle/CUForum?
Try to master the use of WebCT/Moodle/CUForum beforehand so as to continue your teaching effectively under class suspension. Some user guides and training courses are available to teach you how to use these three platforms:
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VIII. Have you planned budget for necessary equipments if you need to teach online in real-time?
To teach online in real-time, you usually need to interact with your students by exchanging text, audio and/or video. Both you and/or your class would need to acquire and set up the corresponding equipments such as headset, speaker and web camera, etc. You can write to ITSC Electronic HelpDesk in advance for advices: https://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/group/learning-help
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IX. Do you have a computing ID and Campus-wide E-mail (CWEM) password?
Your computing ID (e.g. b123456) and CWEM password are very important because they are needed to apply and use all of the above services. If you don’t have the account information or you have already lost it, please check out the following website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/onlineapp/form/sr.html
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X. References
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Campus-wide E-mail (CWEM)
