…can expect from me. In fact, I label the announcements when I post them so students can process and sort at a glance. I create announcements labeled Course Policies as…
…in our courses and communications. Announcements like the one I described above are well-intentioned bad teaching. Solution: Plan announcements in advance whenever possible. Develop an editorial calendar to manage content….
…were impersonal and unresponsive—more like writing in my diary than sharing information with my students. I never knew for certain who read and understood my announcements or received an (electronic)…
…it simple. Use Announcements and Course Home Page Effectively How can you package weekly updates within your online course? Take time to update the Announcements and course Home Page once…
…crafting weekly announcements for classes and then inevitably receive multiple emails from our students asking the very same questions that we so carefully and completely answered in those very same…
…course announcements. Post Announcements. Remain present in the course by posting announcements. At the very least, post an announcement each week to wrap-up the previous week and let students know…
…a weekly announcement. The recipe I use for my announcements is: a personal message/meme reminder of class meeting method tasks for the week These announcements are sent via the learning management platform (we use Blackboard). …
…posting announcements, and responding to students—the list goes on. There also are some “not-so-major items” that are important but don’t seem quite as crucial. However, when one of these is…
