From the course: Desire2Learn 2016: Teaching Online

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Establish instructor introduction and presence

Establish instructor introduction and presence

From the course: Desire2Learn 2016: Teaching Online

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Establish instructor introduction and presence

- [Narrator] Let's be honest, it is really easy to feel anonymous in an online course. You're in a communal experience with people you never meet, including the instructor. That makes trust harder, and it leaves many students disoriented. Well, this clip will give you several strategies for how D2L can establish your presence as an instructor and set the tone for the class. We're taking a high level view here in this clip, but other videos in the course get into the more procedural details. Oh, and since D2L lets each user customize their navigation, the path that you'll take to the various tools may differ from what you see here. The first D2L tip for an online course is to email students before the course even begins. You can handle this through the class list tool which will be synced to your individual roster. We don't have email functionality in this demo environment, unfortunately, but you'll usually see the command to email students right about here. In the same initial email…

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