Welcome to the Telfer Guide to Online Teaching!

The purpose of this open resource is to provide resources on various topics related to online teaching to support the transition to remote teaching at the Telfer School of Management. The content is searchable and is divided in 4 parts with chapters that can be accessed from the table of content on the left hand-side menu.

Part 1: Planning Online Teaching

This part provides the 10 important considerations when planning an online course, with a particular focus on a blended learning approach to help you carefully combine synchronous and asynchronous teaching modalities. The other strategies are based on lessons learned from the past year of remote teaching, namely student and teaching team workload, the importance of establishing a teaching presence online, and implementing inclusive teaching practices to support student wellbeing.

Part 2: Engaging Students Online

This part provides key strategies for engaging students during live lectures (synchronous teaching), before and after (asynchronous teaching) live lectures. Some of the strategies are easier to implement than others, but allocating time for practice with a colleague or your teaching assistant(s) is advised.

Part 3: Online Assessment Strategies

This part focuses on two assessment tools available on Brightspace, Quizzes and Assignments to assess student learning online. Alternative assessment methods are also considered.

Part 4: Online Course Design Considerations

This part introduces the Telfer Brightspace course template that can be imported into your own course. By adopting this online course template, you will help create consistency between online courses and simplify access to important elements of a course on Brightspace, the University of Ottawa’s learning management system.