In this episode, I share some concerns about using Zoom to replace on-campus learning time, and some suggestions for how to use Zoom if you decide that's what's best for your students at this time. 

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23 | Using Zoom to Take Offline Courses Online

If your course is already online, do you need to make any adjustments based on the COVID-19 situation? I share how I've made a few adaptations in my courses. Share thoughts and feedback here. 

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22 | Coronavirus in Online Courses

In this episode, I share a few thoughts on late work policies that work for students and faculty. I also present my current late work policy (see more on my blog here) in case it's helpful. 

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21 | Late Work Policies

What should you do when a student experiences an emergency or major life event? Do you stick with your syllabus or make exceptions to your policies? What about a student who hasn't started the class more than halfway through but now wants to make up the work? I'll share my criteria for working with students in these situations. 

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20 | When to Make Exceptions for Unusual Circumstances

How can we help when students haven't been able to get their required course materials due to financial aid delays, international shipping, and other issues? Please share your ideas and experiences with this if like: thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com 

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19 | What To Do When Students Don't Have Their Textbooks Yet

It's week 1, and you may be experiencing a high volume of questions in your online course. Here are a few tips for answering these questions and refining your course based on the questions that are coming in. 

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18 | How to Handle High Question Volume in First Week of Class

This is a quick mini episode to answer the age-old question: should students be able to see what other people have posted before they submit their own response in a discussion board? Or should you require them to post first before viewing other students' responses? You probably won't be shocked to find that I have a strong opinion on this one :). Send along your questions to thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com and have a great week!

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17 | Should You Require Students to Post in a Discussion Board Before They Can See Other Responses?

In this episode, I provide some ideas for how to respond when a student feels that they are teaching themselves in an online course. 

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16 | When a Student Objects to "Teaching Myself"

Today's question covers how to kindly and effectively teach students who are not native English speakers. I go over my thoughts on how to assess work and facilitate the best possible learning experience for all of our students.  Share your own thoughts, resources or questions on my website. 

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15 | Ideas for Working with Non-Native English Speakers

Negative course evaluations are never fun, particularly when student feedback is personal rather than constructive. In this episode, I share a few thoughts on how to use them to improve your teaching and how to avoid using them for self-flagellation. Resources mentioned in the episode are available here. 

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14 | How to Handle Negative Course Evaluations

As the semester winds down for many faculty across the States, many people are buried beneath a pile of assignments to grade. In this episode, I offer a straightforward way to think about how much time you have to grade, how to schedule it into your calendar, and how to set up your online courses to work around submissions that you'd like to focus on more deeply. Please send questions my way: thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com or post on my website. 

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13 | How to Stay on Top of Your Grading

It's finals week! In honor of wrapping up one trimester while simultaneously preparing for the next, I share some ideas about creating interesting and fun "Getting to Know You" activities for week 1 of your online courses. For more info or to submit questions, visit my website. 

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12 | Ideas for "Getting to Know You" in Week 1

Ah, plagiarism. The word that causes a sinking feeling in every educator's heart. In this week's episode, I discuss a few quick tips for handling academic integrity issues, and some thoughts on crafting assignments that don't lend themselves to plagiarism. I'd love to hear your strategies and ideas: thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com or www.camillefreeman.com/podcast 

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11 | How to Address Academic Integrity Violations

I've developed a process for handling letter of recommendation requests, which I outline in this episode. You can see my website page for students who want to request letters, and the one with instructions to be used after I've agreed to the request. (Many thanks to Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom and Dr. Tricia Matthew for sharing their guidelines. I highly recommend following both on Twitter and elsewhere.). If you have other ways of handling letters of recommendation, I'd love to hear about them: thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com or leave a comment on my website. Thanks for listening! 

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10 | How to Handle Letter of Recommendation Requests

I cover a follow-up question about Episode 6: Mid-Term Surveys and talk about what it feels like to be a beginner. I'd love to hear from you! Please send your comments and questions to thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com. 

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9 | Mid-Term Survey Logistics and Learning New Things

Wherein I go on a small rant about when and how to use discussion boards in online courses. Thoughts? Ideas? thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com or leave your feedback here. 

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8 | A Discussion About Discussion Boards

In today's episode, I discuss some ideas for setting up quizzes in our course, including whether to allow repeated attempts, when to reveal answers, and so forth. I highly recommend the website https://www.retrievalpractice.org/, which transformed the way I think about quizzing in my physiology I course. If you have questions, comments, or quizzing tips/ideas, I'd love to hear from you: thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com 

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7 | Quiz Settings in your Course

Should you send out a mid-term survey in your online course? If so, what kinds of questions work well? Click here for a link to one of my most recent mid-term surveys, which you're free to use or modify for your own course. As always, I love receiving questions and comments. Reach out any time! thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com 

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6 | Should you Distribute a Mid-Term Survey

A slightly-belated Valentine's Day episode! A few thoughts on loving our students, even when it's challenging. 

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5 | Loving our Students

Thoughts on how to best communicate with your online students individually and as a group. Please share your thoughts and questions by emailing thinkingofyoupodcast@gmail.com or on my website here. 
Link to the Remind app I mentioned. 

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