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How to engage students in online meetings 13 essential strategies to maximise teacher presence and interaction between participants in an online meeting

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How to engage students in

online meetings 13 essential strategies to

maximise teacher presence and interaction between participants

in an online meeting

Adobe Connect resources

•  December PD series – “Adobe Connect” with Lachlan Kalache – PDF handout

•  DSL Online Meeting – resources and tutorial videos!

Are you comfortable

running online meetings??

Why? Why not?

Take the POLL now….if you are in the live meeting

Preparation is key!

•  Pre-prepare slides and other artefacts

•  Set up the room early

•  Check your audio and video

•  Have a plan for how you want the meeting to run

•  What else?

Part 1: Meeting Preparation

Strategy 1: Make sure the layout design of the room is what you want. Have you checked the options available? Have you designed the space you want to work in?

CONSIDER:

A maximised CHAT window will allow for

MORE of the chat to be seen and means

less scrolling up and down

Part 1: Meeting Preparation

Strategy 2: Upload slides or PDF file Strategy 3: Check your audio and video

To use video or not….that is the

question! Participants like to ‘see’ you! How will you manage this?

•  Video using webcam?

•  High bandwidth, can be glitchy

•  Paused video?

•  This is a good solution. Start your webcam before the meeting, smile nicely, and hit PAUSE while you have a good pic. Leave on pause during meeting

•  Upload a static image

•  You can preload as many as you like and change the image for each meeting

Part 1: Meeting Preparation

Strategy 4a: Upload a static image - Go to PODS, and SHARE and Add new share

Strategy 4b: Select a document to share (image file) just as you would share your slides on the main screen. Don’t forget you can also make this image full screen!

Part 1: Meeting Preparation

Strategy 5: Set up any POLLS you wish to run during the meeting. You can open, close and share results as you wish.

Part 2: Running the meeting – build participant engagement

Strategy 6: Set up the CHAT Window – Text colour and text size

CONSIDER:

Participants like to be recognised….and

as text flows in a meeting if there are a

few different colours and sizes then

contributions to the conversation can be

more easily identified and responded to –

by participants and presenters

Part 2: Running the meeting – build participant engagement

Strategy 7: Remind participants about ‘Status’

CONSIDER:

Have a bit of fun with this one!

Remember – in an online learning

environment these visual clues are important

messages coming from participants and

presenters

Part 2: Running the meeting – build participant engagement

Strategy 8: Have online resources ‘at your fingertips’

CONSIDER:

As you talk about the content, or whatever

the discussion is about, make sure you

have websites/resources either pre-

loaded or load during the meeting

(through PODS>Web link) or copy and

paste the URL into the chat window as

the conversation flows

E.G. “Take a look at this new website as a

resource for Assignment 1” (paste URL

into chat)

Part 2: Running the meeting – build participant engagement

Strategy 9: Give participants something to do!! - Simple

CONSIDER:

Punctuate your lecture/presentation

with a hands-on activity!

Possible SIMPLE activities for online

meetings…..

•  Share something in the chat window – name,

location, weather….link to a bio…..

•  Respond to another student (use

@personsname for identity)

•  Respond to a Poll

•  Open a website and share a comment in the

chat…

•  Respond to something on a slide

Part 2: Running the meeting – build participant engagement

Strategy 10: Give participants something to do!! – More complex

CONSIDER:

Participants take an active role in the

online meeting – what would this look

like in your subject?

Possible MORE COMPLEX activities for online

meetings…..

•  Student presentations

•  Group work

•  Slides pre-loaded by lecturer

•  Online formal debate – students in teams

•  Breakout rooms and group discussions

•  Scavenger hunt – linked to a Poll?

•  Group activity – link with breakouts or simply call

out groups and names

•  Watch a video via a URL then share back

Part 2: Running the meeting – build participant engagement

Strategy 11: Breakout rooms!

CONSIDER:

Breakout rooms provide for small group

conversations, assignment planning, sharing and

discussion.

Make sure you have a PLAN and a TIME LIMIT

Will participants use audio…or

not? Be very clear about the use of audio/microphones before the meeting……or gremlins may

take over…..

•  Do you want participants to actually speak? Is it necessary to your meeting? Can they respond in other ways?

•  Will you give them microphone rights just in case?

•  How can you take that away as needed?

•  What is ‘single speaker’ mode?

Part 3: Using audio in the meeting

Strategy 12: Take a ‘managed’ approach and implement audio parameters

CONSIDER:

Participants may NOT need microphone

rights all the time.

Be able to manage access via the Audio

menu

•  Microphone rights for participants – on/off

•  Enable single speaker mode – on/off

Part 3: Using audio in the meeting

Strategy 13: Be strict with who is able to speak

CONSIDER:

Many participants in online meetings are not

prepared for audio connections.

•  Do NOT expect everyone to comply with

good quality audio.

•  Make tough decisions about WHEN to

cut someone off

•  Have a purpose for why they will be

speaking

Thank you! Julie Lindsay Quality Learning and Teaching Leader (online) FoAE

You will find these slides (and lots more resources!) on the FoAE QLT i2 organisation - https://goo.gl/ZjOiu9 Don’t forget to also visit: ● QLT blog - http://uimagine.edu.au/qltonline/ ● FoAE Online Learning Newsletters (linked from i2 site and blog) - latest edition February 14: https://www.smore.com/kzy9y