Well that was a different sort of week wasn’t it? Every time I hear the news it sounds like the background track to a sci-fi movie – without action scenes.
I’ve been putting in extra hours as the college helps instructors to compress the term. I spent most of my time preparing documents to help instructors add content and assessment tools to their courses.
Emails began to steadily roll in by Wednesday as more face to face interactions were cancelled.
I helped out in the Office of Global Engagement ( OGE) Wednesday morning as they tried their first BlueJeans conference for 20 with colleagues across the province. Everything went pretty well and they were happy to have someone there for moral support as much tech support.
I’m learning more about Blackboard from the instructor perspective as I help people with their courses. Finding out more about BlueJeans too and how the recordings work. Speaking of BlueJeans, account requests (and creations) were fast and furious. There were hundreds this week.
I spent Friday on starting some BlueJeans help files. I have the participant one almost ready and screen shots and some text for moderators. I takes me back to teaching instructors how to use Collaborate except then, there was time for actual scheduled training. This is full court press. I like the daily sessions with instructors that Liesel is doing. I get to see where the gaps are and it’s supportive place where instructors are helping each other. Also nice to stay connected while we work from home.
No crystal ball for what happens next.