Clinical Faculty

Clinical Faculty

Teaching Remotely for Clinical Faculty

This page includes resources specifically for clinical faculty at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CSMRU), Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM) and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS).

For other resources available to faculty and staff, see our Teaching Remotely and Working Remotely pages. 

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Record a Lecture

Echo360 allows faculty to record lectures and conduct flipped classroom activities. 

Please use your full Rowan University email address when logging in to Echo360. 

Log in to Echo360

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Conduct Remote Face-to-Face Sessions

Webex

Virtual meetings may need to take the place of face-to-face interactions when employees are working remotely. With Webex Meetings, you can share your computer desktop and hold video conferences or conference calls using your computer, phone or tablet.

All Rowan University employees now have access to Webex. You do not need to request an account to use Webex. To get started with Webex, log in to rowan.webex.com or download and install Cisco Webex Meetings. 

Students do not need an account to join a Webex meeting. A Webex account is only needed to host a meeting. 

Webex Help

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Access Virtual Desktops and Applications

Rowan University is now providing students and employees with several different types of Windows virtual desktop solutions.

For more information, see our article on virtual desktops and applications.

Note: Due to the high demand for virtual desktops, please log out of your virtual desktop session when you are finished completing your tasks. After two hours of inactivity, your virtual desktop session will automatically log you out.

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RowanSOM/GSBS

Use Blackboard to Support Course Instruction

All RowanSOM and GSBS courses have a course shell set up in Blackboard, and most courses already have materials loaded into them, with the exception of some electives in 3rd and 4th years clerkships and some GSBS lab and thesis courses. Instructors can quickly ramp up those courses as they exist in Blackboard and student enrollments are already populated in the courses 

Log in to Blackboard 

Blackboard has several tools to facilitate communication and to allow students to submit assignments and utilize self-study quizzes. However, please note that all high-stakes exams and assignments should be delivered via ExamSoft.

Blackboard Best Practices

Always convert all Word, Excel and PowerPoint presentations to PDF format before uploading to Blackboard. Everyone can easily obtain a free PDF reader and PDF files tend to be smaller in size than the original file format, so they are quicker to load for those who have limited internet speeds.

Course Announcements

Communicate upcoming due dates for any materials and anything requiring one-way communications to students with course announcements.

Discussions

Discussions can be used as a Q&A area for students and instructors, as well as a place where students can support each other as they learn.

Email from a Blackboard Course

Use email to communicate detailed instructions or expectations directly to the whole class. Please note that Blackboard does not have an email server nor can students respond directly to the email itself, rather the email is sent through our email system and replies to the email are not accepted.

Please use your Rowan University email address for back and forth email communications with individual students so you have a record as Blackboard does not keep email history.

Assignments

Use assignments when you want students to submit written work inside the course. Note that ExamSoft is used all graded assignments for RowanSOM and some GSBS courses.

Self-Study Quizzes/Assessments 

Use as a way for students to gauge their understanding of materials. Note that ExamSoft is used for all graded exams and quizzes for RowanSOM and most GSBS courses.

 

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Record a Lecture

Echo360 allows faculty to record lectures and conduct flipped classroom activities. 

Please use your full Rowan University email address when logging in to Echo360. 

Log in to Echo360

University Capture Personal

Universal Capture is the interface/software used to create Echo360 recordings. To install University Capture, follow the directions on Echo360's website. (Note: If you are using a Rowan-issued laptop and do not have administrative rights, you will need to email support@rowan.edu for assistance installing University Capture Personal.)

For help using Universal Capture Personal, visit Echo360's website. 

 

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Deliver an Assessment or Assignment

ExamSoft is used for all high stakes exams and grade generating quizzes and assignments. 

Please use your full Rowan University email address and your ExamSoft-specific password when logging in to ExamSoft. 

Log in to ExamSoft

Once you've logged in to ExamSoft, you can create and edit items, create assessments and post as usual. Assessments can be downloaded, completed and uploaded from home, much like quizzes and small group cases.

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Facilitate Virtual Small Group Interactions

With Webex Meetings, you can share facilitate virtual small group interactions.

All Rowan University employees now have access to Webex. You do not need to request an account to use Webex. To get started with Webex, log in to rowan.webex.com or download and install Cisco Webex Meetings. 

Webex Help

 

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Conduct a Live Poll of Students 

Turning Point, in conjunction with Webex, can be remotely used for live class polling exactly as it is on campus. Students can respond from anywhere with an internet connection.

To get started with Turning Point, download the Turning Point application. If you do not have administrative rights on your computer, please choose "PC - No Install." Log in with your Rowan University email address and Turning Point-specific password.  

Turning Point Help 

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