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To help simplify your transition to online learning, we've gathered resources for many useful tools here. Explore them all below.
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Calendly is an online scheduling tool that makes it simple for students to schedule an appointment with you. It links to your Office 365 account to make sure you're available and then adds scheduled appointments to your Outlook calendar. Calendly also integrates with Zoom, making it a great way to schedule virtual appointments.
Calendly has created a great library full of information to get you started.
Submit a request an account and receive training.
Using MyFSU, you can quickly find all of your student's email addresses and send them a mass email. Follow these steps.
Login to MyFSU and select the Faculty & Advisors tab. Then select the Summary Class List link.
Select the term and click Submit.
Select the CRN of the course you want to email and click Submit.
Scroll to the bottom of the Summary Class List and click the Display Email Listbutton.
Scroll to the bottom of the Summary Class List again and you will find the email list. Highlight the list of email addresses and right click the highlighted area. SelectCopy from the pop-up menu.
Open Outlook and create a new message. Right click in the To field and select Paste. All of the addresses you copied from MyFSU should now be in the To field. Compose and send your message.
YouTube is a great way to share lectures and other course materials with your students. Since it's a platform they're already familiar with, they're unlikely to run into technical issues. Below you will find video guides on uploading videos from your computer or phone.
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Zoom is a video conferencing and screen sharing tool that simplifies remote meeting with individuals and large or small groups. Setting up and using Zoom isn't complex, and they have made it easier by providing many video tutorials.
Zoom also integrates with Calendly.
Ferris has developed a wide range of resources to support faculty and students through the COVID-19 situation. You can explore them at our Academic Continuity page.
You may stay up to date with all of the latest COVID-19 news at our coronavirus homepage.