Online Teaching Resources

St Francis Xavier University offers a variety of resources for teaching online successfully. Below are a list of resources. 

IT Services Teaching Remotely

MyLabApps – Software available for download

Changes to Test Services Corrections methods and protocols

Online Course Delivery Methods and Resources Guide

A list of suggested hardware for teaching online

Fundamentals of effective online teaching practice – reflecting on instructor presence, social presence, and cognitive presence. 

Learn more about differentiating synchronous and asynchronous classes

Tips for Teaching Remotely

These one-page tip sheets focus on one topic and include resources (links) with greater details:

• Organizing Moodle

• Building Community

• Asynchronous Teaching

• Synchronous Teaching

• Discussion Boards

  • ​Discussion Board - Providing Clear Direction

• Bandwidth vs Immediacy​

• Connecting Assessment To Learning Outcomes

• Creating An Assessment To Foster Student Learning

• Best Practices For Online Teaching

• Recording Lectures_Best Practices

• Using Chosen Names in Online Classrooms

• Building Bridges With Online Learners

Using Collaborate for your Online Classroom

• Asking students how they are feeling in your online class
• Breakout Rooms
• Checking in on your students in your online class
• Creating and using the whiteboard
• French Translated Collaborate Document
• Opening slides for your first class
• Tips for building effective PowerPoints
• Tour of the Online Classroom (basic features)
• Discussion Groups For Teaching Online & In-Person