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COVID-19 and Remote Learning

Following Governor DeWine's mandate and to ensure the safety of our student body, starting March 23rd, all AAC classes will be done remotely via a variety of ways. These may include, but are not limited to, email, text, SonisWeb, and Office365. The following is a collection of information that will hopefully assist in the decision, management, and use of these tools as it pertains to each instructor/student and their class(es). Texting This is the simplest form of operation, but also the most limited in scope. As an Instructor, you will be responsible for maintaining a list of all students numbers, so long as they agree to provide them. Texting, while convenient, may also be more cumbersome with regard to sharing and receiving course material and assignments. This is an ill-advised option, but may work depending on your needs and use case. Email Communication via email is a well documented and used process. The benefit of email is the AAC's use of a global address list in which you can find any student, faculty, or staff member. In addition, you can also email classes or groups as a whole (more on that in the "Office365" section) which would accommodate the need to send information to several people at once. Emailing also adds the benefit of attachments for file dissemination and reception and calendaring to better organize important or specific due dates and events. However, email can also become unwieldy in the event you have multiple classes with several students, all of whom will be emailing you directly. Your inbox may become "saturated" and difficult to manage. In addition, there are size limitations to attachments that may make sending/receiving files difficult or impossible. These factors should be considered when deciding to use this method, but would be a viable solution for some. If you choose to use email, you are required to use your school account, not a personal one. You can access your school email by logging in to Office365 at office.com. SONIS SONIS actually has some capabilities for online learning. While the scope of what SONIS is capable of is outside this help site, there is a faculty manual that will assist you should you decide to use it as your method of distance teaching. You can find the manual here. In addition, the Registrar Director Alex Siebert has put together a very nice and concise how-to for faculty, and that can be found here. Should you have any questions or issues with SONIS, you can contact Alex either by phone at 513-562-8749 or by email at [email protected]