Remote Instruction

Faculty Checklist for Quality Digital Learning Development

Faculty Checklist for Quality Digital Learning Development

The DLS Core Template is a solid starting place to establish an effective and successful remote instruction course. Ultimately, however, the student experience will depend on how you use the template and deliver your course. DLS has created a Faculty Checklist for Quality Digital Learning Development so that you may review your course and how its design and execution may impact the student learning experience.

The DLS Faculty Checklist for Quality...

Import the DLS Core Template

Import the DLS Core Template

Canvas Commons is a repository of digital resources that allows users to share and import content into a course site. The DLS Core Template is available in Canvas Commons to UC Berkeley users in the Instructor, TA, or Designer roles.

Follow the steps below to import the template to your new course site.

1. Open Commons

In the Global Navigation, select Commons.

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Kaltura Capture users should update to latest version (4.2.110)

October 26, 2020

A new version of the Kaltura Capture desktop application has been released. You can verify the version that you are using currently on the splash screen when the application is opening; the previous version was 4.2.83 and the new version is 4.2.110. (If you miss the splash screen, click the Manage link and then switch to the information tab.)

We recommend updating, as 4.2.110 fixes bugs which have resulted in problematic recordings. Specific issues resolved:

(Mac and Windows) The issues causing out of sync recording between the screen capture...

Kaltura issues ongoing but should end before Monday 9/7

September 2, 2020

Over the last few weeks, instructors and students have reported issues related to:

Access to My Media and Media Gallery.

Ability to play videos in My Media and Media Gallery, as well as embedded videos.

Extremely long delays, time outs, and/or total inability to upload videos

Extremely long delays and/or inability to process video for distribution (transcoding).

Failure of machine captioning for interactive and downloadable...

Kaltura issues with video upload and processing

September 10, 2020

Last week Kaltura stated that issues related to the migration to Amazon Web Services would be resolved over the Labor Day weekend. However, while we have seen some improvements, we have received tickets identifying new issues with:

Delays in video uploads

Delays in video *transcoding and processing

Kaltura has acknowledged these issues and has provided the following update as of [9/10/20 at 2:25 PDT]

Uploads: You may experience...

Updated recommendations for those using Kaltura Capture to create dual-stream videos

August 14, 2020

Syncing issues with video and audio have occurred with longer dual-stream videos (i.e. those in which you capture both Camera and Screen). To avoid these issues we recommend that you:

Make short videos. For the best results when recording dual-stream videos, keep recording time short, 6 to 10 minutes. Additionally, when it comes to playing back dual-stream videos, giving the video time to load on the bCourses page and/or refreshing the page can reduce sync issues with longer videos; you may want to alert your students to this,...

Remote Instruction Strategies for Summer Sessions Instructors

All Summer Sessions courses will be conducted in a remote instruction format this summer. How does that change how you will teach your course? In this virtual training we will discuss strategies for how to approach remote instruction, focusing on:

defining the difference between asynchronous and synchronous instruction;

demonstrating how to develop your bCourses site as your virtual classroom;

examining assignment, exam, and discussion options available in bCourses; and

showing how to access and use remote instruction resources...