Quick Reference for HyFlex and Remote Teaching

The solutions and recommendations below are aimed at helping faculty find the approach(es) that best fit their courses.

Teaching/Presenting course material and lectures

Panopto (lecture recording)

• How to create new lecture recordings using Panopto
• How to move existing Panopto lecture recordings from past courses to current courses

Zoom (synchronous class meetings and recordings)

• Getting started with Zoom, setting up new class/meeting sessions
• Using breakout rooms for smaller group work/discussions
• How to record your Zoom session
• Configure Zoom to automatically store your Zoom session recordings in Lehigh Dropbox (strongly recommended)
• How to secure your Zoom class/meeting session
• Sharing Zoom session recordings from Lehigh Dropbox via Course Site

Assigning and collecting course work

Course Site activities and solutions

• Using the Assignment activity
  • Collecting submissions of handwritten work
• Using the Turnitin assignment activity
• Creating quizzes/exams in Course Site
  • Important best practices for creating and managing assessments in Course Site
• Communicating with students/peer and Discussion activities
  
  • Using Course Site forums for discussions
  • Communicating with your class via Quickmail block in Course Site
• Gathering simple student feedback to gauge student comfort and mastery

Teaching spaces by use-case scenario

The following table shows the different types of technology-equipped spaces and how installed technology is suited for teaching both in-person and remote students synchronously. For more information regarding installed equipment and/or to check how your assigned teaching space is classified, click on the space-type. Information on using the technology in each space is provided on the space-specific page.

¹ Additional technology, such as portable microphones and/or cameras, are available to borrow from the Digital Media Studio (DMS).

² If you write on whiteboards, you will need to do so either on an annotation capable device such as the instructor station SMART podium, or use the provided document camera which can be used with Zoom. For more information on  using annotation in instruction, see Lecture Annotation in Screen Sharing

Suggested approach for teaching in non-HyFlex spaces

Most laptops come built-in with cameras and microphones, which can be used to easily capture (record/stream) your lectures/presentations regardless of teaching in a physical classroom to a hybrid in-person/remote audience or recording in a private/office space on your own. If, in addition, you wish to have discussions or group-based work with students, there are a few options. One, fully-remote option is to conduct your session entirely via Zoom using breakout rooms. Alternatively, in a classroom setting with a hybrid audience, you could borrow additional equipment, such as a portable microphone/speaker from the DMS so both in-person and remote students can interact. Placement of the microphone/speaker is most important to best capture audio from anyone who will be interacting during the session. It's possible to do this, as a last resort, by simply placing your laptop in a position that allows its built-in microphone to effectively capture audio from anyone speaking within reasonable distance/loudness/clarity. 

For more assistance

If you have any questions or need assistance getting set up, please contact the Help Desk or submit a ticket at www.lehigh.edu/help.