Abstract
The Fall of 2020 and the shift to remote learning required a number of changes to my courses, both structurally and content-wise. I shifted grading for individual assignments to pass/fail, I removed my attendance policy, I had both synchronous and asynchronous class meetings, I adjusted learning outcomes, I nixed late penalties, I embraced my Blackboard site to upload class notes and lecture recordings – all of which and more I believe will be covered by the many incredible contributors to this collection, and all of which and more I will be adapting to my curriculum as we head back into the classroom in Fall 2021. But an additional element to the success of my remote classes were periodic check-ins and surveys, designed to ask my students for honest, direct feedback about the class and their varying personal obstacles.