Professor Emerita Miriam Gilbert shares:

How might one structure a course on A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Zoom? In my case, I work through the play, one act at a time, and I use film clips from various productions so as to set up the whole question of contrasting interpretations; Zoom watchers find it easy to see the film clips on their home computers, and I’ll offer some examples from Shakespeare’s most-produced play. Teaching on Zoom for the past five years has taught me how to turn Zoom’s Chat function into a central teaching strategy, encouraging the participants to make comments throughout, and especially after seeing a series of film clips. Following up on those comments through individual emails also allows me to answer particular concerns and to raise yet more questions.