Academic Continuity Resources
- CCU Digital Resources
- Digital Learning & Technology Tools
- Operating Offline
- Faculty Resources
- Student Resources
- Fall 2020 Teaching Startup Guide
Academic Continuity
Academic Continuity (AC) is the process of maintaining continuity of learning in the event of a large-scale emergency or disaster or the capability to quickly resume teaching given such an event. It is the extent to which operations can be sustained which enable affected students and faculty to continue academic activities during the response and recovery phases despite the disruption caused by the emergency or disaster. Read more about Emergency Preparedness at CCU.
Coastal Carolina University strives to maintain academic continuity when normal academic activities are disrupted. While natural disruptions may encroach on a faculty’s ability to teach, the Coastal Office of Online Learning has provided digital solutions to assist with class restructuring and make-up activities.This site will provide you with instructional guidance and resources for assisting you with academic continuity or academic recovery where needed. This resource page includes downloadable templates and guides, as well as tutorials that will assist you with preparing your digital learning instructional materials. For more information on Academic Continuity, please see the Academic Continuity Guide (downloadable).
CCU Digital Learning Resources
Resources for Faculty | Resources for Students | Additional Resources
Eduroam - Beginning December 18, 2020, eduroam is the wireless signal available for all students, faculty, and staff at CCU. Additionally, visitors from other eduroam participating campuses can easily access this signal using the same credentials they use at their participating institution. Read more about Eduroam here.
- Faculty Course Mentors - faculty from individual colleges with enhanced Moodle privileges
- Creating Mobile-Friendly Courses
- Free Instructional Resources COVID-19 Prep
- Academic Continuity Preparedness Workshops (sessions are offered via Skype and in-person)
- Getting Started with Moodle (how to access your course and build a module)-Tutorial
- Faculty QuickStart Digital Technologies Guide-Downloadable guide
- Faculty Digital Learning Resources Libguide
- Moodle Tutorials
- Echo360 Tutorials
- Moodle Module Template (download and copy/paste into Moodle)
- Accessible Syllabus Template (download and copy/paste or upload to Moodle)
- Academic Continuity Faculty Checklist
- Guest Lecture Volunteers
- COVID-19 Teaching Resources Pedagogical Compilation (Collaborative Google doc maintained by Sarah Lozier-Laiola, CCU; open to adding comments and recommendations)
- Additional Pedagogical Support for Contingency Instruction from CeTEAL (Center for Teaching and Learning at CCU)
- Free and Low Cost Internet
- Moodle Mobile App
- Moodle Tutorials
- Moodle Student Guide
- Online Learning Student FAQs
- Ally Digital Accessibility Resource Guide for Students
- Moodle Student Resource Site
- Recording Videos using Echo360 in Moodle
- Kimbel Library Distance Learning Services, including streaming videos, online journals, and more to add to your courses at no additional charge for your students.
- E-LearnReady - No sure if you have what it takes to be successful in an online course? Take this free E-LearnReady assessment to get yourself ready for an online course.
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MERLOT is one of the best, freely available Open Education Resources (OER) curation tools available, which assesses and compiles all other OER items and saves you time by pointing to other resources both inside & outside of the MERLOT system. You can search by the format of content (assignments, books, articles, simulations, etc.), and most importantly, save yourself time by searching for high-quality materials. MERLOT is integrated with our Moodle LMS.
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The South Carolina Department of Education maintains an interactive map of WIFI hotstops throughout the state. Click here to view the map.
WiFi Access – If you need WiFi access and do not currently have, contact your local cable provider directly. Spectrum, Charter and others have announced free Wi-Fi for students during this time.Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees will be waived for new student households. Click here to learn more regarding Spectrum's response to COVID-19.
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If you need a resource, contact your instructor via moodle or their email address. They will have access to other resources for you and can assist.
Additional Digital Learning Resources
- Generating a Skype link for Web Conferencing
- Academic Continuity Preparedness Webinar
- Stanford University's Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption--Suggestions for Digital Pedagogy Adoption
- Emergency Remote Teaching Practices - Other Campus Examples of Academic Continuity Plans
- COVID-19 Resources for Institutes of Higher Education
- Resources for Online Meetings, Classes, and Events
- Teaching Online with Care
- Tips for Best Practices in Online Teaching
- Teaching Science Classes Remotely
- UCF's Keep Teaching Initiative
- Higher Ed Guidance During COVID - 19
- The Hope Center - how to support students during COVID-19
- Rule of 2's: Keeping it simple while going remote during COVID-19
- QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist
Digital Learning and Technology Tools
Below is a list of instructional technology tools that integrate with the campus' Learning Management System (LMS), Moodle. For questions about Moodle or any of the tools listed below, please contact the Coastal Office of Online Learning (coastalonline@coastal.edu). Faculty, if you are need of a laptop, please complete the Kimbel Laptop Request. Form.
Technology Tools | Description | Utilization of Tool |
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Academic Integrity Tools | Tools available to prevent cheating and plagiarism. |
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Personal/Lecture Capture |
Allows for live classroom lectures to be recorded and gives faculty the ability to perform personal captures from their computers and/or mobile devices. Personal capture includes voice over Power Points, videos of themselves, and recording of your device screen. Please read the Echo360 Guide to Academic Continuity. |
Echo360 |
Learning Management System |
The campus' learning management system is used to help faculty create effective online course materials such as quizzes, discussion forums, assignments, etc. |
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Streaming Videos | Online video collection of movies, documentaries, educational films, etc. Read more on Streaming Videos at CCU. |
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Remind Text App | Free, safe text app that allows you to communicate with students. See tutorial on how to utilize Remind. |
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Web Conferencing/Live Streaming | An online tool that allows you to hold live meetings, presentations, virtual office hours, etc. |
Skype for Business Microsoft Teams Echo360 |
Top 5 Tips for Academic Continuity
"We're operating in the real-not the ideal"-Karen Costa
1. Recognize that this is temporary, and that the core is always good teaching. Faculty know what can go "online" even in a temporary basis, and what cannot. Digital learning units (such as COOL) are here to assist, but the core of academic quality and teaching resides with our faculty, always.
2. Understand that not all students have access to all technology, wifi, and the necessary software platforms. Great Chronicle article on this as COVID-19 spreads. Be mindful of differences in access and accessibility. One great item to keep in mind at CCU is that our Ally accessibility platform is built into all of our courses--just upload your files, and our students can listen in mp3, download as a pdf or electronic braille, or even take advantage of the BeeLine Reader to increase reading comprehension. Remember when uploading videos that we still need to have WCAG 2.1+ AA compliant closed captions added; feel free to submit your files to us for captioning.
3. Crowdsourcing of various compilations of remote teaching practices from many universiites have great ideas and suggestions. Seeing examples of great practices by other faculty and campuses is the best way to compile all the best ideas-check these Remote Teaching Sites out for additional ideas!
4. Outreach to students is critical--human interaction, student support, and being mindful of the stress of this transition for us as faculty, as well as for our students, is critical. This 6 minute How to Outreach to Online Students screencast from the fabulous Karen Costa ("We're operating in the real-not the ideal") summarizes excellent digital and online learning outreach tips, helping us to prioritize communication with our students and cut through the technology to focus on our teaching. Outreach can be through email, texting, Moodle announcements, Moodle discussion, Remind texts, synchronous or asynchronous discussions, and other formats.
5. Last, but not least, take a look at the tools we already have available, and consider that there may be functionality built into the core LMS (Moodle at CCU) that you were not aware of. Some of the core functionalities allow us to collect assignments, post and reply to one another in discussion forums, administer and grade tests and exams, and even group collaborate through wikis or private reflection in journals.
How to Operate Offline (without internet)
In an academic continuity situation in which some faculty or students may lose electricity, or access to internet temporarily, finding a means for communicating with students and building and posting content is still critical for us as faculty. Some tips:
- Students and faculty can access Moodle offline via the Moodle Mobile App from their mobile device.
- There are several tools that can be used offline to create lectures and other instructional materials. Tools such as Echo360 can be used offline to record lectures and personal captures and PowerPoint can be used to create presentations and record screencasts, and may be uploaded once internet connection is restored to Moodle, Echo360, YouTube, or your preferred hosting platform.
- The Remind texting app is also a straightforward, FERPA-compliant means for communicating with students who may have inconsistent access to the internet.