Remote Teaching & Learning
Bates offers and supports a variety of technology tools that enable courses to be held in-person, remotely, or in a mixed modality environment.
If you need additional assistance or wish to consult with Curricular and Research Computing (CRC), please contact us (ats@groups.bates.edu) and our staff will find the support and expertise you need.
Use Lyceum as a Central Meeting Point
Lyceum is Bates’ learning management system (LMS). Based on the Moodle platform, it provides many services and tools to faculty and students, including discussion forums, assignment submission, text chat, and a quizzing tool. It is an easy means of posting files and linking to other resources at Bates and beyond. Getting started with Lyceum is simple, and CRC is here to help.
For more information on using Lyceum, please consult our brief Lyceum to Go virtual series, as well as browse our Lyceum tutorials.
For most, Lyceum is a good choice for a central meeting point.
Record Lectures and Lessons to Share with Students
Creating a Video Recording with Zoom
Recording a ‘Screencast-Style’ Video with Zoom
Accessing and Saving Zoom Cloud Recordings
Creating a Video Recording with Quicktime (macOS devices only)
Screen Recording with Quicktime (macOS devices only)
Using YouTube to Share Recorded Videos
Editing Automatic Captioning for YouTube Videos
Creating and Sharing YouTube Videos Using a Mobile Device
Encouraging Asynchronous Interaction and Communication
There are multiple ways to facilitate communication with your students:
- Use a threaded discussion board on Lyceum. Consider creating a discussion board where you post course announcements and students can reply with questions
- Communicate regularly with your students to ensure that they are making appropriate progress. You can email your students using Quickmail in Lyceum or course mailing lists, or try out the new Lyceum Messaging service.
- Update materials on Lyceum to reflect changes in the syllabus, assignments or other class requirements
- Hold office hours via web video meetings, chat, or provide options for students to reach you by phone
Student Engagement
Lyceum forums allow for robust student discussions. Students can use forums to post reflections on course content or assignments, comment on posts from other students, and/or ask questions.
Assessing Student Learning
Use Lyceum activities to create assignments that are automatically integrated into Gradebook. There is also a quiz activity for creating multiple choice, short answer, and other types of exams. Lyceum allows you to provide text-based, audio, and video feedback on student assignments.
Equitable and Inclusive Pedagogical Practices
Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely, Rice University
Accessibility
Remote Learning and Accessibility at Bates College
Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19, Mapping Access