Site description: This site is for a beginning Russian course conducted entirely online. The course meets synchronously via Zoom five days a week, with some class sessions ending early to allow for asynchronous activities. The site is built relying heavily on the Lessons tool: students are able to access all of their course assignments, readings, and homework directly through Lessons. The course uses Gradescope for the submission of student homework and exams. Students also create VoiceThreads to respond to language prompts. 

Keywords: Zoom; Collab; Lessons tool; Gradescope; VoiceThread

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Creator: Sharisa Aidukaitis holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UVA.

Site description: This course is an ecocritical examination of Russian literature in translation. It is geared toward undergraduates who have had some exposure to Russian literature. It is open to majors and non-majors and it is taught entirely in English. The course site relies heavily on the Lessons tool: students are able to access all of their course assignments, readings, and homework directly through Lessons. The course uses Gradescope for the submission of assignments. Students respond to weekly reading prompts via VoiceThread. Students use Peerceptiv to provide and receive feedback on their midterm papers. 

Keywords: Zoom; Collab; Lessons tool; Gradescope; Peerceptiv; VoiceThread

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Creator: Sharisa Aidukaitis

Site description: Nenette Arroyo developed the demonstration UVACollab site for Craft Perspectives for a seminar in art history and architecture or any class that involves close reading, extended discussion, and reflective writing. Its structure and assignments encourage student attention in the online classroom, spontaneity, and equal participation within different learning styles. The site displays an interactive, week-by-week schedule, implemented through the Lessons tool, and shows writing prompts and responses based on Discussions and Assignments. In-class time appears as a chart with cells that map an activity, its genre (lecture-break-discussion), and the time allotted. Nenette also walks instructors through the early steps of Collab site creation in Site Builder, and selects the Activities Week-by-Week template as the foundation of her modular approach to the semester.

Keywords: Collab; close reading; discussion; reflective writing; journal; Lessons; subpages; Discussions tool; forum; Assignments; Resources; Gradebook; Site Builder

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Creator: Nenette Arroyo holds a PhD in Art & Architectural History from UVA.

Site description: This site is for a Sociology of Race and Ethnicity course conducted online, as demonstrated through one sample unit. The course meets synchronously twice a week. It involves many aspects of collaborative interaction that occur both synchronously, like group discussions after watching videos, polls, or interactive websites, and asynchronously, like forum discussions using Piazza, responses to prompts via VoiceThread, or shared class annotations on readings using Hypothesis. Assignments and assessments are submitted and graded within Teams. 

Keywords: Teams; Piazza; VoiceThread; Hypothesis

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Creator: Josh Chen holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia.

Site description: ART 213 Major Themes in Art History: Prehistory - Baroque explores the history of human visual expression, from the earliest evidence of image-making to the end of the Baroque period. It is an introduction to global art history for undergrads offered online with a designated class meeting time. The goal of demonstration Site 1 is to make Collab simple in the student view. It uses a template within Lessons to create a week-to-week schedule on a single page in which readings, Assignments, and Tests & Quizzes are hyperlinked.

Keywords: Overview; Online Meetings; Zoom; Lessons; course schedule; grid; hyperlink; Resources; Assignments; Tests & Quizzes

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Creator: Justin Greenlee holds a PhD in Art & Architectural History from UVA.

Site description: ART 213 Major Themes in Art History: Prehistory - Baroque explores the history of human visual expression, from the earliest evidence of image-making to the end of the Baroque period. The emphasis of demonstration Site 2 is on uses of the Lessons tool, subpages within Lessons, and the shapes UVACollab can take in creating a week-to-week schedule and individual class itineraries.

Keywords: Overview; Online Meetings; Zoom; Lessons; subpages in Lessons; week-to-week schedule; module; daily itineraries; Canvas-like; Resources; Assignments; Tests & Quizzes

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Creator: Justin Greenlee

Site description: ART 213 Major Themes in Art History: Prehistory - Baroque explores the history of human visual expression, from the earliest evidence of image-making to the end of the Baroque period. The emphasis of demonstration Site 3 is on assessment via the Assignments, Tests & Quizzes, and Gradebook tools. It showcases a few of the advanced integrated tools of UVACollab, including Hypothesis and VoiceThread for group annotation in text, audio, and video. It also serves as an introduction to Miro virtual whiteboards, options for pre-recorded lectures, and links to online archive of digital pedagogy resources in Zotero.

Keywords: Overview; Online Meetings; Zoom; assessment; Resources; Assignments; Tests & Quizzes; Gradebook; group annotation; Hypothesis; multimedia; VoiceThread; Miro; virtual whiteboard; pre-recorded lectures; Panopto; Kaltura Lecture Capture; PowerPoint; database

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Creator: Justin Greenlee