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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Good Morning ATTW,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Texas A&M at College Station is fully online, synchronous or asynchronous (instructor’s choice).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We already teach the majority of our introductory technical communication sections, ENGL 210, online. Our coordinator, Dr. Claire Carly-Miles, creates a course template in our LMS, Blackboard 9, that we can then
import into our own courses. This template is editable, and experienced teachers are not required to use it (although most do). We do have a revised template in place for the remainder of Spring 2020 taking into account changes we needed to make in response
to COVID-19. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For formerly in-peron classes, instructors of record can either move to the existing online format, or use videoconferencing tools such as ZOOM and Mediasite to hold discussions with students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Most aspects of our university-wide resource site for responding to COVID-19, keepteaching.tamu.edu, are open without requiring login, and so may be helpful to ATTW members, as might similar resource sites at
peer institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here’s hoping this helps, and that everyone stays safe and well. I will miss not having our conference next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Gia Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ATTW-L [mailto:attw-l-bounces@attw.org] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>McPherson, Dr. Cynthia<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 17, 2020 3:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ATTW list (attw-l@attw.org) <attw-l@attw.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] question about online courses<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are reviewing how we offer online courses and would like to know what others are doing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are the variations we have noted so far:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fully online – asynchronous; students and faculty participate from any location; no synchronous scheduled sessions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fully online with synchronous scheduled sessions (via Zoom or other meeting software); students and faculty participate from any location<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fully online with synchronous scheduled sessions (via Zoom or other meeting software); students participate from a campus location (students must be in a classroom on the main or a remote campus)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’d appreciate it if you would share how you present online courses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CMc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Cynthia McPherson, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Department of English and Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Tarleton State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Box T-0300<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Stephenville, TX 76402<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif">254.968.9036<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif"><a href="mailto:mcpherson@tarleton.edu">mcpherson@tarleton.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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