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Engaging your class as a whole has always been a challenge, even before we moved online. It is especially difficult during Zoom classes, as the process of a student raising their hands, unmuting themselves, handling background noise and potentially unstable connections means that whole course interaction is limited at best. To improve engagement in your online classes we have listed a range of tools that can be helpful in this effort.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”30px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” toggle_font_size=”20px” closed_toggle_font_size=”19px” body_font_size=”16px” min_height=”731.1px” custom_margin=”24px|||||” db_closeable=”on” db_initial_state=”all_closed” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Promoting Student Interaction” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n These are a great way to get students discussing a topic in writing. They work best for open-ended discussions rather than for content delivery. They can be set up to limit access to other students\u2019 replies until after they have posted their own response. Professors can encourage discourse by having students post a response to a prompt, and then requiring them to respond to their classmates\u2019 posts with meaningful responses. Such responses should go beyond mere statements that agree with the comment they are replying to and encourage further discussion.<\/p>\n Brightspace Discussion Forums and Topics <\/b><\/a>is a versatile tool, and a great choice if you already use Brightspace, since you can integrate a rubric and link directly to your course\u2019s grade book.<\/p>\n Your students can also use the collaborative functions in web-based version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They can be used as stand-alone tools, within Office 365, or via a link in your Brightspace course<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Brightspace Pulse App<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Web\/Application Based Whiteboards” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Webinar recording: Using digital whiteboards in your online course<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Miro <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Desktop\/Device based Whiteboards” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Microsoft Office Suite comes with integrated drawing tools<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for several of their applications (Including Word<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, and Excel<\/strong><\/a><\/span>) .<\/p>\n Many of them are compatible and available on both Windows and Mac operating systems (with still present, but slightly less functionality for IOS and Android tablet systems).<\/p>\n Like with all whiteboarding tools, they work best when paired with an appropriate drawing tool such as a Wacom Tablet, or a touch screen computer with stylus (such as the Microsoft Surface).<\/p>\n The main disadvantage is it is less possible for students to live collaborate on the tool at the same time, and making it available to students afterwards requires additional steps.<\/p>\n Office tools with added functionality\/features are listed below.<\/p>\n Microsoft OneNote is the most full featured option for the desktop based whiteboard. It allows organizing notes by class, using Ink to Text\/Math conversion and inserting and annotation of multiple file types (ie: Word, PowerPoint, PDF).<\/p>\n Included with the campus Office licence (email support@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/span> if you require it to be installed on your campus machine).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Easily allows insertion and annotation of text<\/a><\/span>, files<\/a><\/span>, and drawings<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Infinite scroll – the canvas adjusts to the size of the drawing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n
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