Learning Technologies Student Help

Hybrid Classroom

• Student Hybrid classroom advice  

   

  
  

  Your tutor has advised you that your teaching sessions will include students participating in the classroom and online at the same time.  This guide will show you how to get the most out of these sessions  

   

  If you are attending the classroom session steps 

  1. Whether you are joining online or in the classroom please install and log in to Microsoft Teams.  This is the guidance for using Teams .  

  2. Before the session find the meeting link.  Your tutor will direct you to where this is. It could be on the SOL page, in your Calendar, or on Microsoft Teams.  It is also a very useful device to take notes on and all the activities that have been planned for the session will be designed to use online digital resources so everyone can participate.  

  3. Please bring in your laptop and your laptop charger with you to the classroom session.  You will want to chat to your online peers and the meeting chat in Teams is the best way of doing this.  Laptops are preferable to mobile devices as they perform better with Teams and will give you a longer battery life.   

  • Please note that there are power sockets in the classrooms. They can be in floor boxes, hidden under the desks of the fixed furniture or on the walls. They are there for you to use. Please be mindful of other users of the classroom and do not create a trip hazard with your power lead. 
  • Your tutor may not always be looking at the online chat.  if one of the online students are unable to hear the classroom or see the teaching materials then they will message in the chat.  it is your job to make this know to the tutor.  

   

  4. When you join the meeting in the classroom please make sure that both your microphone and speakers are turned off (otherwise there will be lots of feedback in the classroom).   

  • During the session your tutor may ask you to unmute your microphone so that online students can hear you.  you may then unmute yourself, speak, then remember to mute yourself again once you have finished.  
  • Your tutor may ask you to work in groups with some students online, you may unmute yourself and turn on your speakers but only after the online students have been divided into groups and placed in separate online rooms.  

  5. Online students may struggle to hear what is being said in the classroom.  Please do not talk over one another.  Please wait your turn and be mindful that online students will want to speak too.   

  6. If you are not connected to a power source you may turn your camera off to help preserve battery.  

   

  If you are attending the session online steps 

  1. Whether you are joining online or in the classroom please install and log in to Microsoft Teams.  This is the guidance for using Teams . 

  2. Before the session find the meeting link.  Your tutor will direct you to where this is. It could be on the SOL page, in your Calendar, or on Microsoft Teams. 

  3. At the time of the class please log into the meeting.  please be aware that your tutor will be preparing the classroom and may take a few minutes to log in themselves. Please be patient.  

  4. Ensure that your speaker/headphones are on and that your microphone is muted. 

  5. Once the session starts you should hear the tutor’s voice at a minimum and see any materials that they are presenting.  Depending on the classroom you may also see your fellow students and the whole room.  If you are unable to hear the tutor or see the teaching materials, please make it known. Either by unmuting yourself or by placing a message in the chat.  

  6. During the session you and the students in the classroom may be asked to contribute to a discussion or an activity.  Please let the tutor know if: 

  • If a person is not speaking loud enough 
  • There is too much noise in the room to be able to hear individuals 
    

  
  

  7. Microsoft Teams has a feature that will allow you to turn on closed captions, this may assist you in understanding what is being said. This can be turned on under the three-dot menu “turn on live captions” this is automatic service and will not be 100%.  if in doubt please ask that the content is repeated.