Mechanical Practices
- In the class, make the session a “Recommended Activity,” and provide the instructions for joining, as well as the PowerPoint deck for the chat.
- A sample outline for 60-min session could be:
- 10 min. Introduction
- 40 min Content/Questions
- 10 min Wrap-up, Questions, and/or Next Steps.
- Consider crediting students with two substantial posts and one of three online posting days for participating. Consider using a survey to track: “Please follow this link to a survey to get your participation points! Thank you!”
- If the course is the first in a program (i.e. an orientation or equivalent) please ask if anyone needs ADA/closed captioning services. Invite students to notify you in a private message.
- In the syllabus, create a recommended activity for each week for the synchronous session:
- Subject line: Please join us for a live chat session.
- Activity Type: Live Lecture Activity
- In the text box, provide the instructions to the session.
- Consider this language and reference link, “Sure do hope to meet all of you during this Thursday evening's Live Chat. Remember, it will begin at 6 pm (Time Zone). Here is a site that will help you to calculate your time against (the meeting time zone), if that helps!” https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa
- As you are building synchronous activities in the syllabus, examine what weekly objectives you are covering. Go over the objectives from the course. Specifically mention each objective in the chat. Discuss the objectives each week.