NowComment Online Transition Guide
How to Take Your Instruction Online in 60 minutes
Here’s an easy step-by-step sequence to get your students working on their first NowComment document:
Manage Expectations: You’re about to pull off this transition with little advance notice, prep time, or help from Administration; it won’t go perfectly, you can’t prepare for all the eventualities, and that’s OK. Take it a day at a time. Some aspects of face-to-face classroom won’t immediately translate online (e.g. fully proctored testing, taking attendance).
Reassure your students (who may be freaking out too, especially those without good Internet access) — Communicate the “it’ll be OK” attitude to them: we’re all in this new adventure together, we need to be patient and resilient with each other, we’ll make it through together. Be warm (smile a lot) and try to gently ease students into the online experience rather than abruptly dive into full-blown coursework. Invest in a good microphone, give them models of the kind of comments you’re looking for, let them know about the videos and other resources above.
Online tools like NowComment give you teaching flexibility — One safe starting point is to just record a video lecture, upload it to a server (e.g. your school, YouTube, Vimeo), and then share it in NowComment; students will enjoy the agency of choosing when (by some deadline) to watch it and interacting with their peers. As you and they get more comfortable you can use NowComment to mix in some small group assignments (e.g. they can upload documents for peer review).
Supplement NowComment with other tools — You can use Zoom video conferences, Facetime text chats, and other tools to give your students what they need (e.g. 1:1 time with you or small group live interactions).
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