University of California San Francisco
UCSF School of Medicine UCSF Medical Center

Remote Learning

This toolkit for faculty, staff and students provides:

  • An online archive of TEE remote learning workshops
  • Zoom resources for remote learning
  • UCSF remote learning guides

TEE remote learning workshops

This online archive of workshops will help you develop technical and teaching skills so you can design and facilitate pedagogically-sound, high-quality remote learning experiences. Workshop resources include recordings, PowerPoint slides, and guides. You can also use the workshop competency checklists to assess, practice, and develop your skills to reach full competency. Also, check out TEE’s Zoom Guides that will help you prepare for and facilitate Zoom meetings and class sessions.

1. Zoom Essentials: Use critical Zoom tools to prepare, run, and humanize your Zoom meetings and classes

Build the foundation for facilitating remote activities through Zoom, including skills to prepare for a meeting, manage participant roles, and share content. You’ll also learn concrete ways to “humanize” your classes by incorporating strategies that enhance social connection and help build a more effective and empathetic learning environment.
2. Zoom Polls and Breakouts: Utilize Poll Everywhere, Zoom polls, and breakout rooms to promote interaction and engagement

Learn how to facilitate interaction, promote engagement, gauge participant knowledge, and quickly obtain feedback from participants by harnessing the power of Zoom’s polling tool and Poll Everywhere polls. Also learn how to set up and manage breakout rooms in your Zoom meetings and class sessions to facilitate small group interaction and instruction.
3. Humanizing Remote Learning in Zoom: Incorporate strategies that promote social connection and an empathetic learning environment 

Come learn concrete ways to “humanize” your classes by incorporating strategies that enhance social connection and help build a more effective and empathetic learning environment. This is the second foundational workshop that will equip you for remote teaching and for TEE’s more advanced workshops. Use the competency checklist to assess your skill level, then practice existing skills—or develop new skills to reach full competency.
4. Strategies for Facilitating Remote Small Groups: Expand your small group facilitation skills by improving engagement and inclusion

Expand your remote facilitation skills by identifying strategies that promote engagement and inclusion in small group sessions and learn ways to apply them in your teaching. Use the competency checklist to assess your skill level, then practice existing skills—or develop new skills to reach full competency.
5. Zoom Breakout Rooms: Utilize breakout rooms to facilitate small group interaction and instruction

Learn how to set up and manage breakout rooms in your Zoom meetings and class sessions to facilitate small group interaction and instruction. Use the competency checklist to assess your skill level, then practice existing skills—or develop new skills to reach full competency.
6. Collaborating Virtually--Annotating, Whiteboarding, and Managing Screen Space: Use collaborative tools like annotation and whiteboards, manage screen space, and utilize interactive tools

Boost remote collaboration with tools such as annotation, whiteboards, and cloud-based collaboration platforms. Practice managing screen space and interacting through shared content, chat windows, participant video, and more. Use the competency checklist to assess your skill level, then practice existing skills—or develop new skills to reach full competency.
7. Zoom Polling & Poll Everywhere: Utilize Poll Everywhere and Zoom polls to get feedback and promote interaction and engagement

Learn how to facilitate interaction, promote engagement, gauge participant knowledge, and quickly obtain feedback from participants by harnessing the power of Zoom’s polling tool and Poll Everywhere polls. Use the competency checklist to assess your skill level, then practice existing skills—or develop new skills to reach full competency.

Zoom for remote learning

Zoom is used in most of the remote learning experiences. Before using Zoom, we encourage you to:
  • Update your Zoom app to get the latest Zoom features you need to participate fully
  • Log in to UCSF Zoom so that you join your Zoom meetings with the correct meeting role and capabilities
  • Check out TEE’s Zoom Guides that will help you prepare for and facilitate Zoom meetings and class sessions
  • Find out more about the latest Zoom updates relevant to remote learning (coming soon).

UCSF remote learning guides

Consider adopting these best practices and teaching strategies for remote learning at UCSF:

This toolkit is created by Technology Enhanced Education (TEE), School of Medicine. If you have questions about these remote learning resources, or would like to suggest additional resources to add here, please email [email protected]

Last edited: July 13, 2021