Tools for Hybrid Pedagogy
Bookmark this page for the latest recommended tools for hybrid teaching. As options change and evolve, we’ll post them here. If you think there is a capability or tool that should be considered for this list, please contact coe-remote-teaching@umich.edu.
Topics
Course Setup & Structure
Course Content, Activities & Assessment
Course Setup and Structure
Course Management
Turnkey Solution: Canvas
- Provides a common structure for U-M courses
- Variety of useful tools native to Canvas, including
- Certain tools (eg: Assignments) are linked to Student Explorer, which allows advisors to track overall student progress
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Customizable Option: Canvas + Course Website
- Canvas should be a landing point for all courses, and can then can link to an external website(s) with more course info
- Instructors should try to keep as much info centralized in Canvas, when possible
- Students request that, at a minimum, the following Canvas tools be used:
Course Content, Activities & Assessment
Discussion Forum
Turnkey Solution: Canvas Discussions
- Native to Canvas
- Individual group discussions can be set up with their own board and collaboration tools
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Customizable Option: Piazza
- Integrates with Canvas
- Can allow students to post anonymously
- Can add tags (folders) to items
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Grading
Turnkey Solution: Canvas SpeedGrader
- Native to Canvas
- Uses a customizable rubric
- Integrates with Canvas Assignments and Quizzes
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Customizable Option: Gradescope
- Accommodates multiple graders
- Better support for formulas and free text
- AI based grouping of like answers
- Allows for grading rubric updates that automatically update all assignments
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Quizzes & Exams
Turnkey Solution: Canvas Quizzes
- Has various question formats (multiple choice, true/false, essay, etc.)
- Randomized question banks
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In-Classroom Recording Video
Turnkey Solution: CAEN Lecture Capture
- Available in all CoE classrooms
- Allows for side by side video of the front of the room and projected material
- Automatically posts lectures to Canvas
- Allows basic editing (trimming beginning and end)
- NOTE: Cannot stream content in real-time
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Customizable Option: Zoom
- Supports synchronous streaming/recording and asynchronous recording
- Supports 300 remote participants
- Ability to add backgrounds
- Various integrated features (polling, whiteboard)
- NOTE: Does not allow any editing of content
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Synchronous Home Recording Video
Turnkey Solutions
Zoom
- Supports synchronous streaming and recording
- Supports 300 remote participants
- Record and download sessions (stored online for 30 days)
- Various integrated features (polling, whiteboard, breakout groups)
- Does NOT include post-editing of videos
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BlueJeans
- Integrates in Canvas
- Supports 200 remote participants
- Record and download sessions (stored online for 180 days)
- Various integrated features (whiteboard, annotation, breakout sessions)
- Does NOT include post-editing of videos
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Asynchronous Home Recording Video
Turnkey Solution: Kaltura Capture
- Integrates directly with Canvas for easy upload
- Doesn’t require being online to record lecture
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Customizable Option: Camtasia
- Not directly integrated with Canvas
- More advanced editing options over Kaltura
- Reach out to caen@umich.edu for a license
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Engagement & Interactivity
Office Hours
Turnkey Solution: U-M Remote Office Hours Queue
- officehours.it.umich.edu
- Can be used for one-on-one meetings, and also invite others
- Offers first-come, first served queuing
- Multiple instructors can manage a single queue
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Customizable Option: Zoom Breakout Rooms
- Can have group office hours or one on one
- Can use breakout rooms for different topics, or one-on-one meetings
- Various integrated features (polling, whiteboard)
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Team Management Tools
Turnkey Solution: Canvas Groups
- Assign discussion topics to each group
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Customizable Option: CATME
- Provides a means for creating teams based on criteria such as sex, prior experience, schedule compatability
- Provides mechanisms for students to give and receive feedback
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Peer Reviews
Turnkey Solution: Canvas – M-Write Peer Reviews
- Allow student peers to provide feedback on other students’ work
- Instructors can assess and email students directly about submissions
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Customizable Options
Perusall
- Integrates in Canvas
- Instructors can upload/assign their own articles or PDFs
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Tandem
- Integrates in Canvas
- Ability to create teams based on gender, prior experience, schedule compatibility
- Provides mechanisms for students to give and receive feedback
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Group Breakout in Class
Turnkey Solution: Zoom Breakout Rooms
- Native to Zoom
- Can pre-create breakout groups
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Customizable Option: BlueJeans Breakout Sessions
- Native to BlueJeans
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Digital Whiteboards
Turnkey Solution: Zoom Whiteboard
- Native to Zoom
- Best used with a pen-based touchscreen/tablet
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Customizable Option: Jamboard
- Part of the U-M Google suite of applications
- Can be shared/saved via Google Drive
- Best used with a pen-based tablet
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Polling
Turnkey Solution: Zoom Polling
- Native to Zoom
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Customizable Option: iClicker Cloud
- Offers mobile device polling, without the need for a physical iClicker remote
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Closed Captioning
Turnkey Solution: Google Slides Captions
- Automatic closed captioning available in presentation mode
- Doesn’t meet ADA requirements for accuracy without post-lecture editing
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Customizable Option: Zoom Closed Captioning
- Requires host to assign an attendee to add closed captioning in the Zoom meeting
- Includes ability to add a third party service to add captions
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