Preparing to Teach

All of us here at CAETE are committed to making your teaching experience a positive and rewarding experience. We can help with virtually all aspects of your teaching styles and methods. We have some suggestions that will help you make the transition from blackboards and chalk dust, to a high-tech course delivery platform that you and your students will find is a great improvement from the early days of distance learning.

Your Audience

When offering your course through CAETE, you are typically teaching for two groups of students:

• students present in the classroom (main campus students)
• students viewing the course later via the Internet (downloading or streaming) or disc media (CD or DVD)

Remember to take each of these student groups into account when preparing to teach with us. For example, look into the camera often, to let the distance students feel they are included. Also, remember to repeat questions from your in-class students so that the question is captured and heard by the distance students.

Computer Use

Each studio is equipped with a computer system that can show your presentation, demonstrate your software programs, connect to the Internet, etc.

In addition, your MAC / PC laptops can be integrated into this system, with advance notice. However, we cannot guarantee your class will be available online unless it is captured on the classroom computer. The best option is to bring in your content on a portable, removable medium USB drive, CD, etc., or from a downloadable source you use. Embedded and/or attached audio and video files are best heard and viewed using this method as well.

Make an appointment with one of the studio staff to experiment with unique programs, necessary interface requirements, etc. well in advance of the class session in which you want to use them. Do not wait until class day; studio personnel are on a tight schedule and may not be able to accommodate your needs on short notice.

Consistent with licensing requirements, instructors may load additional software but should remove it at the end of the semester unless they plan to use it again the following semester and have been assigned to teach in the same classroom.