The usage of digital resources during the Corona semester at a German university

Due to the pandemic, the summer semester 2020 was largely offered digitally at all German universities. The following article deals with the effects of the online semester at a German university BTU due to the pandemic-related closings. For this purpose, student data in the BTU's online platform was compared with data from previous years and during the pandemic semester. Within this article are discussed on the one hand, the existing digital learning materials, and on the other hand, the live video platform BigBlueButton, which the students used to communicate with the teachers. In addition to the experience from the Corona semester, the article also deals with evidence-based empirical results that were collected in the summer semester 2020.