Transitioning to Online Education During the Pandemic

As the COVID-19 crisis disrupts daily life throughout the world including college campus life, we need to remember that we are all united together with a common goal: to help provide calm and stability for students, faculty and staff during this upheaval in their lives. We want to assure students that we all are doing everything we can to find valid solutions and deliver the higher education they expect while helping flatten the curve against the coronavirus outbreak. The ultimate goal is to help all to remain safe and healthy.

The challenges we are facing are not ours alone, for every educational institution in our country is rapidly transitioning to a new way of delivering educational services.

We cannot state strongly enough our appreciation for all that you do and the caring and support you bring to our valley. We hope you find this resource page useful and please continue to let us know how we can best support you. We will continue to keep this page updated as information comes in

If you come across any resources or information that could assist your colleagues in the region, please forward it to us at angelr@csufresno.edu and we will include it on this page.

Faculty Resources:

Quick Tips for Online Success – Info and Recordings – Porterville College
CVHEC Topic Specific “Open Forum” Info. & Recordings
SkillsCommons Free and Open Digital Library of Workforce Training Tools
Merlot Gives access to curated online learning and support materials
Developing Online Course Delivery BOX By the Dana Center
I Will Survive, Coronavirus Version for Teachers Going Online
Online Meeting Resources Toolkit for Facilitators Received By CC RP Group
Making the Move to Online Courses By NILOA
MMAP Spring Webinar Series By RP Group
Moving Your Classes Online Webinar Recording By Brandman University
Digital Tools Resource Document By Brandman University
Higher Ed Resources By Continuous Learning Institute
Openstax – Online Education Resources

Sciences

iNaturalist – Joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society
Institute of Human Anatomy – utilizes human cadavers as instruments for advanced anatomical education, medical device training and prototype testing.
Labster -students access to a realistic lab experience that will let them perform experiments and practice their skills in a fun and risk-free learning environment
Free A&P Lap Resources
PhET – Interactive Simulations for Science and Math
Praxi Labs
ACS – Chemistry for Life
Bio Interactive – Real Science, real stories, and real data to encourage students in exploring the living world
Royal Society of Chemistry
PhysioEx – Pearson lab simulator

CTE

Administrator / Leadership Resources:

CA College Student Emergency Support Fund By College Futures Foundation
Inside Track
Operating a College in Times of Crisis By the Continuous Learning Institute
COVID 19 Response SPANISH VERSION
Comcast COVID 19 Response English

Daily Updated COVID-19 College News

Latest Coronavirus News By InsideHigerEd
Guidance for Institutes of Higher Ed By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Advising / Couseling

Student Privacy

STUDENT PRIVACY POLICY OFFICE FERPA & Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) March 2020 By U.S. Department of Ed
HIPAA By Health and Human Services

Guidelines From Feds On Students With Disabilities, Web Access and Preventing Discrimination

International Students & Online Courses

COVID-19: Guidance for SEVP Stakeholders By U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students By U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Financial Aid

Zoom & Online Support:

How to Zoom By Zoom
How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom “Zoom Bombing” By Zoom
Setting up a Meeting By Zoom
Join a Meeting By Zoom
Joining and Configuring Audio/Video By Zoom
Basic Meeting Controls By Zoom
Instructor Controls By Zoom
Sharing a Screen in a Zoom Meeting By Zoom
Top 10 Tips for Employees Working Remotely
DIY Captions Launcher for Youtube
Otter.ai page and “How to Create Captions & Subtitles for Videos”
TechRepublic article. March 1, 2019 “5 Speech Recognition Apps that auto-caption videos.”
Hangouts (formerly Google Hangouts) make voice calls, send text messages, and even have group video chats from your mobile device or computer.
Google Voice get a free phone number for calls, text messages, and voicemail.
EdConnect video messaging (VM) service for free to students, faculty and professional who need to stay in communication while working from home.
Khan Academy Free online learning assistance by course.
Brainly online knowledge-sharing community where students and experts put their heads together to crack their toughest homework questions.
Brainfuse Online, live tutoring.
Cengage is offering students free access to all their digital platforms and 14,000 ebooks through Cengage Unlimited, for the remainder of this semester.
Lumen Learning OER for learning. All courses are freely and publicly available off their website.
Pearson Resources for students and faculty on online teaching and learning.
Wiley: COVID-19 Online Teaching Resources Variety of articles and webinars for instructors and students for online learning.
EAB EAB’s resource center can help you navigate your institution’s response to COVID-19.
Varsity Tutors Private Online Tutoring, Online Group Classes, Academic, Test Prep, & Enrichment