Technology Tips for Incorporating Remote Students in Face-to-Face (F2F) Class

General considerations, tools, and tips to help manage students in multiple locations

• Ask/Assign students to assist with class management and have them take turns:
  • monitoring the Zoom or Canvas chat for remote contributions
  • watching for "raised hands" in Zoom
  • watching the teaching process to check for audio or visual needs (ie, are you or other students forgetting to step up to the webcam?) See audio and webcam connection tips
  • bringing a remote student to the face-to-face class by opening up Zoom on their laptop and placing it nearby
• Portable tabletop tripods and stands are available for borrowing from the Help Desk as you may find you prefer to have a remote student on-screen via a mobile device
• Zoom in the face-to-face classroom can be done; however, multiple students in the same room in the same meetings can cause microphones and sound to interfere with each other. Consider utilizing additional space, or asking students to bring headphones with built-in microphones.
• Designate a space for students to ask questions between sessions that can be addressed in later videos/Zoom sessions/office hours. Canvas and Box Notes are both great for this purpose.

Sharing physical and digital resources with students

• Leverage screen sharing in Zoom  - this includes but is not limited to sharing your browser, PowerPoint, or "document" cameras for scribing
• Store digitized materials in your Canvas site for ongoing access and review by students at their convenience
• Aim the web camera at a blackboard or whiteboard
• Share recordings of in person sessions via Canvas
• Create a detailed Canvas homepage or other central location with relevant links and clear expectations of what technology/service will be used, and when

Facilitating participation for all students

• Utilize the webcam mic to capture student participation
  • Depending upon room and class size, face-to-face students may need to be advised to approach the webcam mic to contribute to discussion
  • All assigned classrooms will have webcams
  • Developing a routine of repeating back all student questions can also help
• Multiple chat options are available: both Zoom and Canvas have chat tools.
• Consider synchronous note taking - using Box Notes for quick collaboration among multiple participants is a great example
• Box Notes could be launched daily to encourage student contributions - recommend asking students to put their first name in parenthesis to indicate accountability

Conducting assessments and checking student understanding in the hybrid environment

• Use a polling/assessment tool such as Canvas quizzes or Baseline SRS to do a mid-class check-in
• Consider using Box Notes or chat features (Zoom, Canvas) for opening engagement questions or closing KWL checks on understanding
• Setup a Box folder or a space in Canvas (built in recording functionality)  where students can upload quick responses to unit objectives - depending on technology available, these could be typed, audio (recorded with phones or Audacity), or video (Zoom, QuickTime) based

Need additional help? Contact the HWS IT Services Digital Learning Team.