Online Course Work

Adjusting your Assignments

There are a number of ways to adapt existing assignments done in person to submit online. For example:

In lieu of in-class discussion, use the online discussion in Canvas
Have students write reflections (essay or discussion post) on a question prompt. Have students post their reflections and respond to their peers’ posts in a discussion board in Canvas.
Create video lectures (ideally under 8 minutes each) and add quizzes, discussions or other assignments that allow students to review and comment on the video lecture
To proactively plan for low bandwith issues, we recommend putting up to two weeks of course material in Canvas (LMS) that students can download; and if necessary, allowing students to snail mail their work.
Rewrite assignments so they can be turned in online as a paper, website link, image, data file or other file.
Have students share their work and review the work of others by sharing files through Canvas discussion boards or email
Create student groups in Canvas to facilitate small group discussion and collaborative work around a specific assignment
Have students use Google Docs to co-create or collaborate around an assignment
For more Best Practices, visit The UW Teaching and Learning Center website.