Flipgrid is amazing for short recorded commentaries (I suggest ~ 5 minutes) and then you don't have to listen to death by presentation over multiple class periods. I advise giving students a specific point of focus and a structure (theme or stylistic feature). Source: 6 months ago

I will echo the suggestion of flip as a possible tool to facilitate what you describe. Source: over 1 year ago

I teach composition, and I use Flipgrid for student-created videos and discussion responses. Students seem to really enjoy seeing and hearing their classmates - particularly knowing how to pronounce someone's name. Source: almost 2 years ago

Well, I teach primarily first-year-writing courses and discussion is a significant component of the course. But, rather than thinking generically about discussion, I prep assignments based on goals and outcomes. I choose tools and formats based on what I’m trying to accomplish and rarely does a traditional discussion board assignment work. Essentially, different tech tools allow me to create specific learning... Source: almost 2 years ago

For brainstorming sessions or icebreakers, I use Flipgrid. I have a friend who teaches math and she uses Flipgrid for demonstrations (she has students work out problems on Flipgrid and they would on the board in class). I personally don't make students show their face on the video, though. Students seem to really like hearing and responding to each other. Source: about 2 years ago

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Creating an account at pantheon.io (its free) and setting up a base install of a drupal 10 site there, learning how you can use their git repo to work with your code base, and hosting the site there. (sandbox environments are free). Source: 11 months ago

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Regardless of which way you go,yYou can give it all a try for free by creating an account on Pantheon, which will let you spin up a free Drupal sandbox site, as well as a free WordPress sandbox site. Source: over 1 year ago

I had to do this for a job a few years ago. I created a sandbox version of the site on pantheon.io and removed all editing permissions. On additional discovery that they only needed the static content, I created a static site using SiteSucker (mac app store). They were able to put this folder on their local machine to access anytime. Source: over 1 year ago