Training (E-learning Committee)

The E-learning Committee was formed by the Vice Chancellor to oversee the process of transition from face to face to full online teaching/learning. The committee is responsible for conducting/organizing training sessions for the faculty members and provide any necessary related support to them.

The Committee formally came into effect on April 30, 2020 and remains in effect until further notice.

Prior to the formation of this committee, an interim emergency committee had been functional since March 10, 2020.

Members

Ms. Arifa Rahman (Chair), Dr. Tareque Rahman, Dr. Mirza Rasheduzzaman, and Mr. Jillur Rahim

Recommendations 

  1. DEH, USB, Engineering School, GED, CLS and CSD will use Google Classroom, and MSJ will use a combination of Moodle and GC.
  2. Faculty who have been consistently using Moodle will continue to do so if they choose, regardless of department choice. A revision workshop will be conducted by Arifa Rahman.
  3. Google Classroom and Moodle will be the only two official platforms for teaching and course material dissemination.
  4. For video conferencing, all faculty will use Google Meet (to minimize the number of tools used across the university).
  5. While we teach with Google Classroom and Moodle’s current version, IT will work on upgrading Moodle on a separate test server to avoid disruptions.
  6. Training will be mandatory for all faculty members.
  7. Orientation/basic training on Google Classroom must be conducted for ALL students (how to login, how to access documents, how to submit assignments, how to take quizzes, etc.). This will be done by departments for their students due to the limitations on participant numbers on Meet.
  8. During the training session, both the instructor and student interfaces will be shown.
  9. Training sessions may be recorded for future use or sharing.
  10. If a faculty member chooses to use Moodle, they must commit to conducting the training for the students in their course.
  11. Departments may choose to upload recorded synchronous meetings to PRIVATE Facebook course groups, YouTube, or other low bandwidth spaces.
  12. Whatsapp, Messenger, and other apps may be used for informal communication purposes ONLY.
  13. Faculty members who are teaching different sections of the same course should collaborate/coordinate to ensure similar workload/assignments.
  14. Faculty will hold a DEMO class on the first day to familiarize students with the platform and contents. They will also poll students on their internet connectivity and accessibility to devices.

Training Sessions

Agenda

Activity

Date of Activity

Resource Person

Training

 

Training to Admission Office

23/7/20

Arifa Rahman
Tareque Rahman

 

Google Classroom Training: USB

10/5/20

Jillur Rahim

 

Google Classroom Training: DEH

12/5/20

Jillur Rahim

 

Google Classroom Training: SSE

11/5/20

Mirza Rasheduzzaman

 

Moodle Training: MSJ

17/5/20

Arifa Rahman

 

Google Classroom Training: GED/CLS

13/5/20

Jillur Rahim

 

Moodle Revision Workshop

14/5/20

Arifa Rahman

Follow up/Troubleshooting

 

USB

 —

Jillur Rahim

 

DEH/CLS

21/6/20 – Session 1

25/6/20 – Session 2

29/6/20 – Session 3

Also provided troubleshooting support twice a week for the first 3 weeks of class

Arifa Rahman with DEH committee members

 

SSE

 —

Mirza Rasheduzzaman

 

MSJ

 —

Arifa Rahman

 

GED

 25/6/20

Tareque Rahman

Student Orientation/Training

 

Central

1/7/20

Arifa Rahman

 

USB

 —  
 

DEH

2/7/20

Arifa Rahman

 

SSE

30/6/20

Shameem Hasan

 

MSJ

 

MSJ faculty

 

GED

 

Tareque Rahman

Awareness Posters

 

Poster information

 

Arifa Rahman
Jillur Rahim
Tareque Rahman

 

Poster feedback

 

Tareque Rahman
Mirza Rasheduzzaman

 

Poster design and dissemination

 

Arifa Rahman

Thesis Presentation Orientation

 

DEH

31/5/20

Arifa Rahman

       

Others

 

DEH (Online assessment strategies)

30/7/20

Arifa Rahman
Towhidul Islam Khan

 

Acted as the Chair of the Department wise online teaching-learning committee and organized two training sessions for the academics

 

Tareque Rahman

 

Recorded a student orientation video for the GED faculties to orient them student training on GC.

 

Tareque Rahman
Sharif Ahmed