Distance Learning Teacher Guide

Getting started with Distance Learning

Need Help?

Distance Learning Help Line for Students, Parents, and Teachers

If students and parents need assistance with programs or equipment troubleshooting, they may call the Distance Learning Help Line.

If teachers would like assistance with any of the DL programs or if you have questions about best practices or lesson planning for DL, you can also call the Distance Learning Help Line to set up an appointment with one of our Instructional Technology specialists at CO.

615-893-5815 ext. 22196 and 22197
Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 3:30PM

County Distance Learning Webpage:

https://www.rcschools.net/apps/pages/distancelearnerhelp

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Teacher Communication

There are several pieces of information that are very important for you to communicate with your Distance Learners.

Does the student know his/her username and password?
Does the student know how to access his/her email? (Gr. 3-12)
Where are you posting assignments?
How do you want them to turn in assignments? (Teams assignments, Kiddom ... are the questions posted individually in Kiddom; do you post a link for them to upload Word documents or do you want them to upload in the Messaging window on the side? -- Be aware that they cannot always print out worksheets)
When are you hosting meetings via Zoom or Teams Meetings? Where are you posting the links to these meetings?
If you are cancelling a meeting, you need to post that and email your Distance Learners so that they are not sitting online waiting for you to start the meeting.

Some ways to get this information to your Distance Learners:

Your Edlio webpage
Your Kiddom Classroom page
Microsoft Teams Posts
Remind
Class Dojo
Teacher Clever page
RCS email

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Student Organization

It would be beneficial for Distance Learners to have a schedule of what classes are meeting online at what times so that they know when to log into Zoom.

For elementary students, it would be helpful to provide a schedule of what subjects are being covered at what times so that they can organize their at-home work in a similar manner.

For high school students, encourage them to make a daily schedule with their classes, Zoom meetings, and what platform each teacher is using.