Whether teaching online or in the classroom, one of the first opportunities I have to communicate with students is through the course syllabus. I have used a variety of approaches to orient students to the course by addressing frequently asked questions related to attendance, point values, due dates, and citation style requirements. Despite having a…
Category: Organizing
Engaging Students with Announcements
Student announcements can be vital in passing along important course information to your students, but it can serve as a means to convey non-academic details. These might include assignment due dates, changes to course structure, additional resources, and upcoming events. The different methods to provide announcements include written and video/voice recordings. Within Blackboard there is…
Organizing Your Remote Class
One challenge the students may have when moving to an online class is the organization of the class. I try to address this by setting up all of my classes with the same basic structure. As an example, all of the items on the navigation panel are the same and in the same order. Depending…