Here at Rush, we prepare you to succeed as you teach from home. Below you will find all the information to get you transitioned to online instruction.
A Learning Management System (LMS) is used to support learning by providing a space where materials can be stored and organized, assessments can be given, and students and teachers can interact using the various communication features such as discussions and messaging. The Colleges of Nursing, Health Sciences and Graduate College currently use Canvas as the LMS.
You can access your courses using your web browser in one of several ways: through the University Portal or Canvas via RushUniversity.Instructure. The advantage of logging in via the University Portal is that it provides a one-stop shop to Rush news and events, various applications, and WebAdvisor, where you can see your enrolled students, enter your grades, etc. The portal uses single sign-on, so once you sign on here, you can access other applications without logging in again.
Panopto is a lecture capturing tool that allows faculty to create lecture recording, screen casting, live video streaming and video content management within the learning management system.
You’ll want to download and install Panopto to record videos and presentations.
Zoom offers a video, audio and screen-sharing experience across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Zoom Rooms, and H.323/SIP room systems. Use it to create a virtual classroom space for lectures with chat, polls and other interactivity.
You can add Zoom to your course sites/shells from inside Blackboard, or sign on to Rush’s Zoom web portal with your Rush e-mail address and password.
Online exams may be administered online via Canvas, Examity or ExamSoft, part of Examplify. You can choose the software that best fits your course.
Instructions for manually uploading an ExamSoft exam file:
When students move to an online format, learning should not be self-paced or lonely. Find ways to encourage student interaction and engagement with the content you’re presenting them with or the content they are supposed to read. There should be a value (grade) associated with these activities. Some ideas here are:
In the event of a campus closure, it is very important to communicate to your students right away. Give them information about:
If you already have lectures written for courses as Power Point files, those can be used in a pinch for an online version of your class, but are not ideal as stand-alone “lectures” since they’re used for you to lecture in class. Thus, if you have Power Point presentations, the next best thing is to create a video lecture. You can use Panopto or Screencast-o-matic.
Please use previously-recorded Panopto lectures if they already have closed captions available. Use Screencast-o-matic if you do not have a captioned Panopto video. Contact CTEI@rush.edu if you need help getting access to either of these tools for lecture recordings.
In an emergency situation, even a written lecture is fine. Just save it as a PDF file.
Check accessibility in your Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents
Caption your lectures & using videos that have captioning
Edit scanned .pdf’s to readable .pdf’s
Ensure accessibility in your learning content
Accessibility and the Learning Management System
Canvas support for faculty:
Zoom support
ExamSoft support
Other support