This page will be frequently updated to include answers to questions that are being sent to BSoM staff and administration. In addition to the information on this page, here are some links to College and University-level sources:

• Resources for remote work compiled by COFA (especially helpful for Staff)
• UT Austin updates on COVID-19
• Faculty and TA/AI remote teaching tools

Facility Use during Campus Closure 

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For DMA Lecture recitals, only the co-supervisors will be required to grade them. For all other recitals, only the main faculty member will need to grade the student.

Resources & Deadlines for Faculty

Updated Syllabi & Course Plan

Email students in your courses by Friday, March 27 at noon with an updated syllabus along with the protocol and schedule for instruction. Complete the Course Plan for Instructional Continuity by Friday, April 3 at 5 PM.

Teaching assistants and assistant instructors, please coordinate any communications between you and your students with your supervising faculty members. Please approach students with empathy and caring.

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Online Teaching Tools Online Teaching Tools

If you have already worked out a different way of delivering online instruction that works for you, go for it! If you think your approach solves a common problem, please send it to Mary Ellen Poole and Jeff Hellmer for potential inclusion in a future FAQ email.

• For general guidelines and assistance, please consult the Provost’s Office web site

• Music-specific assistance using Zoom made by Caleb Hudson from UNT and the Canadian Brass

Here are portions of that video that are particularly useful:

4:15-7:48   Audio settings for Zoom that improve sound dramatically. Most of you do not have or need an interface, so please disregard his statements about his Duet interface. At 5:00, there are excellent instructions about how to select your external microphone (if you have recently obtained one) for use within Zoom.

7:48-8:56  Description of how to use an iPad as a document projector or whiteboard within Zoom. The iPad would need to be dedicated to that task, so Zoom would need to be running on a separate desktop or laptop.

16:08-16:51  Sharing screen with computer sound: a description of how to share video and/or audio from your computer within Zoom.

• Facebook group Higher Ed Music Lessons in the Time of COVID-19
  
  
• List of resources that the College Music Society has assembled (no CMS membership is required to access this list)

Last updated on 3/2023/20