Andrea Kolich

It's critical to provide specific feedback when asking students to revise or make changes to their work going forward. Using a rubric ensures that all students will receive standard deductions for these errors. It's also helpful to give students resources in the feedback if you need them to make changes. An example of this would be an APA formatting website.

In my experience of teaching online, online presence is very important. Responding to student introductions, being active in the participation forms and posting announcements regularly make students feel like you are present and ready to help them and engaged with the class. Some students have never learned in an online environment and this helps bridge the gap between their brick and mortar experience and online learning.

I think it's important to use a variety of styles of communicating with students. Students do not appreciate if all communications are negative or telking them they are missingwork. Positive reinforcement, praise and identifying ways in which students can use the growth mindset will keep student faculty relationships civil and strong.

Comment on Aricka McCauley's post: I think it's important to ask the students how they prefer to be communicated with. Some students rarely check their email but will easily respond to a text. We should always take a student-centered approach when considering the form of communication we're going to take.