Communicating with Students
Instructors should communicate regularly and clearly with students about each course. Especially if teaching a hybrid or online class, regular communication is one of the best ways to stay connected with your students and to encourage participation and engagement. Especially in hybrid or online teaching, frequent communication can influence whether a student succeeds or not. Instructors should communicate reminders about:
Remind students to set their accounts to receive Notifications properly, so that you know students are receiving your communications. (Learn how: video | text)
Consider Welcoming Your Students to your course. This can be a chance to introduce yourself to your students, to share your passion for the course topic, to share some of your strengths and weaknesses if you're teaching in a way that is at the edges of your comfort zone, or to start to set expectations for the class. Also think about Managing Your Online Presence.
There are two important communication tools in Canvas; click the links below for how to use them: