This paper summarizes the author's experiences with transitioning from face-to-face to online General Chemistry Zoom sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The transition to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic was a Herculean task for instructors during Spring 2020. Instead of adapting completely new strategies for online teaching, the author modified past experiences with interactive chalkboards and videos to design synchronous sessions and asynchronous recorded videos for the General Chemistry course. Similarly, regular in-class exams were modified to design online assessments. Given the stressful situation, this paper also presents the author's experiences with compassionate teaching and learning scenarios that might have helped in sustaining a healthy environment during the pandemic.