[LON-CAPA-users] LON-CAPA and the push towards online

[lira at egr.msu.edu]

For MSU users, you can upload screencasts to mediaspace.msu.edu and not use
up your loncapa quota. Another option is to create a private youtube
channel, but I don't know how that is done, I have only heard the
suggestion.

 

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Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] LON-CAPA and the push towards online

 

Hi all,

I'm having the same problems.  I just deleted the file I uploaded yesterday
but LON-CAPA still says that I've exceeded the capacity by 333%.  I have no
idea what to do at this point.

Suggestions?

Susan

On 3/16/2020 11:46 AM, Athanas, Angela wrote:

Hi Susan. I've recorded several lectures using zoom. Can you advise me as to
how to upload them onto LON CAPA? I've done so by uploading them as zip
files but then I have run out of disk space. I'm doing something wrong.
Please help. Angela

 

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Hi all,

We officially went online on Wednesday (announced at 10 am to go online at
noon on the same day). Luckily because of my age and underlying pulmonary
issues, I had already gotten permission to go online the previous Monday.
That gave me time to think about how to accomplish the switch and notify
students before they returned to campus after Spring Break.

The biggest changes for me are:

*	giving lectures via Zoom, which I record and then post on LON-CAPA
(works then for both those who can/wish to be online during class time and
those who can't/don't wish to)
*	eliminating exams 2 and 3 and making the homework for the second
half of the course worth 20% of their grade
*	reducing my expectations on the project and eliminating the
in-person presentations during the final exam and increasing the worth of
the project
*	doing participation exercises online through LON-CAPA, but giving
them more time and making it (at least initially) more supportive than
anything else.  (This weekend's question was what I can do as your
instructor or as associate chair for UG studies to help you in this
challenging time).
*	listing online videos of course-related academic seminars for the
extra credit assignment. (Colleagues on Twitter have been awesome at
providing me with links to videos). These replace the on-campus seminars.

The students are shell-shocked, so my recommendation is be patient with
them, reduce your expectations - things will not be the same, and just do
what you can't. Don't worry that things will not be perfect. Don't edit
videos (it's a waste of your time). 

And remember to take care of yourselves,

All the best,

Susan

 

On 3/15/2020 1:25 PM, Peter Riegler wrote:

Hi, 

face-to-face teaching stopped on Friday at my University up until mid of
April. Since I use LON-CAPA to implement Just-in-Time-Teaching I do not feel
really challenged by the current situation. Business in LON-CAPA will
continue as usual. I will replace class time either screencasts or Adobe
Connect sessions. I discussed that on Friday in one of my classes after the
the message of university shutdown had arrived. Also to my students my plan
seems to be the most reasonable. 

Peter 

Am 15.03.2020 um 18:02 schrieb Lucas, Mark: 



I'm guessing everyone is in the same boat to some degree or another. 
Here at Ohio University we have suspended face-to-face classes through 
the end of the semester and are scrambling to go fully remote. 

The good thing is that for those of us already using LON-CAPA, the
transition 
is a little easier, but I know that I personally have a bit of work to pull
together 
extra resources to help support the students better. 

I would be curious to hear how people are adapting and perhaps using
LON-CAPA 
in ways they have not before. As well, this would be a great venue for
people 
who have questions about ways to stretch their use of the system. 

I know on our end we are scrambling to decide how we will use LON-CAPA 
for examination with the knowledge that their may need to be some 
give and take on proctoring in the immediate future. 

How goes it for everyone else? 

Mark 



 

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Professor
 
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies Department of Civil and
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Phone: 517 355-2254
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Susan J. Masten, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
 
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering Engineering Building 3505
428 S. Shaw Ln., Room 3546
East Lansing, MI 48824
 
Phone: 517 355-2254
Fax: 517 355-0250
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