Communicate Often
Create a communication plan.
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- Make sure that students understand how to interact with the resources and activities you provide.
- When are assignments due?
- How will they be graded?
Be Present
- Create and interact in discussion forums
- Incorporate videos that you create
- Lead synchronous class meetings via Zoom
- Hold office hours via Zoom
- Provide assignment feedback quickly
Provide Interactive Spaces
- Course Support Forum – students can create a forum that provides a place for students to ask questions about content or assignments that can be answered by the instructor or other students
- Prayer Requests – create a forum for students to share prayer requests with each other
- For larger classes, separate discussions into small groups
- Encourage students to use real-time collaboration features on Office365 or Zoom
- Social Discussion – (Just for Fun! - ) – create a fun forum where you pose a question to the class. For example, what is your new favorite pass time now that we are practicing social distancing? Post a description, photo, or video.Encourage
- Group Discussion Forums – for larger classes, separate discussions into small groups
- Collaboration Tools – encourage students to use real-time collaboration features on Office365 or Zoom
- Peer Feedback – create learning activities that encourage peer feedback
- Group Projects – group projects are still possible. Student can collaborate using Office 365 products (Word, PowerPoint), create presentations together using VoiceThread, or meet via Zoom
Resources
Inside Higher Ed: Professors Share Ideas for Building Community in Online Courses
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