Teaching Tip: Online office hours just got easier
March 25, 2016
It's important to establish a way for students to reach you when teaching an online
course. If it's not easy — for you or the students — it isn't likely to work. In this
week's Teaching Tip, UAF instructors share their methods for connecting one-on-one
with students.
Here's a breakdown of two free methods — Google Hangouts and Appear.in. All UAF students
and instructors have access to Google Hangouts. To use Appear.in, you share a link
with your students; they don’t need an account but will need to test it on their device
and browser.
| Google Hangouts | Appear.in | |
| BANDWIDTH | Audio-only option available for students with limitations | Audio-only option available for students with limitations |
| CONCURRENT USE | 15 connections; 10 connections with https://hangouts.google.com/ | 8 connections |
| APP FOR THAT? | iOS & Android | iOS & Android |
| BROWSER | newer versions of Chrome, Firefox and Opera | newer versions of Chrome, Firefox and Opera |
Read the full Teaching Tip at http://elearning.uaf.edu/go/tt-office-hours.
— Teaching Tip by Janene McMahan, a UAF eLearning instructional designer, programmer and adjunct faculty with 23 years of teaching experience.