KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF ICT AND SERVICES

P. O. BOX 1, KYAMBOGO – KAMPALA, UGANDA

Tel: +256-41-428-7349 www.kyu.ac.ug, dicts@kyu.ac.ug

DATE: 20th June, 2020

TO: All Deans and Head of Departments
Kyambogo University,
FROM: Director DICTS
Kyambogo University
SUBJECT: TRAINING ON ELEARNING TOOOLS FOR EMERGENCY REMOTE
TEACHING

The Directorate of ICT and Services (DICTS) has been called upon to implement a Senate
decision to build the capacity of Academic Staff on the use of online tools (Google
Classroom and Google Meet) for Emergency remote Teaching in the short term and the
use of the Kyambogo Electronic Learning Management System (KELMS) based on
Moodle in the long term.
Following this directive, the DICTS has drawn an intensive training programme to enhance
user knowledge and skills. This will start with empowering Deans, Heads of Department
and at least two staff drawn from each department. The training will be inductive half day
activity, subsequent trainings will be conducted online using Google Meet Platform.
Deans are requested to arrange for suitable venues with internet and refreshments for the
training in their respective faculties. Please come with a laptop/tablet/smart phone and
attend in person to be able to understand the system functions. For further clarifications
please contact the Director DICTS on jokuonzi@kyu.ac.ug. Attached is the training
programme.
Copy: Vice Chancellor
Deputy Vice Chance (AA)
Deputy Vice Chancellor F&A
University Secretary
Human Resource Director
University Bursar
Academic Registrar
Director Planning, Chief Internal Auditor
 PROGRAM FOR ELEARNING/ERT TRAINING

FOR DEANS/HODS AND TEACHING STAFF

No Faculty Date Venue

1 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 24th June 2020 SOME Conference
2 Faculty of Science 25th June 2020 Science Lab
3 Faculty of Education 26th June 2020 CLB Lab
4 Faculty of Engineering 29th June 2020 Civil Lab
5 School of Management 30th June 2020 SOME Lab
6 Faculty of Special Needs 1st July 2020 CLB Lab
7 Faculty of Vocational Studies 2nd July 2020 CLB Lab
8 Graduate School 3rd July 2020 CLB Lab

Time Subject Area Facilitator(s)/Moderator

GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND GOOGLE MEET PLATFORM

1. Overview of Google Meet DICTS

2. Schedule a Google Meet ODeL
9:00 AM to 3. Start a Meeting. Deans/HoDs
11:00 AM 4. Conduct a Meeting ICT Support Staff
5. Present Now
6. Settings
7. People and Chat
8. Record a Meeting

1. Overview of Google Classroom. DICTS

11:30 AM to 2. Accessing Google Classroom ODeL
1.30 PM 3. Creating a Class. Deans/HoDs
4. Class Stream page. ICT Support Staff
5. Inviting Students to a class.
6. Setup and starting a Video Class meeting
7. Add Materials to class page
8. Adding New Topic
9. Posting, Scheduling and saving drafted materials
10. Editing class materials
11. Assignments, Quizzes and Grading
12. Using Google Forms

NB: Deans and Heads of Departments can make adjustments to the training program
HoDs can invite ICT support staff in your Departments to participate