Additional Resources
- Preparing to Scale Teaching and Learning Online: https://www.blackboard.com/go/scale-teaching-and-learning-online
- Scaling Online Teaching and Learning Webinar
- Coronavirus Contingency Planning Best Practices
- New, Free Webinars for Educators
- New, Free Online Courses for Educators
- Product-Specific Toolkits for IT
- Continuity of Education Blackboard Group: Blackboard User Group to help users learn about and share resources on how institutions manage and prepare for continuity of education when a crisis, natural disaster or pandemic arises. Both Blackboard and clients will share information, updates and resources here. https://community.blackboard.com/groups/home/99
- Finding Rich and Engaging Activities: Materials and Activities for Online Instruction (PPT)
- Lecture Capture Tips (PPT)
- Teaching Remotely in Times of Need (Google Slides)
- Educause: COVID-19 Resources for Higher Ed
- CDC Issues COVID-19 Guidance to Higher Ed
- Suddenly Teaching Online? Free Resources to Help Faculty Affected by Coronavirus (LinkedIn)
Apple Resources
The below are resources that Apple has curated and sent to their Higher Education partners.
You can chat online, ask questions, and get help from these Apple Education support communities:
Virtual one-on-one coaching sessions with Apple Professional Learning specialists are available for free to help educators hone their approach to online student learning and workflows. Send an email to appleprofessionallearning@apple.com to request a virtual coaching session.
**Preparing your school's Apple devices for remote learning
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211092
Important iPad Productivity Features…you may not be aware of
- Steps to record your screen iPhone/iPad
- Use Multitasking on your iPad
- The files app in iPadOS 13 supports network file shares and USB thumb drives
- iPadOS 13 Offers Desktop-Class Browsing with Safari
Video Conferencing Solutions - Mac | iPad | iPhone
- Adobe Connect: Mac | iPad/iPhone
- BlueJeans: Mac | iPad/iPhone
- Cisco WebEx Meetings: Mac | iPad/iPhone
- Google Hangouts: Mac | iPad/iPhone
- Skype: Mac | iPad | iPhone
- Zoom Cloud Meetings: Mac | iPad/iPhone
Productivity Applications - The iPad is the only platform that can run all three of the major productivity suites:
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Apple iWork (Keynote, Pages and Numbers)
- Google Apps (Docs, Sheets and Slides).
Articles are about disinfecting our products: Cleaning Apple products: HT204172
Tips for remote learning or attending school from home during the coronavirus outbreak
Tech Firms Offer Free Remote Working Tools, as Coronavirus Cases Surge
https://www.cbronline.com/news/free-remote-working-tools
These 5 Tech Companies Are Providing Free Remote Working Tools During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Cloud File Sharing - The iPad can integrate with all cloud file sharing platforms:
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- iCloud
- Box
- Dropbox
- Microsoft OneDrive
- Google Drive
- and more
Learning Management System
- Canvas Teacher: iPad/iPhone Canvas Student: iPad/iPhone
- Blackboard Instructor: iPad/iPhone Blackboard: iPad/iPhone
- Moodle: Mac | iPad/iPhone
- Many others are available through the desktop-class browser on Mac and iPad
Whiteboard Solution
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- Apple Keynote: Mac | iPad/iPhone - collaboration and record annotations
- Explain Everything EDU: Mac (player) | iPad/iPhone
- Microsoft Whiteboard iPad/iPhone
Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation - ePub is an open standard
OER Resources