Moving Your Classes Online

 

Learn how TestOut courses can help you move online

Check out our Higher Education and K12 page for instructors to learn more about how TestOut courseware can help you and your students be successful with online learning. We are also offering complimentary access to a course of your choice. Click on the button below to learn more. 

 

See how four instructors from around the country have incorporated TestOut materials into different online and hybrid learning environments. Learn helpful tips for engaging students, best practices for using TestOut, and how to help your students be successful in an online learning environment. 
 
Jump to Talking Points:
  • 00:00- Welcome and intro
  • 5:34- What are key factors that make online delivery different than an in-class or hybrid class?
  • 11:15- How are things going with teaching online courses?
  • 13:54- What has it been like working in online classes, what benefits and triumphs do you see?
  • 19:32- What are struggles that you are seeing with teaching online courses?
  • 26:20- How do you keep your students motivated? (Also see 23:54)
  • 39:56- What are the differences between TestOut's LabSim labs and labs in your online campus classes?
  • 44:51- What do you do to help your students collaborate?
  • 48:53- If you were going to give one piece of advice, what would it be?
  • 52:08- Closing

 

Educator TJ Thoss and TestOut Account Executive Travis Wilde, share how TJ is successfully using TestOut courseware to help his students learn online. They share useful tips for how to communicate with and keep your students engaged. You'll learn best practices for teaching online and see how TestOut courseware can help keep up the learning momentum as you transition from in person learning to online through TestOut.
 
Jump to Talking Points:
  • 00:00- Intro
  • 6:20- Online learning struggles
  • 10:30- Maintaining student engagement
  • 15:45- TestOut schedule creator
  • 18:20- Setting up daily tasks
  • 21:20- Engagement guidelines and boundaries
  • 23:50- TestOut Features
  • 32:30- Using TestOut with your LMS
  • 34:30- Communicating with students
  • 36:00- Learning about resources
  • 44:40- Closing 

 

Join Educators Ezra Mintz and Sally Wilde, and Account Executive Travis Wilde from TestOut Corporation as they discuss how to move your on-campus Office Application courses online. See how TestOut’s Office Pro course can help your students learn how to use MS Office in a simulated environment without needing to have Office installed on their computer. 
 
Jump to Talking Points:
  • 00:00 – Welcome & Intro
  • 02:56 – How to connect with us online: Join our TestOut Instructor Community
  • 07:16 – What Works? Why TestOut works in Multiple Environments
  • 11:54 – Educator Resources
  • 15:45 – Reporting Tools – how to know if students are working
  • 20:38 – Using Blackboard (and other LMS platforms)
  • 21:45 – Course Schedule Creator
  • 25:28 – Let’s Talk about Microsoft Office
  • 26:28 – Learning Through Videos with Interactive Script
  • 28:02 – Accessibility Features
  • 28:50 – Fact Sheets
  • 29:41 – Lab Environment – Learning Through Repetition
  • 36:36 – Challenge Labs – Building Speed and Proficiency
  • 39:59 – Applied Labs – Projects
  • 44:21 – Adaptability
  • 45:21 – Overcoming struggles with teaching online courses
  • 55:38 – Closing

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