Tidbits to Stay Connected: Jim Lerch shares some of the tools he’s using in his AP Economics course to ease the transition to online instruction. Discord Calendly Mentimeter Gradescope Socrative link.medium.com/3fGiuv6kQ5

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Professor Jeff Offutt on Holding Students' Attention Online with Webex and collaborative exercises. link.medium.com/lay1p70jV5

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Professor Sean Fitzpatrick shares how he has adapted flexible online instruction to ensure the wellbeing of his students link.medium.com/1EmgO88U15

Social learning platform Piazza is adding even more ways students can benefit from remote learning, helping students ask questions in real-time & allowing teachers to see where students are struggling! Campus Technology has all the details on Piazza Live Q&A! campustechnology.com/articles/2020/…

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Professor David Mix Barrington shares how he is gearing up for the upcoming fall term with takeaways from the spring semester’s transition online link.medium.com/v8nnBPuU65

Creativity at its finest — an anonymous student in our Data Structures & Algorithms class posted 7 limericks / poems on Piazza today, each dedicated to a class topic (e.g. DFS, dynamic programming, even hill climbing algo)

Happy National Teachers’ Day in the US! Piazza is proud to be a resource to teachers. We’d like to especially thank all the educators who have contributed to our series on staying connected. Check it out here: medium.com/piazza/tagged/… #NationalTeacherDay #ThankATeacher

The team has been working to rapidly develop and deploy new features to make Piazza a more comprehensive learning tool as education moves online. Here is what has been in the works: link.medium.com/hCVk6r3vp6

We interviewed instructors this Spring to understand how they were adapting their classes with the rapid transition online and have compiled their key takeaways from what they learned along the way. link.medium.com/wTNbLe8OP6

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Professor Petra Bonfert-Taylor of Dartmouth University emphasizes the importance of developing empathy for your students. link.medium.com/rlZt5Wyd36

Tidbits to Stay Conncted: Professor Pooyan Jamshidi on Online Tools for Connecting with Graduate Students link.medium.com/TtmJk83Wc7

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Instructor Boaz Farady Schuman on Recreating On-Campus Social Interactions in Online Classrooms link.medium.com/S4n1i77fl7

Professor Dan Garcia on Holding Students’ Attention to Stay on Track in Asynchronous Instruction medium.com/piazza/profess…

Professor Tara Craig on Using Piazza for Faculty Collaboration and Development medium.com/piazza/piazza-…

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Professor Shannon Reckinger on Staying Connected with Faculty medium.com/piazza/staying…

Piazza Q&A is now available as an App within Microsoft Teams! We’re excited to bring Piazza’s unique discussion capabilities to Teams, rounding out a complete suite of education tools for instructors in a single environment. link.medium.com/RiNeJ9dUx8

Piazza Now Available in Microsoft Teams -- Campus Technology campustechnology.com/articles/2020/…

Tidbits to Stay Connected: Professor Steve Wolfman on Creating a Cohesive Community for Students on Piazza link.medium.com/8Ys55tBGd9

Setting up your class for the fall? Need live hands-on technical support? Sign up for one of our daily demos or office hours. We even added a 6am PDT slot! calendly.com/piazzasupport

PSA: In a zoom classroom for 700+ students the chat will go bonkers if enabled. Instead we used the live Q&A feature through Piazza and my lecture TA handled questions like a pro.