eHRAF Workbooks Browse our collection of anthropology workbook activities for eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology. Designed to complement any textbook or anthropology curriculum, eHRAF Workbook activities are presented as PowerPoint slideshows that instructors ...

Looking for ideas to incorporate our eHRAF database into your class assignments? Check out our exciting new eHRAF Workbooks for anthropology, archaeology, ace cross-cultural research!#anthropology #teaching #AcademicChatter #anthrotwitter #covidcampus

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Well that's it... My "back-to-school" dream is now forgetting to bring a mask to class with me.

Apparently teaching remotely is not enough for my sleeping anxiety brain. #COVIDCampus

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Really excited for my first #hashtag chat with #ethicalcs trying to bring the #mathbioed world to other STEM educators. #iteachmath #bioed @mathcourtney #COVIDCampus @Edu4Smb #STEMed
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My like threshold is apparently very generous. I am in no way saying *my* administration would say this to me, but it seemed appropriate to channel @ass_deans when I watched Hamilton today and thought of our current Fall #COVIDcampus dilemma.

Pre-print from my colleague Starlette Sharp on thinking about COVID and the transition to online teaching in an ecosystems framework #COVIDCampus #STEMed ...

Lights on moment for me. I am so worried about creating community in #online classes. Um, I do it all the time on Twitter. Thanks @BatesVPEI - I kept finding excuses to compartmentalize that, but it clicked today. #COVIDCampus

Remote futures: tips for online teaching and learning in anthropology This is the third post in our COVID-19 response series. The first post presented an overview of eHRAF products as well as information about membership and extensions to our free trials. The second post featured In-Class Activities from ...

With #LockdownExtended, students & teachers #WFH is becoming the new normal. Are you thinking long-term? The third post in our series asks how we can spring from a stopgap "pivot-to-online" to the "remote futures" that await #covidcampus #anthrotwitter

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Bug question: What is #COVID19 and #CovidCampus teaching us? How will it affect your design and redesign of your course? #STEMitp 15/

What lessons is the higher education enterprise learning during #CovidCampus times? Will it change the way that we perceive this work? Will it clarify what it means to teach at our institutions? Or will it reveal what our true priorities are?
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Teaching eHRAF: In-Class Activities for online learning This is the second in a series of posts from HRAF aimed at assisting instructors in transitioning to online teaching since the COVID-19 pandemic, a global event that has resulted in temporary university closures due to self-isolation and ...

The second in our series of posts aimed at assisting instructors in transitioning to online teaching while working from home is now available on our homepage.

#anthrotwitter #CovidCampus #anthropology #teachingfromhome

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There's still time to apply for this great internship opportunity! #HRAF #Yale #anthrotwitter #CovidCampus

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Some hard talk abt #CovidCampus impacts & some really insightful & generous feedback on my research via a wine hour zoom. Big thanks to incredible @williamandmary grad students @caycarbs @HollyGruntner @M__McCullough @MAPellissier Annie Powell @KatyTelling @kaila_ack @e_p_wells

Blackboard is not my favorite, but in the interest of consistency, I'm using it during this time. Met in real time with two classes. Really loved talking with them again! #covidteaching #CovidCampus

Teaching in #CovidCampus Week 2: handing out extensions like candy, taking frequent breaks while making mini-lectures, since 2019 Emily once again was too prescient in making the controlling question this week: “How do we create while the word is burning?” (WW1 Poetry & After)

HRAF and the transition to remote education: Online anthropology amid #CovidCampus In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic, academic departments, faculty, and students alike are endeavoring to adjust to a new reality of teaching and learning remotely due to university campus closures, self-isolation, and ...

New #CovidCampus megapost: HRAF for remote education.#anthrotwitter #anthropology

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Currently hard at work preparing a series of posts on adapting to remote learning. First up is a megapost on our databases and open access resources. Then, some tips for your newly online classroom. "Like" if you're interested in reading! #anthropology #anthrotwitter #CovidCampus

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your fascinating read for the day is the Pennsylvania Governor Office's list of "life sustaining" businesses versus non-life-sustaining: [PDF] www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/... #covid19 #CovidCampus #coronacrisis

I Will Survive, Coronavirus version for teachers going online #CovidCampus https://youtu.be/CCe5PaeAeew
Brilliant.

RT @lukehollis: In case you had class travel cancelled due to #coronavirus / #CovidCampus check out the virtual tours of the art history and architecture we've been building for @ARCENational for potential remote teaching #remotelearning #highered

Managing Remote Conference Presenters with Zoom Bringing remote presenters into a face-to-face conference is challenging and fraught with peril. In this post, I describe a scheme using Zoom that had in-person attendees forgetting that the presenter was remote! The Code4Lib conference was this week, and with the COVID-19 pandemic breaking through many individuals and institutions made decisions to not travel to Pittsburgh for the meeting. We had an unprecedented nine presentations that were brought into the conference via Zoom. I was chairing the livestream committee for the conference (as I have done for several years—skipping last year), so it made the most sense for me to arrange a scheme for remote presenters. With the help of the on-site A/V contractor, we were able to pull this off with minimal requirements for the remote presenter. List of Requirements 2 Zoom Pro accounts 1 PC/Mac with video output, as if you were connecting an external monitor (the “Receiving Zoom” computer) 1 PC/Mac (the “Coordinator Zoom” computer) 1 USB audio interface Hardwired network connection for the Receiving Zoom computer (recommended) The Pro-level Zoom accounts were required because we needed to run a group call for longer than 40 minutes (to include setup time). And two were needed: one for the Coordinator Zoom machine and one for the dedicated Receiving Zoom machine. It would have been possible to consolidate the two Zoom Pro accounts and the two PC/Mac machines into one, but we had back-to-back presenters at Code4Lib, and I wanted to be able to help one remote presenter get ready while another was presenting. In addition to this equipment, the A/V contractor was indispensable in making the connection work. We fed the remote presenter’s video and audio from the Receiving Zoom computer to the contractor’s A/V switch through HDMI, and the contractor put the video on the ballroom projectors and audio through the ballroom speakers. The contractor gave us a selective audio feed of the program audio minus the remote presenter’s audio (so they wouldn’t hear themselves come back through the Zoom meeting). This becomes a little clearer in the diagram below. Physical Connections and Setup This diagram shows the physical connections between machines. The Audio Mixer and Video Switch were provided and run by the A/V contractor. The Receiving Zoom machine was the one that is connected to the A/V contractor’s Video Switch via an HDMI cable coming off the computer’s external monitor connection. In the Receiving Zoom computer’s control panel, we set the external monitor to mirror what was on the main monitor. The audio and video from the computer (i.e., the Zoom call) went out the HDMI cable to the A/V contractor’s Video Switch. The A/V contractor took the audio from the Receiving Zoom computer through the Video Switch and added it to the Audio Mixer as an input channel. From there, the audio was sent out to the ballroom speakers the same way audio from the podium microphone was amplified to the audience. We asked the A/V contractor to create an audio mix that includes all of the audio sources except the Receiving Zoom computer (e.g., in-room microphones) and plugged that into the USB Audio interface. That way, the remote presenter could hear the sounds from the ballroom—ambient laughter, questions from the audience, etc.—in their Zoom call. (Note that it was important to remove the remote presenter’s own speaking voice from this audio mix; there was a significant, distracting delay between the time the presenter spoke and the audio was returned to them through the Zoom call.) We used a hardwired network connection to the internet, and I would recommend that—particularly with tech-heavy conferences that might overflow the venue wi-fi. (You don’t want your remote presenter’s Zoom to have to compete with what attendees are doing.) Be aware that the hardwired network connection will cost more from the venue, and may take some time to get functioning since this doesn’t seem to be something that hotels often do. In the Zoom meeting, we unmuted the microphone and selected the USB Audio interface as the microphone input. As the Zoom meeting was connected, we made the meeting window full-screen so the remote presenter’s face and/or presentation were at the maximum size on the ballroom projectors. Setting Up the Zoom Meetings The two Zoom accounts came from the Open Library Foundation. (Thank you!) As mentioned in the requirements section above, these were Pro-level accounts. The two accounts were olf_host2@openlibraryfoundation.org and olf_host3@openlibraryfoundation.org. The olf_host2 account was used for the Receiving Zoom computer, and the olf_host3 account was used for the Coordinator Zoom computer. The Zoom meeting edit page looked like this: This is for the “Code4Lib 2020 Remote Presenter A” meeting with the primary host as olf_host2@openlibraryfoundation.org. Note these settings: A recurring meeting that ran from 8:00am to 6:00pm each day of the conference. Enable join before host is checked in case the remote presenter got on the meeting before I did. Record the meeting automatically in the cloud to use as a backup in case something goes wrong. Alternative Hosts is olf_host3@openlibraryfoundation.org The “Code4Lib 2020 Remote Presenter B” meeting was exactly the same except the primary host was olf_host3, and olf_host2 was added as an alternative host. The meetings were set up with each other as the alternative host so that the Coordinator Zoom computer could start the meeting, seamlessly hand it off to the Receiving Zoom computer, then disconnect. Preparing the Remote Presenter Remote presenters were given this information: Code4Lib will be using Zoom for remote presenters. In addition to the software, having the proper audio setup is vital for a successful presentation. Microphone: The best option is a headset or earbuds so a microphone is close to your mouth. Built-in laptop microphones are okay, but using them will make it harder for the audience to hear you. Speaker: A headset or earbuds are required. Do not use your computer’s built-in speakers. The echo cancellation software is designed for small rooms and cannot handle the delay caused by large ballrooms. You can test your setup with a test Zoom call. Be sure your microphone and speakers are set correctly in Zoom. Also, try sharing your screen on the test call so you understand how to start and stop screen sharing. The audience will see everything on your screen, so quit/disable/turn-off notifications that come from chat programs, email clients, and similar tools. Plan to connect to the Zoom meeting 30 minutes before your talk to work out any connection or setup issues. At the 30-minute mark before the remote presentation, I went to the ballroom lobby and connected to the designated Zoom meeting for the remote presenter using the Coordinator Zoom computer. I used this checklist with each presenter: Check presenter’s microphone level and sound quality (make sure headset/earbud microphone is being used!) Check presenter’s speakers and ensure there is no echo Test screen-sharing (start and stop) with presenter Remind presenter to turn off notifications from chat programs, email clients, etc. Remind the presenter that they need to keep track of their own time; there is no way for us to give them cues about timing other than interrupting them when their time is up The critical item was making sure the audio worked (that their computer was set to use the headset/earbud microphone and audio output). The result was excellent sound quality for the audience. When the remote presenter was set on the Zoom meeting, I returned to the A/V table and asked a livestream helper to connect the Receiving Zoom to the remote presenter’s Zoom meeting. At this point, the remote presenter can hear the audio in the ballroom of the speaker before them coming through the Receiving Zoom computer. Now I would lock the Zoom meeting to prevent others from joining and interrupting the presenter (from the Zoom Participants panel, select More then Lock Meeting). I hung out on the remote presenter’s meeting on the Coordinator Zoom computer in case they had any last-minute questions. As the speaker in the ballroom was finishing up, I wished the remote presenter well and disconnected the Coordinator Zoom computer from the meeting. (I always selected Leave Meeting rather than End Meeting for All so that the Zoom meeting continued with the remote presenter and the Receiving Zoom computer.) As the remote presenter was being introduced—and the speaker would know because they could hear it in their Zoom meeting—the A/V contractor switched the video source for the ballroom projectors to the Receiving Zoom computer and unmuted the Receiving Zoom computer’s channel on the Audio Mixer. At this point, the remote speaker is off-and-running! Last Thoughts This worked really well. Surprisingly well. So well that I had a few people comment that they were taken aback when they realized that there was no one standing at the podium during the presentation. I’m glad I had set up the two Zoom meetings. We had two cases where remote presenters were back-to-back. I was able to get the first remote presenter set up and ready on one Zoom meeting while preparing the second remote presenter on the other Zoom meeting. The most stressful part was at the point when we disconnected the first presenter’s Zoom meeting and quickly connected to the second presenter’s Zoom meeting. This was slightly awkward for the second remote presenter because they didn’t hear their full introduction as it happened and had to jump right into their presentation. This could be solved by setting up a second Receiving Zoom computer, but this added complexity seemed to be too much for the benefit gained. I would definitely recommend making this setup a part of the typical A/V preparations for future Code4Lib conferences. We don’t know when an individual’s circumstances (much less a worldwide pandemic) might cause a last-minute request for a remote presentation capability, and the overhead of the setup is pretty minimal.

this is truly fantastic advice on how to do conference presentations over zoom https://dltj.org/article/zoom-remote-presenters/ #CovidCampus

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Latest @maanow blog,
"Even without our formal gatherings, our community is still there for us. Don’t do this alone. You don’t have to.

Remember that we already are a community, even in a time of COVID-19."
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another #CovidCampus resource from H-NET:

Resources for Teaching Online for repurpose face-to-face course materials in an online format https://networks.h-net.org/teaching-online-resources

Remote conference presentations for feedback from peers:...

I would really like some advice on how to be accountable to myself and to get SOME thing done—without any sort of classes or deadlines and everything upside down my ability to inspire myself to do anything has become completely unhinged. #academicchatter #phdchat #covidcampus

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I needed this laugh
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My #CovidCampus accomplishment:
Made a discussion forum.
Posted, but didn't get an email.
Fixed the settings to auto-subscribe.
Posted again - a student survey about access.
I know it works because I now have the post in my email.

*whew*
(not new to this, but new to moodle)

And, Monday was cancelled for my kids for pandemic planning. I'm guessing it is now inevitable I will be part of the #CovidCampus #mathmamas somehow homeschooling and working from home.

Well, we are now officially a #CovidCampus - @BatesCollege will take a week to transition (for students to move out and for faculty to figure out how to do this). This was a good call. I am sorry to see my students' year interrupted, but we will all get through it together!

More to say abt this soon via @OIEAHC & a little longer elsewhere soon (juggling #CovidCampus!) but I want to note briefly why I think this statement fr @jakesilverstein
abt the #1619Project is so important for history & for public understanding. 1/...