UW Extension Communications & Technology has put together some resources that may be of value to you as you prepare for online delivery of your content, classes, and programs.
- Synchronous Lessons – Facebook Live: Recording – Lindsay Hadfield
- Recording Lectures – Various tools: Recording – Brittney Gross
- Upload Content Online – YouTube: Recording – David Keto
- Sharing Content Online – Facebook: Recording – Tanya Engel
- Creating Online Courses: Recording – Brittney Gross
- Best Practices for Teaching Adults Online: Recording – Brittney Gross
Online Teaching Resources
*When referring to UW IT resources, keep in mind that these were created for professors at the University who are encouraged to create courses in the WyoCourses catalog. For Extension, we DO NOT create courses in WyoCourses. Our courses go into WyoLearn which is the public-facing online course platform. If you’re interested in creating an online course, you must contact Brittney Gross (our Instructional Tech) and refer to the information we’ve included below about online course creation.
- Zoom
- Zoom Backgrounds
- How-To Video Tutorial:
- How-To Video Tutorial: LinkedIn Learning – Zoom Tutorial (must have UWyo credentials)
- How-To Video Tutoral: UW IT – Zoom Tutorial
- How To Prevent Zoombombing (pdf)
- Facebook Live
- How-To Video Tutorial: UW Extension Webinar – Lindsay Hadfield/Tanya Engel (Recorded 3/23/2020)
- How-To Written Tutorial: Advertisemint Tutorial
- How-To Teach Synchronous Classes: LinkedInLearning Tutorial (must have UWyo credentials)
*If you are choosing to use Zoom to deliver a live session, make sure your account doesn’t have limitations to how many participants can be in your meeting. If you’re limited to 40 participants or less, there is a request page for large zoom meetings: Zoom Request Page.
Recording Content Tutorial Notes (pdf)
- Zoom
- Zoom Backgrounds
- How-To Video Tutorial:
- How-To Video Tutorial: LinkedIn Learning – Zoom Tutorial (must have UWyo credentials)
- Microsoft Power Point
- Record your presentation or anything on your screen (like the tools above)
- Saves as media file
- 2 Minute Tutorial
- QuickTime (Mac)
- How-To Written Tutorial: (for Mojave) Apple Support
- How-To Written Tutorial: (for older version) Apple Support
- Xbox GameBar (Windows)
- How-To Written Tutorial: Cnet Tutorial
- Screencast-o-matic
- Desktop and web-based
- Saves as mp4 file, easy upload to YouTube or share to Twitter and Facebook
- Free Version (up to 15 min.), Premiere Version: $36/yr (unlimited)
- Quick Start Tutorials
*When recording lectures, it is best practice to limit recordings to 15 minutes (5-10 minutes is really best). Anything longer than this will really stretch your audience’s attention span and engagement. If you need to record for more than 15 minutes, we recommend making multiple, shorter recordings based on individual topics.
- YouTube
- How-To Video Tutorial: UW Extension Webinar – David Keto (Recorded 3/23/2020)
- How-To Written Tutorial: Business Insider – YouTube
- For access to post on the UWyo Extension YouTube channel contact David Keto
- Facebook
- How-To Video Tutorial: UW Extension Webinar 3/24 @ 9am – Tanya Engel
- Best practice, how to share across multiple FB pages, how local offices can help
- UW Extension webpage (on the CMS)
- You must contact Ann Tanaka so she can link everything to the right page
- How-To Video Tutorial: UW Extension Webinar 3/24 @ 9am – Tanya Engel
*If using Facebook Live, we recommend being “live” for 10+ minutes and not limit it to 15 like you might for a lecture. 15-20 minutes is the most common recommendation. Although, you can go for much longer. The longer you broadcast, the better the odds someone might stumble upon it. Also, be sure to advertise ahead of the event. Contact Karen Allison for 4-H graphics and Tanya Engel for general questions.
- Canvas (WyoLearn)
- You must contact Brittney Gross so she can create a course shell and offer further instruction
- Best when used for delivering a lot of content in a more long-term setting
- Upload and organize files, videos, recordings, links, etc.
- Interactive learning
- Asynchronous and/or self-paced course
- Users must enroll (free)
- Best Practice Video Tutorial: UW Extension Tutorial – Brittney Gross (Recorded 3/24/2020)
Best Practice for Content and Video Lecture Tutorial Notes (pdf) - How-To Video Tutorial: LinkedIn Learning – Canvas Tutorial (Must have UWyo credentials)
- How-To Resources: UW IT Teaching Remotely
- New to teaching online: UW IT Teaching Remotely
- New to teaching online: LinkedIn Learning – Teaching Online Tutorial (Must have UWyo credentials)
- Best Practice: 9 Tips for teaching adults online
- Best Practice Video Tutorial: UW Extension Tutorial – Brittney Gross (Recorded 3/24/2020)
- Best Practice for Content and Video Lecture Tutorial Notes (pdf)
Additional Resources
Additional resources we’d like to share:
- If you have events, programs, activities that you would like us to help share or if you need tech support let us know on the following form: https://forms.gle/HArQNSkKvehGniM76
- The form above will feed a spreadsheet where we can aggregate and share (publicly) our virtual offerings and programs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y74EkEseHRoUwViYLJmuBBkFnx6bCijzpYV3x7mD5QI/edit?usp=sharing
- Press release template for county office closures
- eXtension is a national distance education and professional development platform. We encourage you to engage on eXtension in a few different ways:
- we will be promoting https://ask2.extension.org/ as another way for people to reach us and ask questions. Questions we receive will be funneled to the appropriate local or area educator
- If you need to forward your phone and/or make work calls from your personal phone, getting a local google voice number can help keep your personal number private. https://voice.google.com/
- Bit.ly: A URL shortener
- Bit.ly is a free URL shortener (http://bit.ly). You should shorten URLs to make ugly, long links shorter and easier to remember. And, using bit.ly has link analytics. (Free accounts have limited but still useful analytics.) All Bit.ly links are case sensitive. This means if your link is “bit.ly/CustomWord”, then “bit.ly/customword” will not work and bring you to an error page, or to another long URL destination, as it is registered as a different link.
- Using Slack: https://youtu.be/wAcI90Dqr9E
- Using Microsoft Teams: https://youtu.be/2fn_2_0eHN4
We are here to help! The C&T Team is here to offer our support as you all transition your content delivery to an online format. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for assistance.
