Digital teaching
In making the transition to online teaching, you will have many choices to make. Here, we offer you essential principles to guide your decisions and some delivery options that we have worked out for you.
Last updated: March 15, 2021, 8:20 p.m.
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New tool: Lightboard Studio
Get started creating content using Concordia's new lightboards!

Tool highlights
New studios equipped with a lightboard technology, recording equipment on the SGW and Loyola campuses are ready for use. Faculty and TAs are invited to create tutorials for students using a writeable LED glass surface. It's a great alternative to whiteboards and chalkboards and the work is recorded so it can be added to Moodle allowing students to follow and review course content at their own pace.
Teaching online
Deciding on what’s needed in your course should be guided by your course objectives and what you can reasonably expect of your students and yourself. In designing the workflows below we have prioritized the principles above. The following are supports to help you with the different tasks necessary to move your course online.

Get started
- Getting started with your online course (video)
- Synchronous and asynchronous learning
- Course design principles for live and online teaching
- Textbooks and other course materials
- Adapting labs and STEM courses to the online environment
- Moving your course meetings online
- Create online lessons and tutorials using the Lightboard Studio
Essential principles
It is important that four core principles are respected: adopt Moodle, be accessible, protect privacy and be aware of your intellectual property. There are many ways to accomplish this, and online delivery methods will be new to many. If you’d like some help setting this up, please reach out help@concordia.ca.
Quick tips
You must activate your Zoom enhanced licence before using Zoom for the first time.
Please refer to Running a Live Zoom Session or instructions on setting up a Zoom account for Instructors and TAs.
Online and Remote Teaching and Learning Quickstart Guides
The following Online and Remote Teaching and Learning Quickstart Guides contain condensed portions of the CTL's Digital Teaching website.