CCTL Guidance

The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning has issued guidance on conducting supervisions online.

https://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/teaching-2020-21/guides/supervisions

The key messages from the guidance suggest:

The CCTL guidance specifically suggests the use of Microsoft Teams or Google Meet for supervisions and has issued guides on using both:

• MS Teams- https://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/files/conducting_a_supervision_with_teams.pdf
• Google Meet- https://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/files/conducting_a_supervision_with_google_meet.pdf
• Zoom is also a useful platform but be aware of the 40 minute time limit on the free version.

 

Collaborative tools

There are a number of ways to collaborate live with each other during supervisions.

 

Virtual whiteboards

These applications are freely available and offer the ability for remote users to come together on a virtual “canvas” to write, draw and brainstorm together. Some notable applications include:

• Google Jamboard
• Microsoft Whiteboard
• Miro (also offers free education plan)
• Padlet

 

Working together on documents

The same live remote collaboration can also take place when working together on documents. The platforms listed below all allow users to remotely work together on the same document file at the same time.

• Microsoft OneDrive
• Microsoft Teams
• Google Drive