The service team that supports virtual teaching assists you as a lecturer in planning and implementing your digital courses. They advise personally, via email, telephone and video chat on concepts, software and technology.

Table of contents

1. 1. Our range of services
      1. Hybrid teaching
      2. Digital teaching
      3. Digital exams
      4. E-tutoring
   2. Contact person: inside the service team
   3. Information offers on digital teaching

Our range of services

Hybrid teaching

Our offer primarily includes advice on the didactic organization of hybrid teaching formats, but we can also offer you instructions and recommendations for technical implementation.

At the beginning there are some preliminary considerations to be made, e.g.:

• Which type of event, type of course should be implemented in hybrid form? Is it an input- or output-based course format?
• Which room and which technology are available to you?
• How big is your course group and how are the participants divided between digital and real presence?
• Are there enough attendance places? How can you deal with limited space when you need more? Should there be binding decisions regarding the possibility of participation or can options such as a weekly change be agreed with the course concept?
• Which technology do the course participants need: on site and / or at home and what needs to be considered for the first appointment? Do all those involved have direct contact options?

At the start of the semester, we would like to refer you to the new events in the context of the online workshop series E-Learning @ TUD, where the colleagues from ZiLL, for example, with the advanced training "Flipped, Hybrid, Blended ... Basics and Variants" (12.10.2021, 9:20 a.m., registration) have developed a support offer tailored to current needs for all teaching staff at TUD.

Operating aids for the Logitech Conference Group:

•  Manual engl.
•  Handout short engl.

Here you will find central information, recommendations for action, further technical implementation tips and much more.

Digital teaching

We advise you on the planning and implementation of your virtual courses!

Would you like to hold your course in a digital format and would like to find out more about implementation options? Do you want to record your digital course and have questions? Are you unsure who is the right contact person at TUD for your concerns? We like to help you! Our range of advice and support includes the following topics:

• Video conferences and digital conference tools: Questions about configuration and operation in teaching and other digital meetings in the university context
• Questions about the recording, editing and provision of course videos
• Audience response systems in teaching: tools and their operation as well as their media didactic use

Digital exams

 Handout for creating online exams in Onyx (german)

 Handout for digital testing (german)

 Further support offers for the implementation of the online exams (german)

 Organizational process flow of digital exams on OPAL Exam

 Orientation notes of digital exams (created by Linda Götzke)

E-tutoring

In the winter semester 2021/2022, the department team will be supported by a student e-tutor in order to optimally integrate the student perspective when establishing hybrid and digital teaching and learning scenarios. In order to meet individual needs and inquiries, we are therefore very happy to receive feedback and experience reports from all status groups at our university.

• Contact person for experience reports
• Support for tutors and students in the creation of digital teaching materials, advice on the selection of tools for student presentations, technical support in the use of OPAL
• Technology check and instruction in hybrid settings
• Help with the chat moderation of hybrid events
• Trying out digital exams to identify problem area

Contact person: inside the service team

Information offers on digital teaching

DiLiNews - Career Service Newsletter all about digital skills

"DiLiNews" stands for Digital Literacy News and is an e-learning module originally planned as a newsletter for the TUD Career Service. In 6 learning units so far, digital key competencies are imparted, tools are presented and further links and tips on events at TUD are presented. 

Zentrum für interdisziplinäres Lernen und Lehren (ZiLL)

The Center for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ZiLL) is the first point of contact for students and teachers for practice and research-oriented learning and teaching at the TU Dresden. It was founded in 2014 as part of the Excellence Initiative as part of the future concept “The Synergetic University”.

ZiLL eLearning page

The ZiLL deals with various questions of interdisciplinary learning with research or practical relevance. The so-called FLiK modules are also coordinated here. Very extensive and structured materials for eLearning are summarized here.

eLearning page of the ZLSB

Just like the ZiLL pages, there is a very extensive range of information, with a growing number of best-practice examples.

Recommendations for action during the Corona crisis

During the suspended presence (!) Teaching due to the corona crisis in the 2020 summer semester, all teachers and students "across the board" found themselves in the position of having to familiarize themselves with the subject of eLearning within a very short time. At the same time, this was a catalyst to bring together a wide variety of experiences in digital teaching across the university. Pragmatic approaches are summarized here and updated regularly. Here you will also find many tutorials and best practice examples for a wide variety of scenarios.