Title: 3 Strategies for Engaging Students in Online Courses | TechSmith
Headings: 3 Strategies for Engaging Students in Online Courses
3 Strategies for Engaging Students in Online Courses
Create Effective Course Videos [Checklist]
1. Know your students by name
2. Create videos for your online class
Instructor “Welcome Video”
These videos – especially for a web-based course – helps build the relationship between instructors and students
Course navigation video
Short video lessons
3. Track student performance
Seeing results – how to engage students in online courses
Create Effective Course Videos [Checklist]

Content: If a student isn’t able to attend, they have the ability to review the content and get caught up before the next course.” Students can even download entire videos and watch them when they don’t have an internet connection, such as when they’re on the road. Add quizzes at specific points within videos to make them interactive and engage students in online learning. For example, you can add a quiz to check comprehension after each of the main points in your lecture. You could ask an essay question so students can show an example of what they’ve learned. The latest video platforms offer easy ways to add quizzing, and then automatically report quiz results to the Learning Management System (LMS) gradebook or Excel file. In addition to being a great way to gauge student learning, in-video quizzing decreases mind-wandering and helps students retain the information. Record on-the-go to create in-the-moment teachable content that goes beyond the walls of your classroom. Instructors can record from anywhere outside the classroom. Students love it, and it helps build that personal connection between students and instructors.