Last fall marked the beginning of an unexpected and challenging year of online learning at Michigan State University.

For incoming students, navigating classes online could be just as intimidating as navigating between buildings on campus. For instructors, translating in-person learning objectives to online platforms was just as intimidating.

Enter a champion team of three math instructors — Michael Brown, Math 102 supervisor; Rachael Lund, Math 101 supervisor; and Shiv Karunakaran, assistant professor of mathematics education — who assembled the summer before students virtually arrived with plans to design a new online platform for Math 101/102.

COVID forced their plans into action sooner than anticipated. The quantitative literacy courses rolled out to more than 1,600 students in Fall 2020 — just in the nick of time.

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