Is teaching online overwhelming you?- Some useful tips & solutions

[@mariafernandaricotti527]

I can say nothing but THANK YOUU!! great support for teachers around the world! warm regards from Argentina😊😊😊😊

[@ttvRussell]

You're very welcome! Check this Playlist:kzbin.info/aero/PLqYj2sOxDkVzbeoX3PC1VD-GEKtNlCz_F

[@diagnembaye423]

Hi Russel. Thanks again for sharing.

[@ttvRussell]

My pleasure

[@luwengolusadisu1903]

Thanks a lot for all the different online tools to use.

[@ttvRussell]

You're welcome, Iuwengo.

[@camille8921]

I just discovered your channel and I wanted to say THANK YOU !! you helped me a lot in my online classes, it is new for me and I really appreciate your help

[@ttvRussell]

You are so welcome, Camillle!

[@olgatolochko7273]

thank you!! very useful! you are my online teaching guru!

[@ttvRussell]

Olga, what a lovely comment to receive. I have added a section on Zoom if that is what you are using www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom

[@sylvieb3031]

Great tips and supportive ideas thanks a lot !

[@ttvRussell]

My pleasure! Do come back, Sylvie.

[@jadrankapereska1587]

Perfect. Thank you.

[@ttvRussell]

Glad it helped!

[@marysousa6506]

Simple and useful

[@ttvRussell]

Glad you liked it, Mary.

[@tea3838]

Wonderful!

[@ttvRussell]

Many thanks! Do have a look at some of my other videos about teaching online at the moment: www.teachertrainingvideos.com/teaching_online

[@iriskuek]

AweSome Sharing Sir! ! Appreciate your heart to help and share with us all! Stay Blessed & Amazing!

[@ttvRussell]

Thanks for your comment, Iris.

[@ttvRussell]

Iris, that is so kind of you, thank you. I have added a set of free Zoom videos here that might be useful. www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Brilliant channel. You remind me of my DELTA trainers.

[@ttvRussell]

Thanks for the comment. I have added some new videos on Teaching on-line here www.teachertrainingvideos.com/teaching_online

[@liliazapik2785]

Thank you Russell!

[@ttvRussell]

You're welcome, Lilia.

[@ttvRussell]

Lillia, glad I could help. I have a special section on free Zoom videos here www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom

[@donnakam124]

Thank you, I find your videos very informative. Aloha, from Hawaii

[@ttvRussell]

Donna, wow lucky lady. I guess that must be a lovely place to live. I am glad you found the video useful. There are more free Zoom videos here www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom

[@sebastianopaulesu4073]

Fantastico: good ideas!

[@ttvRussell]

Glad you found them to your liking, Sebastiano.

[@ttvRussell]

Really glad I could help and thank you for the nice comments . I have added some more Zoom videos here www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom

[@BenjaminLStewart]

Since our institution offers Microsoft 365 to faculty and students, I integrate Microsoft Teams, Flipgrid, and Trello to define the LMS for my Listening and Speaking course.

[@ttvRussell]

Ben that sounds great. Nice combination of tools.

[@BenjaminLStewart]

@@ttvRussell Thanks... have since changed my mind, moving from Trello to ClickUp.

[@markhovane8806]

Great job Russell! I understand what you are saying about separating the "live session" and the "platform". I am working in Japan at various universities each of which has a different platform or LMS (Moodle, Manaba, Webdisk). Each of my universities has mandated that we use MS Teams rather than Zoom because they had perceived security issues. I was thinking that as a way of streamlining work for myself and my students to have the 'live session" and the "platform" both on MS Teams as Teams also has an Assignments section and Posts section for communicating to students. Of course MS Teams did not start as an educational tool but rather a corporate one but now they are they are rapidly trying to adapt to give greater functionality in the educational context. I am not sure if you are very familiar with Teams but I would like to ask you to comment for myself and many other teachers about whether a "one stop shop" on MS Teams might have both advantages and any disadvantages compared to separating into different platforms? I have now trained myself up on MS Teams but there are some challenges as we don't have the possibility to have more than three groups meeting actively in "channels" (equivalent to Break Out Rooms on Zoom). Therefore in a class of 21 students for example, the group size is 7 students which is not ideal. Not sure how to get around this. Normally I would like to do pairwork and group work but maybe this is impracticable and I am trying too much to replicate the "regular classroom". I understand your idea about a greater emphasis on the platform. Any suggestions or comments are very welcome... Keep up the good work! You are making a difference for many teachers.

[@ttvRussell]

Mark, really lovely post and you are clearly ahead of the game. I can see MS TEAMS having some real potential and the rumour is they are working like mad to make is compete with Zoom. So let's see what happens. I think you will soon be able to make more breakout rooms.

[@suzies6286]

Thanks a million. So useful. I don't understand what you mean by the publishers.??

[@ttvRussell]

Hi Suzie. Thanks for your comment. I'm talking about educational publishers. Those who usually publish physical coursebooks, materials, but have a lot of online material, too. This is increasing these days.

[@suzies6286]

@@ttvRussell Oh I see. Will check a couple out. Total fan of your videos. Have been using screencast-o-matic.com for years since your screencasts telling us about that site and Camtasia! Thanks again

[@peterbleach5417]

Which platform are you using for this cast - I use Ecamm live at present but screen cast looks great too - what are the differences?

[@ttvRussell]

I use Camtasia to make all my recordings these days. I have some free videos about Camtasia here www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Camtasia_Training

[@autoortawfiq6858]

Awesome. Thanks a lot. Could you please write the name of the programme/app you used to record the lesson. Thanks in advance

[@CoachingMentor]

screencast-o-matic.com/

[@antoonmeerman]

Thank you. Very helpful again.

[@ttvRussell]

Thanks for commenting again, Autoor. Although I do recommend Screencast-o-matic for free, simple, screen capture, I use both SnagIT / Using SnagIT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGbPZn97mMd6jKM and more often Camtasia for these tutorials. kzbin.infosearch?query=Camtasia

[@autoortawfiq6858]

Thanks Russell for the update. I guess I'll go for the cast-o-matic. I need something that I can use during this period of teaching online. Tomorrow I'll use it for the first time.

[@donnakam124]

We use Google Classroom, do you have videos on GAFE? Can I use screen recorder with Google? Mahalo!

[@ttvRussell]

Hel;lo Donna. I don't use Google Classroom myself, although I have done a lot of videos on Google Tools here: www.teachertrainingvideos.com/google-tools-for-educators There are free screen recorders which you can with Google. Screencast-o-matic is a particular favourite, or Loom, or my preference SnagIT: www.teachertrainingvideos.com/snagit/introduction-to-snagit

[@Idealclone]

If you have microsoft teams is it worth having edmodle ? Why use edmodle if microsoft teams can do the same job?

[@ttvRussell]

It's a good question. MS Teams if a collaboration tool for live meetings. Edmodo is a virtual learning environoment to support a live lesson. They compliment each other. They do different things.

[@Idealclone]

@@ttvRussell but teams can do lessons...

[@MAminGental]

Thank you. I have a question, can I make Padlet Private so other students will not see what their friends have already done? Thank you

[@ttvRussell]

Hi there. Yes you can. Here's a Padlet on exactly this. padlet.com/support/padlets_private Do check out my other videos on using this collaboraitve tool here: kzbin.infosearch?view_as=subscriber&query=Padlet

[@ttvRussell]

Amin, yes you can share Padlets for access to only specific people.

[@MAminGental]

Thank you Russell

[@oliverscott2774]

Why am I not being able to schedule Zoom class meetings with my Personnel Meeting ID?

[@ttvRussell]

Oliver, I don't do it that way, so I am sorry I don't know the answer. I have added a section of free Zoom videos here www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Zoom

[@emansoliman5661]

I have camtacia on Mac is it similar to your program or not.thanks in advance

[@ttvRussell]

Hi, Eman. A Mac and the iOS should work as well as on a Windows device. Although my tutorials are all down using Windows, you can use iOS and Zoom has some guidance for that here: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360016688031-Using-the-Zoom-Client-and-Zoom-Rooms-with-macOS Here are some ideas for teaching online: kzbin.infosearch?query=teaching+online

[@emansoliman5661]

Russell Stannard (Teacher Training Videos) thanks a lot

[@AceHardy]

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[@ttvRussell]

I hope the video was useful.

[@butwhyyyyy]

screencast-o-matic would be great for computer illiterate students

[@ttvRussell]

Good point! Thanks for the comment. I have added some new videos on Teaching on-line here: www.teachertrainingvideos.com/teaching_online