Prepare for Teaching During Disruptions

Unexpected technology disruptions can make it harder to communicate with students, share course materials, collect assignments, and keep classes moving. A Baylor Canvas resource, Teaching During Disruptions, offers practical steps faculty can take before and during an outage to reduce confusion and maintain instructional continuity.

The guide encourages instructors to build a simple safety net by exporting Canvas course content, downloading gradebooks regularly, saving copies of exams and student submissions, maintaining an offline roster, and identifying backup communication channels. It also explains how Baylor-supported tools such as Microsoft Teams, Box, Kaltura Mediaspace, Outlook, and Microsoft Forms can help faculty continue teaching if Canvas or another campus system is temporarily unavailable.

Faculty are encouraged to review the resource now, before a disruption occurs, and consider adding key backup plans to their syllabi and course routines.

Visit the Teaching During Disruptions page on the Baylor Canvas website for the full guide.