I had my 2nd class with the HI group last Saturday. It was my third class during the MCO. Like usual, I have made some preparation before the class, which include adding new materials to the slides, outlined the plan, sourced some articles and scheduled for the meeting.
Preferred platform
I have used Zoom since 2007. For me, Zoom is a lightweight application, more user friendly compared to Big Blue Buttons and people outside of UTM are familiar with Zoom too. You can read about the comparison of all the e-learning platform here.
What do I do during the class
I started the class by the usual greetings and attendance taking. For the attendance, I open the attendance application in my UTM website, shared my screen and let the students scanned the barcode.
The class then continued with lecture and discussion. The topic of discussion was on Project management in IT and system development. I only scheduled this activity for 2 hours, but it lasted until lunchtime! They asked many questions and shared their experience too.
Class Activity
So before we adjourned for lunch and class activity, I explained to them the task that they need to do and divided them into their breakroom. This feature is something interesting of Zoom, which allows students to discuss in their small group.
They need to come up with a project charter for their project and draw a data flow diagram to describe the flow of the project. For the next assignment, I introduced the students to draw.io; a Google application that allows us to create charts in real-time with our teammates remotely.
Discussion and wrap up
The breakout rooms were open for 3.5 hours. At 4:15 pm, we resumed our class and started to discuss the findings from the activity. The class ended at 5:45 pm.