Key COVID moments
January 28, 2020
UMD cancels study abroad in China.
Name 2 Zoom tools
Zoom rooms, remote computer control, mute, camera off/on, assign remote host, etc.
Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age
Ira Chinoy
JOUR150
Introduction to Mass Communication
Who said bleach could cure COVID?
Trump
March 5, 2020
First Marylanders test positive for COVID.
TLTC
Teaching and Learning Transformation Center
Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist co-author
Anne Farris Rosen (with John N. Herbers)
JOUR200
Journalism History, Roles and Structures
Bill Gates
March 21, 2020
First confirmed cases of COVID at UMD
What is Kahoot?
Online quiz feature
40 acres and a mule: How the first reparations for slavery ended in betrayal (Washington Post)
DeNeen Brown
JOUR201
News Writing and Reporting I
What country has worked to undermine US vaccine safety?
Russia (China is acceptable)
2,723
Total number of UMD COVID cases (Diamondback)
MOOC
Massive Open Online Course
African Americans Share Perspectives on Chauvin Trial
Hamil R. Harris (with William J. Ford)
JOUR360
News Writing and Reporting II: Broadcast
Can zoo animals actually catch COVID?
Yes (Otters/Atlanta Zoo, tigers and lion/Bronx Zoo, tigers/Virginia Zoo)
8 cases
How many COVID cases reported at UMD yesterday.
First large-scale JOUR course to go asynchronous online
JOUR281 Media Law and Ethics in the Digital Age
The Neo-Soviet Model of the Media
Sarah Oates
JOUR370
Photojournalism
What does the MyPillow guy think will cure COVID?
Oleander extract (oleandrin)