Teaching in a pandemic environment (Mathematical Community)

AMS Resources and Updates related to COVID-19

TPSE's Top Ten List: Recommended Practices for Every Online Instructor

Learning During the Pandemic: What we wish our professors and mentors knew

Writing Good Questions for the Internet Era (from AMS)
Guide to Teaching Remotely (from the English Department, Purdue Univesity)

Teaching in Purdue

Absolutely "all" you need to know:
Semester Resources: standard operating procedures (SOPs) and syllabus guidelines
Academic Calendar

Updated information, newsletters from Purdue:
2024-07-31: Syllabus guidance and resources

Resources for Teaching

Semester Resources: standard operating procedures (SOPs) and syllabus guidelines (absolutely "all" you need to know)
Purdue Innovative Learning
Tools and Services for Teaching Remotely
Instructional Technology

Contacts for help:

yipn@purdue.edu (Aaron Yip, Department of Mathematics Teaching Pit Crew)

tlt@purdue.edu (Teaching and Learning Technologies, mostly for questions about technical support)

innovativelearningteam@purdue.edu (Innovative Learning, mostly for questions about teaching pedagogy)

urgent Boilercast needs only: call 49-42765

Platforms for Teaching

Schematics:
in a classroom environment
online/off-campus

Brightspace: (default learning management system (LMS) in Purdue)
Log in
Purdue Brightspace (very useful)
Vanderbilt University Brightspace help page
Video: Minimal Introduction to Brightspace
Some basic functionalities of Brightspace:
(For most updated procedures, please see Purdue Brightspace Documentation.)

Activate a course: make a course available to students

Merge sections

Add TA/Grader ("username" refers to Career account login name, WITHOUT the "@purdue.edu".)

Add/upload syllabus

Copy course from earlier semester

Add Course Modules and Contents

Create Assignments

Set up weighted grade categories

Create and upload videos

Announcements and Emails

See student's view: click "Your Name" (upper right corner) and then "View as Learner".

View photo roster

How to link external platforms (e.g. Gradescope, Piazza, Zoom, etc) to Brightspace:
- In course homepage, click Content.
- Create a new module (Add a module) with the name of the platform (or in any of the existing modules).
- Then click Existing Activities.
- Choose External Learning Tools.
- Scroll and choose the platform.

Gradescope:
Website for basic information
(new 2024-08) Linking course and assignments between Brightspace and Gradescope
(new 2024-07) TLT demonstrating video
(old) Video: Linking BrightSpace to Gradescope and creation of homework in Gradescope
Connect Gradescope to Brightspace, or in words:

In course homepage, click Content.

Ceate a new module (Add a module) called Gradescope (or in any of the existing modules).

Then click Existing Activities.

Choose External Learning Tools.

Choose Gradescope.
How students submit homework
How to create online assignment in Gradescope
How to duplicate an old course:

Choose an old course;

Click "Course Settings";

At bottom of page, click "Duplicate Course"

Piazza: Purdue Piazza page
(Paid Model for Piazza Q&A)
How to link Piazza from Brightspace:

In course homepage, click Content.

Create a new module (Add a module) called Piazza (or in any of the existing modules).

Then click Existing Activities.

Choose External Learning Tools.

Choose Piazza.

Miscellaneous and Alternative Platforms:
Campuswire: an alternative to Piazza.
Shovel: an online college planner app. (Purdue students will have access.)

Giving Exams

Academic Integrity (from a Purdue workshop, hosted by Office of Students Rights & Responsibilities (OSRR), Fall 2021)
Guideline for writing exams (from a Purdue workshop, Spring 2021)
Writing Good Questions for the Internet Era (from AMS)
Video: Creating timed exams in Gradescope
Instructional Technology (Digital Proctoring)

Examity

Respondus Lock Down Browser and Monitor

Making/Recording Lectures

Instructional Technology

Tools and Services for Teaching Remotely

Documents created by Greg Buzzard for Spring 2020 (when it all started...)
default (google doc / docx / pdf) and alternative (google doc / docx / pdf) practices.
(The above documents contain lots of useful and practical information much of which is still applicable but beware that Blackboard is replaced by Brightspace.)

Mediaspace: a good place to store videos.
The recording done by Kaltura, Boilercast and Webex will automatically be uploaded to this location.

Go to: MediaSpace

Click Guest (upper right corner), and My Media or Log in to access.

Kaltura - recording videos outside classrooms
Website for basic information
Video: How to Share and Download Videos from MediaSpace

Boilercast - recording audio, computer screen, doc-cam (and webcam, if available) in classrooms.
You can either request the recording in advance or do an "ad hoc" recording (see the videos below for some demo.)
Website for basic information (including requesting Boilercast for your class)

To use pre-requested Boilercast recording, turn on the doc-cam and log in to the desktop.
(This instruction sheet is available next to the desktop terminal.)

Recording lectures in classroom using Kaltura and Boilercast
Video: classroom setting and Kaltura/Boilercast capture
Video: demo lecture using "ad hoc" Kaltura/Boilercast (without requesting Boilercast in advance)

Make sure you enter your Career Account name before you start or upon saving.
Video: how to choose and change input sources (desktop, doc-cam, web-cam) for Boilercast capture.
Publish or sharing your videos from MediaSpace

Recording lectures off-campus and online

See the document above - alternative practices - created by Greg Buzzard for many practical methods and useful tips.

Collective information and comparison between Zoom, Webex, and Microsoft Teams

Zoom: Purdue educational license
How to link Zoom from Brightspace:

In course homepage, click Content.

Create a new module (Add a module) called Zoom (or in any of the existing modules).

Then click Existing Activities.

Choose External Learning Tools.

Choose Zoom.

Webex - for conference, recording lectures, and holding office hours
Log in: faculty and staff and students
Quick start / Further information from ITAP
Video: recording in Webex, uploading to MediaSpace and publishing/sharing from MediaSpace

Miscellaneous:
Guide for OBS Studio
Instructions on how to upload videos to YouTube

After that, you can either simply share the link of the YouTube or put the YouTube link in BrightSpace.
To do the latter, following the sequence:
Course Tool --> Kaltura Media (Gallery) --> Add New --> Choose YouTube.
You will then be prompted to enter the YouTube link.