Contingency Plans: Teaching Online & Working From Home

These are the main tools you'll need to get to know for online teaching:

Canvas

The University Learning Management System (LMS) is the online center of your academic work.

• Canvas tutorial: Innovative Learning Center training guides.

Zoom

• https://tulane.zoom.us/
• Tulane Zoom How-To (PDF)
• Zoom tutorial: Innovative Learning Center training guides.

YuJa

• https://tulane.yuja.com/
• Tulane YuJa How-To

Departmental Point People for Online Teaching questions

• Alicia Battle (GCHB) abattle1@tulane.edu
• Aaron Hoffman (EPID) ahoffma3@tulane.edu
• Roy Rando (EHS) rando@tulane.edu
• Mollye Demosthenidy (HPM) mdemosth@tulane.edu
• John LeFante (BIOS) lefante@tulane.edu
• Mark Wiser (TRMD) wiser@tulane.edu

Where to Get Help & Learning Resources for Online Teaching & Working from Home

• SPHTM IT is located on the 12^th floor, next to room 1220. 
  • Phone: (504) 988-7173 or (504) 988-2685
  • Email: sphhelp@tulane.edu
• Check out the Teach Anywhere Toolkit assembled by the university. 
• Tulane IT's Pandemic Emergency Preparedness Solutions and Actions - more resources

If you're working from home and need to access Armstrong or work-related databases, you will need to install a VPN on your computer. Tulane uses Juno Pulse.

• Guidelines for Windows configuration
• Guidelines for Mac OSX configuration

Visit Tulane IT's Pandemic Emergency Preparedness Solutions and Actions for information on which Tulane databases and internal networks require VPN access

• Faculty will be communicating with students this week about how you plan to offer your course online.
• Faculty will also post and updated schedule/syllabus in Canvas reflecting the changes for online delivery by March 20.
• Angela Breckenridge and Alicia Battle are available to help with transitioning to an online course.
• Workshops are ongoing to provide faculty with training and advice for adapting curriculum to the online format and delivering courses online using Canvas, Zoom, and online testing.
• For more information download: Framework for Instructional Continuity in Moving to an Online Format for Spring 2020
• Updated Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) Requirements for Spring and Summer 2020 (PDF)

Updated information and FAQ  

• University COVID-19 news and communications 
• SPHTM COVID-19 site
• Nurse advice line for students, faculty, and staff if you have symptoms or suspect you have been exposed: Call here first if you have symptoms or think you have been exposed 504-862-8121 (during business hours) or 855-487-0290 (after hours).
• New Orleans Information https://ready.nola.gov/home/