Topic 05 Overview

Welcome to Introduction & Orientation Topic

How do you connect with your students? How do you ensure that your students feel welcomed and included? These apparently simple questions are not so easy to answer. Humanized online facilitation is key in making that connection with your students so they feel welcomed, included, and supported.  This topic relates to Part II, Practices, B: Communication and Support, D- Introduce yourself to your students and orient them to your class, of the MiraCosta Online Class Quality Guidelines Links to an external site..

 By the end of this module you will be able to: 

  • Create an introductory/welcome video to orient students to your course, a module or an assignment
  • Plan, create, or modify a welcome message (email or announcement)
Introduction and Orientation

Meet Your Lead

Hi I'm Nadia Khan, and I'm an instructional designer at the college. I work for the Office of Instruction.  I will support you as you go through the content of this topic. You can email me at nkhan@miracosta.edu. 

 

What You Need to Get Started

  • Course syllabus
  • A welcome message text
  • Video tools- Studio, Adobe Spark, or your phone
  • Module or assignment you want to introduce

Things We Will Cover

  • Video making tips 
  • Creating bumper videos
  • Planning a welcome message
  • Creating a course orientation video

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