Abstract
Higher education faced unplanned, unwanted, un experienced, tense test in online learning with Novel Covid-19 pandemic. For all the stakeholders participating in this type of training from lecturers, students and support ICT staff its unwelcome but the university systems were stuck on how they have to go through to ensure that they end Semester II academic year 2019/20. Early January 2020, the outbreak of the Covid-19 caused Ugandan universities to close the physical campuses following a presidential directive. On 20th March 2020, from lower primary, secondary education to universities. This forced university administration to instruct teaching staff to teach all courses on-line apart from practical courses that need laboratory training. This paper focused on instructional strategies in Uganda and focuses on a case of Islamic University in Uganda Females’ Campus (IUIUFC). Fifteen specific instructional strategies are presented to summarize current online teaching experiences for university instructors who might conduct online education in similar circumstances. The study concluded with 15 high impact principles for online education.
 Keywords: Covid-19, instructional strategies, online teach and learning, academic managers and IUIUFC
Highlights
Early January 2020, the outbreak of the Novel Covid-19 caused Ugandan universities to close the physical campuses following a presidential directive on 20th March 2020 in a bid to avoid the possible rapid spread of new infections of COVID- 19
Uganda has an estimated total of 15,000,000 students and 548,000 teachers at all levels of education and 600,000 refugee learners in the 13 districts hosting refugees in the country. Some of these settlements are located in high risk towns bordering countries that have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, increasing the risks for the entire school system in Uganda
Due to the sudden emergence of the Novel Covid-19, most faculty members are encountering the challenges of lack of online teaching experience, early preparation, or support from educational technology teams
Summary
January 2020, the outbreak of the Novel Covid-19 caused Ugandan universities to close the physical campuses following a presidential directive on 20th March 2020 in a bid to avoid the possible rapid spread of new infections of COVID- 19.
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