Remote Instruction

Zoom to the Next Level (9/10)

September 10, 2021, 2:00pm
Building off of our "Getting Started with Zoom" workshop, "Zoom to the Next Level" explores what we learned using Zoom during our first year in the cloud and the improvements that will be available in the Summer.

Zoom to the Next Level (8/20)

August 20, 2021, 11:00am
Building off of our "Getting Started with Zoom" workshop, "Zoom to the Next Level" explores what we learned using Zoom during our first year in the cloud and the improvements that will be available in the Summer.

Get Started with Gradescope (8/9)

August 9, 2021, 10:00am
This workshop will offer guidance on delivery of assignments that are paper-based, fully online, or a combination of the two.

Strategies for Assessing Student Learning in Remote Courses

June 21, 2021, 1:00pm
In this interactive workshop, participants will engage with example strategies for implementing frequent, low-stakes assessments into their course designs and discuss how to effectively gauge student learning over time.

Moving from Red to Green: Ally in bCourses (7/28)

July 28, 2021, 10:00am
Attend this workshop to learn how to improve the accessibility of your bCourses files so students using assistive technologies can better access content and generate alternative formats.

Include Beginning of the Course and Mid-Semester Surveys

Include Beginning of the Course and Mid-Semester Surveys

One way to learn more about your students and their experience in your course is to conduct surveys at the beginning and mid-semester points. A survey at the beginning of the course will allow you to get a better understanding of the challenges students may face in a remote instruction course, as well as provides an opportunity to learn more about each student on an individual basis. A mid-semester survey provides an opportunity to find out what’s working and what’s not in your course, and then make adjustments where needed. It...

Get Started with Gradescope Workshop Series

This workshop will offer guidance on delivery of assignments that are paper-based, fully online, or a combination of the two.

Import the DLS Core Template

Import the DLS Core Template

Canvas Commons is a repository of digital resources that allows users to share and import content into a course site. The DLS Core Template is available in Canvas Commons to UC Berkeley users in the Instructor, TA, or Designer roles.

Follow the steps below to import the template to your new course site.

1. Open Commons

In the Global Navigation, select Commons.

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New integration will automatically copy Zoom Cloud Recordings to Kaltura starting on January 6

December 17, 2020

Starting January 6, 2021, at 8 am, whenever any campus member uses their UC Berkeley Zoom account to host a meeting that is recorded to the Zoom Cloud, the resulting recording will be automatically copied to UC Berkeley’s campus video management system, Kaltura. One of two things will happen:

If the Zoom account owner has no Kaltura account, the recording will be deleted from Kaltura within 24 hours (this does not affect the Zoom Cloud recording, which will still be available in Zoom for 30 days). It will never be shared with anybody else.

If the...

Updates to Berkeley SuiteC Instructional Tools

June 8, 2021

The Asset Library and Engagement Index tools are being rebuilt, and new versions will be available in the fall, while Whiteboards and Impact Studio are being retired.

Background:

The SuiteC tool set was developed as part of a grant-funded project and first piloted in 2015. Over time, technologies have modernized, class sizes have increased, and the performance of SuiteC has fallen behind, ultimately leading to the need to retire the current toolset.

Since these tools are critical to many...