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This is a space to collect resources for the UChicago Philosophy Department dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. I will post here periodically as I find useful resources.

The University's site for updates is https://coronavirusupdates.uchicago.edu/.

The University's site for remote teaching resources is https://teachingremotely.uchicago.edu/.

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University of York (UK) series of YouTube videos on Philosophy in the time of Pandemic -- available here:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsCoykeJMs8hlqqrAZtBQ4SuLQE2Tqy49
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From the Chicago Center for Teaching -- very useful (also emailed to everyone now teaching)

Pedagogical Guidance for Remote Teaching in Response to COVID-19 The University’s teaching remotely website provides guidance on setting up tools such as Canvas and Zoom to enable online instruction. Additionally, the office of Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) will be offering trainings on using Canvas and Zoom for remote teaching. To supplement these resources, this guide: 1.        Summarizes some good pedagogical practices for this transition. 2.        Provides models for how you might translate common face-to-face teaching practices to remote practices. 3.        Provides a curated list of further references and resources. Contents I.          General Approach II.        Other General Considerations III.      Models A.       Before Class Begins B. ...
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Panopto tutorial

Jim Conant pointed me to this useful tutorial on making videos with Panopto, by Dimitry Kondrashov, Senior Lecturer in the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division. This is another version of  the same thing with a somewhat different appearance. Also this (perhaps more permanent link).
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