South Valley University plan to activate distance learning in times of environmental crises for the second semester of the academic year 2019/2020
March 15, 2020
As a proactive step related to face environmental and health crises and providing the highest standards of public safety at South Valley University, a disciplined plan has been drawn up.
It is divided into two levels:
all courses are presented electronically.
practical courses are divided throughout the week and students are divided into small groups (30 Students), bearing in mind that this is only done in courses that distance learning programs and tools cannot cover appropriately.
Implementation and Follow Up Committee:
- University President. “President”
- Vice President for Education and Student Affairs.
- Vice President for Postgraduate and Research Affairs.
- Vice President for Community Services and Environmental Affairs.
- Director of E-Learning Center.
- Director of Information Systems Unit.
Procedures:
- Form a follow-up room, in which the director of the University’s E-learning Center and the director of the Information Systems Unit are present in a manner that ensures continuous contact between them and the deans of faculties and managers of IT Units.
- Apply a plan for distance learning training workshops for faculty members in the period from 15 to 18 March 2020.
- Publish updated information and schedules for the live courses on the university’s website ( http://www.svu.edu.eg/ar/elearningplan/ ).
- Assign technical support members at Information Technology Units and five members from the assisting body to receive requests and inquiries from faculty members and students 24/7 via the University e-mail elearning@svu.edu.eg .
- Assign two coordinators from faculty members and technicians from each college in order to contact with Implementation and Follow Up team.
- Distribute illustrated guides explaining all information about the live broadcast system for lectures and how to record them.
- Create an account for virtual sessions on Zoom platform for all professors and courses via ( https://zoom.us/ ).
- Distribute a copy of PresentationTube program in order to record lectures in advance and upload them on college’s channel on YouTube.
- Activate each college account on Google Drive to upload the scientific content.
- Create a Facebook Page to follow up with students and receive questions and requests.
- Publish a list of alternative programs and tools for professors to use with students in case the access to the previous tools fails.
Time Frame:
- Recording lectures via PresentationTube. 15/3/2020
- Streaming lectures via Zoom platform. 16/3/2020
- Creating an account for the courses content on Google Drive. 17/3/2020
- Supporting students remotely, and effectively communicate with them. 18/3/2020
Sources:
http://presentationtube.com
https://zoom.us
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive
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