What can you do for your students in these trying times? The most important thing is to show you care. ETSU is an institution where people come first. Though students have received multiple official communications from the University, a more personal message from the teacher can be very reassuring and help maintain a sense of classroom community. Here's how one faculty sent personal emails to hundred of students in about 10 minutes.
Be flexible and compassionate
To your students and to yourself. This was not in syllabus and nothing runs smoothly in a crisis! If you are moving a course to remote delivery quickly, please consider the basic principles of remote instructional design. You can access these through the Center for Teaching Excellence website. The good folks in ATS are also providing a number of synchronous webinars this week for faculty who are new to Zoom and/or D2L.