Adapting Content for Online Delivery
In an online, asynchronous course, clarity is more important than ever. Students are working at odd hours and often at the last minute. In order to fend off panicked emails (and to avoid panicking your students!):
- Let them know exactly what to do/read/watch and make accessing this content as seamless as possible. Take advantage of the online format of the course to include links to relevant articles and videos.
- Offer instruction in multiple modes--write it out, read it aloud, walk through it via video.
- Send reminders. We don't need to hold our students' hands, but asynchronous courses can be difficult to manage, for instructors and students both. Setting up some automatic announcements early in the term, or sending out a weekly email, will not only keep you from having to mark late work--it will also remind students that they aren't alone in the work they're doing.
- Offer an estimate of the time required to complete the work. Sometimes I actually time myself reading an article--I'm a slow reader--but estimates are enough.
How To's
How to Embed Video in Canvas
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