It’s a good thing to be prepared for the possibility of snow days or other events that might mean canceling class. If you are using Blackboard to support your course you already have a head start.

Depending on how you teach, how you  prepare will be different. Classes that are more discussion based can transition to online discussions either through the Blackboard Discussion Board tool or using VoiceThread or Piazza discussion tools. More lecture focused classes might be replaced with recorded lectures using either open educational resources (think YouTube, TedTalks, iTunesU content) or by recording your own content.

LIT offers an online training class that explores strategies to shift some class sessions online and some of the tools you have available to help you. Register for Disruption-Proof Your Course, an online class starting February 22nd. http://calendar.wit.edu/lit/#event_id/97182/view/event