Successfully Adjusting From The Higher Ed Environment To Being At Home

Successfully Adjusting From The Higher Ed Environment To Being At Home

Your spring semester was probably in full swing when critical measures to protect communities against COVID-19 threw a giant curveball: campuses closed and students were shipped off back to the safety of their homes. Despite the change of scenery, the learning continues along with homework, group projects, exams, career preparation and skill-building. The show, or rather the education, must go on (albeit in new, innovative ways).

Have you found yourself wondering how to successfully adapt from your usual work or study environment to your home?

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Suddenly Remote: 20 Virtual Event & Activity Ideas for Off-Campus Engagement

Suddenly Remote: 20 Virtual Event & Activity Ideas for Off-Campus Engagement

Create Successful Remote-Inclusive Events to Engage Your Student Community

Campus communities need a place to come together, now more than ever. As many schools are moving activities from in-person to virtual settings in light of the COVID-19 crisis, many higher education professionals and campus event organizers are looking for new ways to engage students digitally.

Student affairs administrators and student organization leaders are exploring innovative ways to connect their community members, effectively and efficiently manage their groups from a distance, develop social engagement and two-way communication strategies, and implement enriching interactive virtual events to a suddenly remote community.

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Virtual Events Checklist: Best Practices for Creating Engaging Events

Virtual Events Checklist: Best Practices for Creating Engaging Events

Quick Tips to Transition Live Events to Virtual Events on CampusGroups

As many groups are transitioning events from in-person to virtual settings due to COVID-19 campus closures and social distancing mandates, newly remote officers can be left uncertain of the tools and steps necessary to effectively make an event remote-friendly (and still engaging!) The CampusGroups team would like to share some best practices from our wonderful campus partners at Binghamton University for creating, transitioning and promoting engaging virtual events for your group members (who more than likely are suddenly feeling isolated and very eager to connect with their fellow classmates).

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