Add a section outlining what students should expect in the event of a university closure or other disruptions. Include alternate learning plans and refer to the official Class Cancellation and University Closure Procedures.

Clearly state your preferred method of communication (e.g., email, Teams, phone, etc.) in both Discovery and your syllabus. Let students know how frequently they should check for updates during a disruption.

• Clarify Remote Learning Expectations: If you plan to hold synchronous sessions via Microsoft Teams, clearly communicate expectations for participation, camera and microphone use, and whether sessions will be recorded and shared.
• Provide Supporting Materials: Introduce remote learning tools and best practices early in the semester. Refer students to relevant supporting resources to help them adapt and succeed in an online learning environment.

Use Panopto Capture or record narrated PowerPoint presentations to allow students to view content at their own pace.

Note: The Record feature is only available in the PowerPoint desktop app. If you're using PowerPoint for the web, use PowerPoint Live and record your session in Microsoft Teams.

Provide quizzes, readings, writing prompts, or group projects students can complete asynchronously after engaging with course materials.

Create Forum activities in Discovery to encourage thoughtful, asynchronous engagement with peers and course content.

Invite students to record presentations using Panopto Express, Microsoft Teams, or PowerPoint, and share them from their OneDrive for peer review and feedback.

Meetings created in Microsoft Teams automatically sync with Outlook. You can schedule, start, join, and manage meetings from either platform.

Integrating Panopto with Teams allows your meeting recordings to be automatically saved to the appropriate course folder. While optional, this step is recommended for easier access and streamlined sharing.

If you link Panopto and Teams but choose not to enable auto-transfer, you can still download meeting recordings and manually upload them to the correct course folder using the Panopto app in Teams.

For details, see "View or Move Panopto Recordings in Teams (with Integration)" below.

Familiarize yourself with Teams’ presentation and recording features. Set expectations for camera and microphone use in your syllabus or the meeting invitations.

Presenting with PowerPoint Live (recommended):

Presenting Multiple Content Types (e.g., browser, Excel, Whiteboard, etc.):

Breakout rooms allow for small-group collaboration during synchronous sessions. You must be the meeting organizer and use the Teams desktop app to access this feature

Create and Manage Breakout Rooms Before a Meeting:

Create and Manage Breakout Rooms During a Meeting:

If Panopto is integrated with Teams but automatic syncing is not enabled, you can still view, manage, or manually move recordings to the appropriate course folder.