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Setting expectations is crucial.
- What do you expect from yourself? Be sure to have your May self speak with your December self as you set these goals and expectations.What do you expect from your students? Be sure to include statements reminding them that in any context, they are responsible for their own learning. They will have to take up the work of reading and reviewing, practicing and demonstrating that they have progressed appropriately in their knowledge, skills, abilities, comprehension, and ability to apply what they are learning.
- Establish tech expectations. Have a "Quiz Zero" for these tech expectations and set-ups. Are students technologically prepared? If not, direct them to ITS (help@syr.edu).
- What do you expect from yourself? Be sure to have your May self speak with your December self as you set these goals and expectations.
- If you have graduate TAs, clarify your expectations for them. As part of their expectations, give them responsibilities for answering certain kinds of emails from students. Have them develop "expertise" in certain questions, and shift those questions to the TA.
If you have an undergraduate TA or technology helper, establish what you would like as support.
Treat any TA or support as your partner in making the learning experience work.
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- After 3 of the same question, provide an announcement or message to the entire class clarifying where to look, what to do, how to find, etc. You can use different modalities, such as Blackboard announcements or embedded videos for this purpose. After you make the clarification, simply point students to the location of the information.
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