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First Steps: As soon as your Course Site is set up and students are enrolled, send students a Course Site Announcement to let them know that you are in the process of setting up your Course Site and that they will receive more information and instructions from you shortly. |
Tips for promoting inclusivity in your class.
Inclusive Teaching: Identifying Challenges and Selecting Approaches (CITL handout)
Inclusive Teaching in Challenging Times: Actions for instructors to take in their classroom during times of crisis.
Facilitating Difficult Race Discussions (Wiley white paper)
Inclusive Teaching Resources (compiled by Lehigh faculty and staff)
Selected Articles about Inclusive Teaching (compiled by Lehigh faculty and staff)
Tips for enhancing Teacher Presence in your online course:
Perform a survey before the course starts or very early on: ask about student readiness (do they have the technology and course materials they need?), ask what time zones they are in, ask whether there are any special circumstances you should know about).
Check in with students personally.
Communicate frequently.
Respond promptly to questions posted in the Course Logistics Forum and to emails about individual work or personal performance.
Provide regular, prompt feedback on activities and projects.
Create a clear structure, but be flexible and adaptable based on student need.
Hold consistent virtual office hours.
Every few weeks invite feedback on course methods: ("Of the things I am doing in our course, which want me to keep doing because you find them helpful? Which do you want me to stop doing or do less of because you do not find them helpful? Are there things I am not doing that you would like me to start doing?").
Tips on using Course Site Announcements:
Announcements are an important way to humanize an online course. Give students regular course-wide feedback about how the class is doing and encourage them to keep up with the work.
Because it is easy for students to lose track of the things they are expected to do, give your Announcement a clear subject heading (e.g., “Coursework for Thursday, 4/23/2020”) and include a quick checklist for students to follow.
Sample Course Site Announcement:
Subject: Check-in... and Coursework for Thursday, 4/23/2020
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See you Thursday,
Professor _________