Online Facilitation Tips : Weekly Announcements
Video Announcements
Provide announcements or weekly updates via video updates to increase student engagement. Students report that they feel more connected, understand expectations better, and get a better sense of the assignments each week when the instructor posts a video announcement each week. In the announcement:
- Discuss the previous week with any type of encouragement or reminders needed.
- Discuss upcoming assignments with particular details on assignments, best practices, and questions you typically get from students on the various assignments.
- Optional: highlight a current event that ties into the week’s topic.