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Teaching Resources from the Remote 2.0 Committee: Instructional Technologies

Curated resources for faculty reviewed by members of the Remote 2.0 subcommittee.

Academic technology resources and services

Through a collaboration between the Library and Information and Technology Services W&J faculty are provided with training opportunities, published resources, consultation services, and support related to hardware and licensed software for instructional use at Washington & Jefferson College.

Many answers to frequently asked questions can be found in the ITS Knowledge Base, including how-to instructions for using College technologies. Requests for support, and answers to other questions, should be submitted at support.washjeff.edu.

Contact Samantha Martin

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Instructional Technology Librarian
Washington & Jefferson College
Clark Family Library
60 S. Lincoln St.
Washington, PA 15301
724-503-1001, Ext. 3127
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Support Documents for Recording, Saving, & Sharing Lecture Video

Meeting Owl Pro

VZ-R document camera

Sakai, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom Overview: Choosing the right tools

Zoom

  • We are a Microsoft Office campus and the preferred videoconferencing tool is Microsoft Teams. If you need to use Zoom you need to request a license through Dean McCracken (mmccracken@washjeff.edu) in the Office of Academic Affairs.
  • Zoom offers videos on specific topics.
  • More information about Zoom for videoconferencing

Storing and Sharing Videos: Instructor Tools and Best Practices

Sakai

Course Sites are created twice per year within W&J's learning management system (LMS), Sakai, and enrollment into these Sites is managed by way of an automated process. Summer & Fall course shells are created after Spring grading and graduation as ended. JayTerm & Spring course shells are created after Fall grades are finalized. 

In Sakai, faculty have the ability to upload and share file resources such as .pdf reading materialsadminister online assessments (Tests & Quizzes)create and moderate discussion forumsrelease announcements or send private messages to students, distribute and collect assignments, and manage ongoing course grades, in addition to a number of other features which can be enabled throughout individual Course Sites.

For other instructional materials related to Sakai, click on the Help button button, located throughout individual Sakai pages, or visit the Sakai User Guide here, which contains over 475 different informational and instructional pages dedicated to answering frequently asked questions and providing clear information about each of Sakai’s available features.

Recording and distributing video lectures and presentations

Videoconferencing for online and JayFlex learning