If class­room teaching can­not ta­ke place - cour­ses of ac­tion and de­sign pos­si­bi­li­ties

Dear teachers of the University of Kassel,

The numerous ideas and questions we have received regarding the organization of teaching offerings have prompted us to include this information offer. In the following, you will find a collection of concrete options for action and design possibilities for times when face-to-face teaching cannot take place.

We hope to have prepared everything in a comprehensible way and are continuously adding to the recommendations. Information on how to reach us and who to contact can be found on the respective information pages.

Additional suggestions can be found in our constantly changing "Developing good teaching portal".

 

Your team of the Teaching Service Center

Moodle/Mahara support

monday till friday
09:00 till 16:00
Phone: 0561 804 - 3807

PANOPTO Support

monday till friday
09:00 till 16:00
Phone: 0561 804 - 7070

Resolution situation and general information

Current communications from the university management

Resolution situation and general information: Forward

You can find information about remote exams here

E-Teaching

Options for action and design

We recommend that all lectures and presentations - even short ones - are produced as video recordings and distributed via Moodle. You can use the new video content management system "Panopto" for this purpose.

It can be assumed that overloads will occur in the network from April 20, 2020. These will probably also occur in the area of house connections. We give consideration to the fact that students will very likely have frequent interruptions when live streaming events, which cannot be made up. When playing back recordings, on the other hand, interruptions can be waited for or freely chosen times with better network availability can be used.

It should also be remembered that not all students have good Internet connections at home. Students should not be disadvantaged by this.

Another advantage of recordings is the possibility of revision. You can, for example, cut out parts and only when you are satisfied with the result, upload the file and release it for the students to view. This upload from home is also much more stable in case of interruptions than a live connection.

It is not uncommon for instructors to prefer live streaming solutions out of concern for unwanted extraneous recordings and the idea that live streaming would only be available for a short time. Here we would like to point out that - regardless of legal requirements - it is technically possible in most cases to record everything that is streamed - regardless of whether it is live or "canned". Moreover, in our view it would be a great loss if elaborately produced live streams could only be viewed to a fraction and then "evaporate".

Discussions would have to be streamed live via video conferencing. Again, we recommend exploring the use of asynchronous formats. For example, you could use the chat function in Moodle and supplement it with video and audio inputs (podcasts) that instructors or students have pre-recorded.

 

 

 

 

 

  • You can use the Moodle activity "Chat" up to a maximum of 20 participants for direct exchange with students.
  • You can use the Moodle activity "Forum" for the collection and central answering of students' questions by you or by your online tutors.

Further information can be found here: https://lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=56&section=4

 

  • You can use the Moodle activity "Forum" for exchange with students, likewise students can use this for exchange among themselves.

Further information can be found here: https://lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=56&section=4

 

  • You can use the Moodle activity "Mutual Evaluation" to have students conduct peer reviews.

    Further information can be found here:https:

    //lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=56&section=5
  • You can have students create a "Glossary" (Moodle activity) as a collection of key terms and release and rate their entries in a controlled manner.

    Further information can be found here:https:

    //lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=56&section=5
  • You can use the Moodle activity "OU Wiki". This allows students to create their own web pages in the moodle course, the contents of which can not only be read by course participants, but also directly edited and changed.

    Further information can be found here:https:

    //lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=56&section=5.
  • Your students can use the e-portfolio system Mahara to present and design group work results and processes. The

    Mahara installation at the University of Kassel can be found here:https: //mahara.uni-kassel.de/ Further information can be found here:https://lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=59

  • You can divide students into separate groups in the Moodle course room (randomly selected - controlled by the instructor - by students) and give them group-specific materials and assignments.

 

You may publish written works in electronic platforms for a limited group of users for use in research and teaching, for which

  • you have a license or unrestricted authority as the author (e.g. your own scripts without publishing contract restrictions),
  • the University of Kassel (University Library) has a license (reference in KARLA, see point 2),
  • you do not need a special license because they are in the public domain or open access,
  • you can claim the right of citation (§ 51 UrhWissG).
  • you can claim the Copyright Knowledge Society Act (UrhWissG) §§ 60 a for teaching and learning.

 

1) Citation of smaller text sources (§ 51 UrhWissG)

As is usual in scientific texts, textual sources of another author can be cited within teaching/learning materials with the appropriate acknowledgement. Since teaching/learning materials are usually developed for specific courses and are usually not published in the form of an independent scientific work, large citations are not permitted. However, § 51 UrhWissG permits the citation of passages of a work. You can therefore cite individual passages of a protected work in your teaching/learning materials as usual, observing the usual citation rules.

2) Use of larger text sources from the library's digital collection.

If you want to make larger portions of text or entire works available digitally as part of a course that go beyond the usual citation, you should first check to see if the work is available as a digital resource in the library.

To search for these media, click on "Advanced Search" in Karla and check "online" in the "Access Type" field on the right. Once you have found an appropriate resource, you can post a link to the resource in their Moodle course. Students can then download the source themselves from the intranet or via VPN access from the library.

3.) Use of sources according to the Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz (UrhWissG) §§ 60 a in teaching and learning.

The law regulates, among other things, under which conditions parts of a copyrighted text may be made available electronically in the context of research and teaching. The following rules apply to both analog and digital use:

 

§ 60a UrhWissG

Use of copyrighted works without consent in teaching and learning

  • max. 15 % of a (published) work
  • 100% of a work, at
    • works of small size (e.g. poems, songs and essays)
    • individual articles from the same journal or scientific periodical. Journal
    • out-of-print works
  • must serve to illustrate teaching and instruction
  • no commercial use
  • Persons
    • Teachers and participants of the respective course
    • teachers and examiners of the same educational institution
    • other persons, e.g. for the presentation of learning results
  • "pure" textbooks are excluded from this (consent is always required)

Leaflet Copyright Knowledge Society Act (UrhWissG) as PDF

 

Further information on copyright can be found here

https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtung/servicecenter-lehre/services-fuer-digitale-lehre/urheberrecht/

Instructions for students and teachers on how to use KARLA can be found here:

KARLA - Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKd2rb4a3Pk

KARLA - article search: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3snWB8GEnW8

Information page of the University Library on e-books, e-journals and databases: https://www.uni-kassel.de/ub/suchen-finden/e-medien.html

 

Students in different life situations can in principle benefit from online courses that can be used, for example, regardless of time and location. This applies, for example, to students with care responsibilities, professional duties, or health impairments. In order for these possibilities to have their positive effects, certain things need to be taken into account. Students with hearing and visual impairments are particularly dependent on digital accessibility.

The University of Hamburg has created a helpful handout for teachers : Students in special life situations as participants in online courses.

The Information and Counseling Center for Studies and Disability of the German Student Union has compiled an overview of the services offered by universities for the creation of digital documents .

A Moodle course is being developed specifically for the University of Kassel. We will publish the notice here as soon as it is ready.

 

E-learning systems

Spectrum of available systems

The learning platforms Moodle ,Open Moodle and Mahara are available throughout the university with user support from the Service Center Teaching. Mahara is a learning platform that specializes in learning with electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) https://lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=59. Moodle is used as the central learning platform at the University of Kassel and offers various options ranging from the integration of lecture notes, graphics or links to communication with students and the design of complex learning scenarios with the active participation of students https://lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=56 .

We are experiencing a leap in usage and are in constant exchange with ITS regarding the expansion of the systems.

Since Monday 14 April 2020, Panopto can be used by all teachers via a campus license. In a second expansion stage, this will also be possible for all students.

For registration and working with Uni-Kassel Panopto, you can find more information and instructions here https://lehrportal.uni-kassel.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=58.

You can register for introductory webinars and advanced consultation webinars, duration one hour each https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtung/servicecenter-lehre/besser-lehren/weiterbildungen/digitale-anwendungen-in-der-lehre/.

Sample contents of the webinars:

1) What is Panopto ? 2) Introduction to video library - search videos - view videos - create and manage folders (incl. homework folder) 3) Add videos (upload or record) - focus on 'Flipped Classroom' 4) Editor (trim videos & powerpoint) 6) Set up a livestream.

Phone support for Panopto: 0561 804 7070

Please send inquiries to e-mail: panopto-support[at]uni-kassel[dot]de