{"id":1949,"date":"2020-03-12T13:09:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?page_id=1949"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:09:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:09:03","slug":"instructional-continuity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/instructional-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional Continuity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Individual CUNY campuses provide specific guidance to their faculty; please find the list of campus sites on the <a href=\"https:\/\/continuity.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/additional-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instructional Continuity Site<\/a> maintained by the CUNY Graduate Center.<\/p>\n<p>Also see CUNY&#8217;s page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/coronavirus\/guidance-on-academic-continuity-to-campuses\/\">Academic Continuity<\/a> providing guidance for all campuses, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/cuny-continuity\/cuny-continuity-for-students\/\">CUNY Student Continuity page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CUNY CIS also provides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/coronavirus\/faq-for-faculty-and-staff\/\">FAQ for faculty and staff on how to access CUNY technology<\/a> for remote teaching and work,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/about\/administration\/offices\/cis\/core-functions\/cuny-blackboard\/\"> Blackboard information and resources<\/a>, in particular a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/about\/administration\/offices\/cis\/core-functions\/cuny-blackboard\/user-guides\/faculty\/\">Faculty Guide<\/a> that answers many basic Blackboard questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CUNY faculty are also invited to a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/acue.org\/webinars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webinars on Effective Online Instruction<\/a> from ACUE (Association of College and University Educators).<\/p>\n<h2>SPS Blackboard Basics Self-paced Workshop<\/h2>\n<p>Open to all CUNY faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blackboard Basics is a self-paced online course introducing CUNY instructors to the various features and tools of the Blackboard platform for their teaching. The course includes the following topics: <\/span>Getting Oriented, <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Creating Course Content<\/span>, Communication &amp; Interaction, Assessment, and Collaboration. Aside from how-to instructions and tutorials, the course includes prompts for instructors to practice their new skills, and optional quizzes to receive a certificate of completion.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 Blackboard Basics for CUNY faculty can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bbhosted.cuny.edu\/webapps\/portal\/execute\/tabs\/tabAction?tab_tab_group_id=_483_1\">Technology Training tab<\/a> in Blackboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Technology_Training.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2012 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Technology_Training.png?resize=521%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Technology_Training.png?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Technology_Training.png?resize=1024%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Technology_Training.png?resize=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Technology_Training.png?w=1136&amp;ssl=1 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>For SPS Faculty<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/zoom-safety-settings-checklist-1.jpg\">Zoom Safety Settings Checklist<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/04\/Tips-to-Deter-Zoom-bombers.pdf\">Tips to Deter Zoom-bombers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12yUnq-4mdXKtUBSdlroWM4powj4V6S8a4IawSw0cEfc\/edit?usp=sharing\">Recommendations for SPS faculty<\/a> transitioning in-person classes to online.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/languages.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/distance-teaching-8-tips-by-pr-richard-schumaker\">8 tips for the transition to distance learning<\/a> by SPS&#8217;s Richard Schumaker<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelearningconsortium.org\/about\/continuity-planning-emergency-preparedness-resources\/\">Online Learning Consortium&#8217;s continuity resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us-lti.bbcollab.com\/recording\/9e147b601c374b318803647ff8e28fe2\">recording of our Blackboard Collaborate training session<\/a> (synchronous meeting tool integrated into Blackboard)<\/li>\n<li>WebEx is an alternative tool for live meetings, and CUNY has a 90-day license for the application. Review <a href=\"http:\/\/cisweb.cuny.edu\/webex\/ConnectCUNY-Webex-QuickStartGuide.pdf\">how to use WebEx<\/a> both within and outside of Blackboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/sps.cuny.edu\/coronavirus-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus Update site<\/a> for more information for CUNY SPS faculty, students, and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individual CUNY campuses provide specific guidance to their faculty; please find the list of campus sites on the Instructional Continuity Site maintained by the CUNY Graduate Center. Also see CUNY&#8217;s page on Academic Continuity providing guidance for all campuses, as well as the CUNY Student Continuity page. CUNY CIS also provides: an FAQ for faculty &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1949","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}