Thankful for a tech savvy colleague and good friend rolled into one!! She was kind enough to produce a Big Blue Button YouTube tutorial for me and my students to view before attempting to log in and go live tomorrow afternoon. I am sure it was likely selfish on her part to a small degree to keep down costs associated with the need to consume a second or third glass of wine with all of my questions about how to make this virtual teaching a reality.
Boy was I surprised (and a little - well, ok a lot, apprehensive) to find two of my students joining me on the Big Blue Button when I was on trying to figure it all out! Talk about building the plane while flying it...there were some glitches-like a 3-5 second lag time with my mouth and words moving asynchronously. I loved the webcam capability however. One of my student's husband was caught ironing in the background. The discovery that he was being watched by his wife's prof rendered the ironing abandoned...hope he remembered to press that other shirt sleeve...
The trial run left me with more questions than answers. My fabulous colleague will find a lengthy email in her inbox in the morning. This virtual teaching journey is getting expensive. A membership to Wine Club of Month is on it's way....cheers!!
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