Transition from In-Class to Online Lectures During a Pandemic

A global pandemic is underway that has required an overwhelming number of universities and educational institutions across the world to stop all in-person classes. This has mostly been implemented following social distancing guidelines by various governments, some of whom have enforced a complete lockdown of the affected areas. The universities are facing a situation wherein it is believed that this pandemic will eventually be overcome, but if the classes are not conducted and curriculum not completed, the students' career progress will be severely disrupted. In a bid to address this, classes were abruptly shifted to an online format, and the transition happened with a span of 2–4 days. In this work, we present an approach that has been followed to implement this transition.