Remote Teaching Resources
These resources on remote teaching should give you a good understanding of some of the common issues, general guidelines, and practical tips that will help you develop and deliver courses that are meaningful, vital, and engaging.
As we learn more about remote teaching, we'll update these resources, adding new ones and revising as needed. So, check back regularly, and take a tour through our library!
If you have any suggestions for future additions, please let us know by emailing us at teaching@trentu.ca.
Want to hear more about the team in Trent Online? Check out 'Not So Distant Learning' Trent Online's Blog and Podcast.
Planning a Remote Course
- How to Plan a Remote Course
- Learning Activities for a Remote Course: Options, Considerations, and Tools
- Sample Plans for Remote Courses
- Finding a Good Balance of Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning Activities
- Planning a Remote Course: A Checklist
- How to Organize a Blackboard Course
- Delivery Formats: In-Person, Hybrid, Remote, Online
Engaging Students in a Remote Course
- How to Be Present in a Remote Course
- Guidelines for Teaching with Zoom
- Tips for Recording a Good Lecture (Part I)
- Tips for Recording a Good Lecture (Part II)
- Guidelines for Using Discussion Boards in Remote Courses
- Sample Materials for Discussion Boards
- How to Engage Students in Smaller Remote Courses
- Guidelines for Using Breakout Rooms in Zoom
- Trauma-Informed Teaching in Remote Courses
- Guidelines for Talking about Difficult Topics in a Remote Course
- Helping Students Communicate in a Remote or Online Course
- How to Make Your Synchronous Classes Better
- Using Discussion Boards, VoiceThread, and Teams More Effectively
- Developing an Online or Remote Teaching Laboratory
Assessing Students' Work in a Remote Course
- Guidelines for Selecting and Designing Assessments for Remote Courses
- Assessments for Remote Teaching: Definitions, Guidelines, Uses, and Limitations
- Academic Honesty in Remote Courses (Coming Soon)
Indigenous Pedagogy in Remote Courses
Supporting Students Who Cannot Come to Class
Sample Student Communications
- Sample Welcome/Orientation Emails
- Sample Remote Learning Checklists
- Remote Learning Checklist Template
- Sample Check-In Email
- Sample Student Feedback Email
- Sample VoiceThread Introduction Assignment
Referring Students to Support Resources
- Academic Support Through Academic Skills in the Colleges
- Gender-Based Violence and Crisis Supports
- Mental Health Supports on the Sympons Campus
- Mental Health Supports on the Durham Campus
Faculty Showcases
- Kateryna Keefer (Psychology)
- Shaun Watmough (School of the Environment)
- Kelly Egan (Cultural Studies)
- Paula Sherman (Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies)
- Holly Bates (Biology)
- Sally Chivers (English/Gender and Women's Studies)
Teaching Notes: A Newsletter from the Centre for Teaching and Learning and Trent Online
- Issue 1: Checking in with your students
- Issue 2: Thinking about assessments
- Issue 3: Teaching in Tough Times
- Issue 4: Academic Integrity in Online Courses
- Issue 5: Tips for Grading
- Issue 6: One Thing That Worked: Part I
- Issue 7: One Thing That Worked: Part II
- Issue 8: Teaching about Race and Racism
- Issue 9: Engaging Students
- Issue 10: Case Studies
- Issue 11: The Aftertimes
- Issue 12: Indigenization at Trent
- Issue 13: Planning for the Last Day of Class
- Issue 14: The Aftertimes (Part II)
- Issue 15: Starting a Pedagogical Research Project
- Issue 16: Destinations, A Review
- Issue 17: Destinations, A Review (Continued, with Day 2)
- Issue 18: Trauma-Informed Teaching
- Issue 19: Land-Based Teaching and Learning
- Issue 20: Hybrid Teaching
- Issue 21: Back to School
- Issue 22: Mentoring Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Special Issue: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Special Issue: The Continuing Issue of Student Engagement and Participation
- Issue 23: The Syllabus Issue
- Issue 24: Humanizing Learning
- Issue 25: Group Work
- Issue 26: Universal Design for Learning
- Issue 27: It’s the Most Rewarding Time of the Year!
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