Let’s look at 5 strategies instructional designers recommend for online teaching and see how Revel can help you to implement each of them.

1) Hold your students accountable for their learning

Making sure students keep up and understand the content is crucial when distance learning.

Auto-graded quizzes and concept checks in Revel give students frequent opportunities to check their understanding. They are one of the most effective ways to help students build long-term retention and boost motivation.

To check the progress of your students, you can use Revel’s Educator Dashboard. It gives you detailed insights into how much time they spend reading. And a broad overview of how your class is doing. This information can help guide your discussions with students and interact with them in a more meaningful way.

2) Frequently communicate with your students

For students to be engaged in online classes, they need to feel that their professors care and are invested in their learning.

Having one-on-one Zoom sessions or spending hours answering individual emails is not doable, especially if you’re teaching a large class. Instead, think about posting communications that everyone can see.

You can do this by annotating the Revel text with comments, highlight key points, or share relevant articles for your whole class to see while they read. These notes will help your students get the most out of their readings and engage deeper with the content.

In the video below, we go through the other three strategies and take a look inside Revel.  Watch it here: