Being prepared in 2023
Self-paced training courses in Nuku
For staff
These courses have been designed for teachers and other staff directly supporting courses in Nuku, but all interested staff are welcome to enrol.
These courses have been designed for teachers and other staff directly supporting courses in Nuku, but all interested staff are welcome to enrol.
- Teaching with Canvas: This course has a huge amount of practical how-to information on using Canvas and the other integrated tools that make up Nuku, such as Panopto and Turnitin. This course was created by the Centre for Academic Development (CAD) and is tailored to us at Te Herenga Waka and how we have configured Canvas as the core tool in Nuku. Enrol in Teaching with Canvas.
- Toiere: Toiere is a course on best practice in online course design, and how to create a course that is accessible and engaging, and which actively supports and enables student success. First developed in 2020 for Blackboard this is Toiere 2.0, updated for Nuku. Enrol in Toiere
- Threshold Standards for the Online Student Experience: This is the set of principles that underpins Toiere as it stands now on Nuku. The Threshold Standards were developed in 2022 to sustain and extend the positive changes to how we do online course design that came out of our experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which we hope will continue to evolve as we grow into Nuku. These can help when thinking about developing existing courses or creating new ones. View the Threshold Standards or enrol.
For students
You might like to know about these in case you have students who ask where they can go to learn how to use Canvas. Outlined below are the key ones with separate links to allow you to view the course without enrolling, or to enrol in the course so you get a card on your dashboard for easy future reference.
You might like to know about these in case you have students who ask where they can go to learn how to use Canvas. Outlined below are the key ones with separate links to allow you to view the course without enrolling, or to enrol in the course so you get a card on your dashboard for easy future reference.
- Learning with Canvas at Te Herenga Waka: This is a course developed specifically for our instance of Canvas as part of Nuku, for us at the University. It gives our students information on how to use Canvas, highlighting functionality that they are likely to encounter in their courses. View course or enrol in course.
- Study Resources and Help: This is not about Canvas but is a study course created by Te Taiako—Student Learning to give students one handy place to access study resources and information from inside Nuku. View course or enrol in course.
Use video for teaching
Manage teaching in-person and remote students concurrently
Note: if you're having trouble viewing the video, you can view the Mixed Mode Classroom Teaching Session on Panopto.
For specific advice about how to manage dual delivery in your course, contact your Faculty Learning Designer.
Making a plan and informing your students
Plan for potential disruption
The most likely disruptions to teaching in 2023 will be changes as a result of the COVID-19, with staff and students potentially needing to self-isolate due to MoH requirements and/or due to possible illness.
Having resilient courses means being prepared for all kinds of disruptions, including natural disasters, staffing changes and unforeseeable personal circumstances. Having a plan is central to teaching resilience.
The most likely disruptions to teaching in 2023 will be changes as a result of the COVID-19, with staff and students potentially needing to self-isolate due to MoH requirements and/or due to possible illness.
Having resilient courses means being prepared for all kinds of disruptions, including natural disasters, staffing changes and unforeseeable personal circumstances. Having a plan is central to teaching resilience.
Create a course level "COVID-19 Contingency" teaching plan
Ensuring students are well informed of how a course will be delivered is critical to support their academic planning and overall wellbeing. You can achieve this by creating a "COVID-19 Contingency" teaching plan in your Nuku course to let students know what to expect in your course if there is a shift in alert level.
Course level information provided to students must only include information that is directly relevant to the delivery of courses in which they are currently enrolled. For information on wider university Covid plans and communications, students should be directed to the central student COVID-19 information site on the university website - https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/covid-19
Key information to provide students includes a course level plan for:
Ensuring students are well informed of how a course will be delivered is critical to support their academic planning and overall wellbeing. You can achieve this by creating a "COVID-19 Contingency" teaching plan in your Nuku course to let students know what to expect in your course if there is a shift in alert level.
Course level information provided to students must only include information that is directly relevant to the delivery of courses in which they are currently enrolled. For information on wider university Covid plans and communications, students should be directed to the central student COVID-19 information site on the university website - https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/covid-19
Key information to provide students includes a course level plan for:
- Physical or virtual lectures / teaching sessions
- The delivery of science labs, computer labs or field trips (where applicable)
- Tutorial delivery
- Office hours or drop-in support
- Assessment delivery, feedback and grading
Teaching online (or being ready to move fully online)
In 2023, many courses are being taught fully online. For some courses, this mode of teaching was planned in advance. But some courses are being required to move online last minute.
Additionally, due to the constantly changing and unpredictable circumstances we are currently facing, it is important to be ready to move your course online quickly if required.
Additionally, due to the constantly changing and unpredictable circumstances we are currently facing, it is important to be ready to move your course online quickly if required.
Preparing to Work Remotely
Have you thought through and tested your work from home set up?
Consider:
Consider:
- where will you be?
- what devices, information and connection will you have?
- what systems are you going to need to access?
- how are you going to carry out tasks and responsibilities when not on campus or face to face?
Go through the work and teach from home checklist to see if there are things you might need to do to be fully prepared. This can be a useful starting point to understand if you are ready to continue working from home.
Talk to your Head of School/Manager if you identify gaps in your checklist.
Talk to your Head of School/Manager if you identify gaps in your checklist.