Online teaching at the HKA

As a teacher, you can use the learning platform ILIAS to digitally support your courses. Via the platform, you can communicate information and deadlines to your students, provide files and self-learning modules, as well as define and assess written submissions and online tests. In addition, you can create forums and wikis for your event, where you and your students can create content and exchange ideas. With STACK, ILIAS additionally offers the possibility for radomized assignments.

to ILIAS
 to Instructor Guides and Documentation

The primary platform available for live online teaching at HKA is BigBlueButton. This open source platform is hosted on an external server for HKA. It meets the highest data protection standards and may also be used for online exams. It can be used directly via the browser. Participation in sessions is possible anonymously, for creating rooms an account is necessary. This can be requested by teachers (professors, lecturers, tutors) via the RZ user advisory service. 

to BigBlueButton
 Privacy Policy
 Flyer for Teachers

The ZOOM Meetings service is provided as a supplement to BigBlueButton for online teaching at HKA. The default settings have been chosen in such a way that data protection is guaranteed during use. Participation in meetings is possible anonymously, for creating rooms an account is necessary. This can be requested by teachers (professors, lecturers, tutors) via the RZ user advisory service

To Zoom Help Center

With bwSync&Share you have a powerful state service to exchange files, synchronize and view and edit online. Access is provided using your HKA credentials. You can share files with other university members in Baden-Württemberg by providing their university email address. In addition, you can create an anonymous sharing link for use by non-university members and non-logged-in users.

to bwSync&Share
 Information about bwSync&Share
 Data Center User Advisory

With OBS you can create video recordings. The software also supports live streaming and offers many options for mixing video and audio signals. Not only can you record your own screen or webcam, but you can also switch between predefined scenes and create picture-in-picture views. Videos created with OBS are very small and do not need to be exported before saving, saving time. OBS is available on university computers through the Software Center. Alternatively, you can download the program ZIP file and use it without installation.

With Microsoft PowerPoint (and also Apple Keynote) you can set presentations to music by adding voiceovers. You can give your lecture as usual, and PowerPoint/Keynote will record your voice while doing so, and save when you changed slides. Finally, the voice-recorded presentation can be exported as a video file and made available to students. Since the voice recordings are assigned to the respective slides, they only have to record the text for newly created slides when changes are made.