  {"id":2656,"date":"2020-03-25T14:16:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/?page_id=2656"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:09:00","slug":"going-online-in-a-hurry-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/going-online-in-a-hurry-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Teaching Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Online Teaching Resources<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t used PLATO\/Brightspace? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/faculty-resources\/havent-used-plato\/\">Information on how to get quick training! <\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Research, Updates, and Best Practices<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/er.educause.edu\/blogs\/2020\/3\/students-readiness-to-adopt-fully-remote-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educause Research Students Readiness to Adopt Fully Remote Online Learning\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Important Notice from Disability Services<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/dr-sarah-lazares-statement-on-accessible-online-electronic-course-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statement on Accessible Online\/Electronic Course Materials from the Banacos Academic Center<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Staying Balanced and Well During this Stressful Times<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HyyusbvXbi_VLWctviuHiA1YrScK6UifsY7ajU1XNXg\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Some Helpful Tips UPCEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpguide.org\/articles\/anxiety\/coronavirus-anxiety.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helpful Tips Reducing Anxiety during\u00a0 Stressful Times- Coronavirus Tips<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ZOOM Information<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AH8UMGSQUlVNDz8Fp6qXSvySH_WOTznngIZomgrF014\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preventing Zoom Bombers from Interrupting Your Course<\/a> &#8211; Chris Hirtle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uaZgtgeWgu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Basics Video<\/a> &#8211; Robert R. Chatt, Ph.D. CIT Faculty Mentor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qy2qRZcjEe0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recording with Zoom- PowerPoint and Uploading to YouTube<\/a>&#8211; Robert R. Chatt, Ph.D. CIT Faculty Mentor<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LPUrlAnchor341807\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/11ew8n50_7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Fridays: Using Polling in your Classroom\/Meeting<\/a>\u00a0Robert R. Chatt, Ph.D. CIT Faculty Mentor<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E7osyxG4xtc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing Participants and Security<\/a> Robert R. Chatt, Ph.D. CIT Faculty Mentor<\/div>\n<p>Great Resources from Zoom Scroll down- for the Education Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/docs\/en-us\/covid19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Tutorials from Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WmMSXOQVQs4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creating Narrating Power Points Using Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ua3AW6RVv64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uploading your Zoom \/or ScreenPal Videos to YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resources to Help Move Your Courses to the Remote Format<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/teaching-remotely-getting-started-and-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teaching Remotely: Getting started resources (COVID 2020)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelwagstaff.info\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advice for College Teachers Moving Online Quickly<\/a>\u2013 Great advice for keeping it simple!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Going-Online-in-a-Hurry-What\/248207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Going Online in a Hurry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Going-Online-in-a-Hurry-What\/248207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Going-Online-in-a-Hurry-What\/248207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Where to Start<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 by Michelle D. Miller \u2013 published in the Chronicle of Higher Ed last week. I would highly recommend reading this one before you start planning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/eight-steps-for-a-smoother-transition-to-online-teaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty Focus Moving online Quickly- What to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/eight-steps-for-a-smoother-transition-to-online-teaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">consider<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/er.educause.edu\/multimedia\/2013\/5\/8-lessons-learned-from-teaching-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educause Short Video on Teaching Online or Remotely first time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdl.ucf.edu\/teach\/resources\/faculty-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCF Tips from Faculty Teaching Online Video Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/about\/programs-initiatives\/ted-connects-community-hope?utm_source=recommendation&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=explore&amp;utm_term=bookmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Talks on Corona Virus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teaforteaching.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tea for Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teaching in Higher Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkudl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Think UDL Universal Design for Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Teaching Resources Haven&#8217;t used PLATO\/Brightspace? Information on how to get quick training! Research, Updates, and Best Practices Educause Research Students Readiness to Adopt Fully Remote Online Learning\u00a0 Important Notice from Disability Services Statement on Accessible Online\/Electronic Course Materials from the Banacos Academic Center Staying Balanced and Well During this Stressful Times Some Helpful Tips [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2656"}],"version-history":[{"count":81,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2656\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/cit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}