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	REVISION IN PROGRESS: This article contains useful information, but is being revised to reflect recent updates. Direct questions to TLT (tlt@winona.edu).

This Keep Teaching Manual accompanies our Adult and Continuing Education Keep Teaching website and is intended for instructors preparing courses for in-person, blended, and online delivery under conditions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes links to step-by-step instructions and helpful external resources for accomplishing common class management tasks online. All tools referenced in this manual are available to all Winona State University instructors and students.

Classroom social distancing

To provide students attending in-person class meetings this fall with sufficient space to socially distance, the maximum allowable occupancy has been reduced. Instructors choosing to meet their students in-person will need a suitable learning space, time to prepare themselves, their courses, and their students prior to the first in-person meeting, and procedures for managing in-person activities that mitigate infection risk. Instructors should begin this planning process by deciding how to deliver each course they are scheduled to teach this fall. Decisions should be made in consultation with Chairs and Deans and be viewed as subject to change (e.g., in-person meetings may move online in response to a virus flare-up).

Course delivery options

Fully in-person

Certain courses must be delivered fully in-person based on the nature of the learning activity (e.g., lab work, simulations, performance). Instructors may also strongly prefer to teach some courses fully in-person if a suitable classroom can be assigned. These in-person courses would proceed much the same as always, except that social distancing guidelines and public health practices would be followed inside the classroom. Consult the In-person Course Toolkit for more information.

Blended or hybrid

Instructors may decide to continue meeting with students in-person, but less frequently than usual, moving a portion (e.g., 25% to 75%) of their contact time online. This is often described as a "blended" or "hybrid" course. There are many variations of this blended approach, but all require prioritizing and often redesigning a subset of class activities that best fit an in-person format while migrating other activities online. Although instructors may still choose to meet with the entire class in-person, blended courses typically limit in-person meetings to subgroups of students (e.g., study groups, project teams). To convene in-person safely, a suitable classroom would be scheduled and social distancing guidelines and public health practices would be followed inside the classroom. Consult the Blended Course Toolkit for more information.

Mostly online

Instructors may decide to deliver a course online, except for one or two in-person meetings with students (e.g., orientation, final presentation). A suitable classroom would be scheduled and social distancing guidelines would be followed during in-person meetings. To convene in-person safely, a suitable classroom would be scheduled and social distancing guidelines and public health practices would be followed inside the classroom. The rest of the course would be delivered fully online with synchronous and/or asynchronous online contact only. Consult the Online Course Toolkit for more information.

Fully online

Fully online courses include no in-person contact. All interaction occurs online using synchronous and/or asynchronous methods. No classroom will be assigned to fully online classes. Social distancing and contact tracing plans are required only if online students engage in class-related activities that bring them in close proximity to others (e.g., interviews, community service). When selecting a fully online format, instructors will need to decide what proportion of their online contact time with students will be synchronous and asynchronous. Consult the Online Course Toolkit for more information.

Synchronous contact

Online contact occurs through same-time interactions (e.g., Zoom meetings). These meetings may be required or optional.

Asynchronous contact

Online contact occurs through different-time interactions (e.g., email, text messaging, discussion forums, online feedback). Note that "asynchronous" is not synonymous with "self-guided." When working asynchronously, the instructor is still communicating and interacting with students and guiding their learning directly.

Toolkits

Checklist

In-person	Blended or Mostly Online	Fully Online
Inform students of format decision	Inform students of format decision	Inform students of format decision
Identify students who need accommodation	Identify students who need accommodation	Identify students who need accommodation

External links

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-To provide students attending in-person class meetings in {{WSU}} classrooms this fall sufficient space to socially distance, the maximum allowable occupancy has been reduced. Instructors choosing to meet their students in-person will need a suitable learning space, time to prepare themselves, their courses, and their students prior to the first in-person meeting, and procedures for managing in-person activities that mitigate infection risk. Instructors should begin this planning process by '''deciding how to deliver each course''' they are scheduled to teach this fall. Decisions should be made in consultation with Chairs and Deans and be viewed as subject to change (e.g., in-person meetings may move online in response to a virus flare-up).
+To provide students attending in-person class meetings this fall with sufficient space to socially distance, the maximum allowable occupancy has been reduced. Instructors choosing to meet their students in-person will need a suitable learning space, time to prepare themselves, their courses, and their students prior to the first in-person meeting, and procedures for managing in-person activities that mitigate infection risk. Instructors should begin this planning process by '''deciding how to deliver each course''' they are scheduled to teach this fall. Decisions should be made in consultation with Chairs and Deans and be viewed as subject to change (e.g., in-person meetings may move online in response to a virus flare-up).
 ==Course delivery options==