[Academic] New academic year and resit preparations

[Brian]

Dear All,

We have be asked by the University's Executive Team to provide 
information via Faculty on our progress towards teaching in the new 
academic year, with information required for each module being taught in 
Semester 1. This information is required on a weekly basis, so can you 
please update it by the end of business each Friday at the latest. To 
help make their lives simple, they want a 'Traffic Light' system as 
well, so that they can identify progress at a glance:

Red:             Urgent support required/being implemented
Amber:        Some challenges identified and additional monitoring in place
Green:         Progressing
Blue:            Complete

To enable all this an online spreadsheet has been generated with 
information for each Physics module. (I have included modules taught in 
Semester 2 only, but please just ignore these.) So, for those staff that 
are teaching in Semester 1, you should be able to access and edit the 
spreadsheet here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Er75ChMAvf5P2ExYsDD8qO70pcZqmyko6RsArTmTj2I/edit?usp=sharing

Please do not share the link and only edit the modules that you teach.

I have started to populate PH387, which I teach, by way of example of 
what is required.

There is also similar information you can enter if you will have a resit 
assessment - more to follow on this shortly.

So, please start adding in the relevant information by end of tomorrow 
if possible please.

Thanks & regards,

Brian.


On 29/06/2020 16:15, Brian wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> We need to proceed in preparations for teaching in the the new 
> academic year. This has been informed by the University's published 
> plans that the first 2-3 weeks of Semester 1 will be presented 
> predominantly online. The expectation is that we will then transition 
> to a blended learning mode of delivery (mixture of online and on 
> campus), over a 3-5-week period. Some flexibility exists on how we 
> achieve this. I therefore ask that staff prepare for the first 
> Semester as follows:
>
> The normal timetable for online lecturer/student interaction is 
> assumed to avoid timetabling clashes.
>
> For non lab-based modules, it is advised that staff prepare 
> pre-recorded lecture materials with audio voice PowerPoint over so 
> that content can be put online. (See the Zoom and Video tabs on the 
> MyPlace staff support pages: 
> https://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/Staff+Support+Homepage). 
> It is expected that scheduled lecture and tutorial slots will become 
> mixed and some pre-recorded lecture material could be viewed by the 
> students beforehand. It is best not to deliver a 50 minute monologue 
> but rather split up your lectures into 10 - 15 minute segments with 
> talked over worked examples and student discussions. Clearly, there 
> are many variations. Some modules may require transcripts and/or 
> subtitles to the pre-recorded material for those with disabilities. 
> Details and guidance on how this can be done will be provided by 
> Faculty in due course.
>
> For the second 3-5 week phase of blended learning, small group 
> tutorials on campus will be provided. It may be possible to combine 
> this face-to-face interaction while simultaneously including online 
> students. Clearly, the student numbers, timing etc will depend upon a 
> number of factors and this is currently under development with 
> guidance from Faculty and University.
>
> All resits will be via online assessment on a Pass/Fail basis. For 
> larger student numbers it should be possible to use the same methods 
> as the recent diet of online assessments, and for smaller numbers (< 4 
> students) use a Zoom verbal assessment. Further details will follow.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
>
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Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
University of Strathclyde
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Glasgow, G4 0NG
Scotland

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