Modified Schedules for Malibu and Calabasas Classes through Thanksgiving Holiday Period

Beginning Wednesday, November 14, through the resumption of regular operations after Thanksgiving, classes impacted by the closure of the Malibu and Calabasas campuses were administered remotely through a combination of online, email, and remote assignments. Students should have received further details from their professors by 5 PM on Tuesday, November 13. This remote administration of courses did not require students or faculty to remain in the Los Angeles area or be available during regularly scheduled class times.

**Note: Encino, Irvine, and West LA campuses remained open, as did the other international or regional campuses. Refer to emergency.pepperdine.edu for the latest campus information.

Please see the documentation below for technical support resources. 

Communication

• Email (class distribution list in Courses and G-Mail)

• Live Discussion (Synchronous: phone, web conferencing, Courses Chat Room tool)

• Off-Line Discussion (Asynchronous: Forums, Blogs, and Wiki tools)

Resources

Online Teaching

• Google Meet = up to 25 participants
• Standard Zoom with Phone Conference = up to 100 participants
• Zoom Webinar = up to 500 participants* (limited number of licenses available)
• Adobe Connect host licenses = up to 100 participants
• freeconferencecall.com = up to 1,000 participants

Off-Line Teaching Using Courses (Sakai)

• Resources Tool: Post lecture notes/presentations
• Lessons Tool: Structure and organize class content
• Forums Tool: Facilitate discussions
• Assignments Tool: Post and grade assignments
• Test and Quizzes Tool: Administer assessments
• Gradebook Tool: Share feedback and progress

**Note: Effective Friday, November 16, 2018, course site storage quotas in Courses have been increased from 1 GB to 10 GB. This will allow faculty to store additional content and resources on their respective sites.

Remote Library Services

• Library Resources

Best Practices: Principles and Strategies for Online Teaching

• Keep on Teaching (courtesy of Dr. Christopher Heard)
• On a Mac? Create a Screen Recording with QuickTime (courtesy of Dr. Christopher Heard)

Training Documentation

Courses (Sakai)

• Written training guides and videos

Pepperdine Help App on Courses (Sakai)

Step-by-step guidance for specific tools is available within Courses (courses.pepperdine.edu) and can be accessed through the "Pepperdine Help" App at the bottom right hand corner. 

Web Conferencing (Adobe Connect)

• Guides and videos

Web Conferencing (Zoom)

• Training video
• Weekly Zoom meetings & Webinar trainings (2x per day)

Web Conferencing (Google Meet)

• Using Google Meet
• Google Interactive Google Meet Guides (requires Chrome)

Free Conference Call (freeconferencecall.com)

• Using freeconferencecall.com

Schedule Consultations with the Technology & Learning Team

One-on-One Office Hours (Virtual, Encino, and West LA)

• Click here to schedule an appointment  (Google Login Required)

LIVE Group Online Trainings with TechLearn

Student Support

• https://community.pepperdine.edu/it/students/

Graduate School Faculty Support

Seaver College Faculty Support