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Preparing Students for the Hybrid Experience
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You put a great deal of effort into organizing and planning your hybrid course, so another important step is to create an orientation so that students have the opportunity to get the most out of your efforts. An orientation should include both practical and technical components. The practical orientation will outline how you plan to conduct the course, including ground rules, your expectations and how students will be assessed. This orientation can go a step farther than the typical syllabus, and explain in further detail how you designed the course for student use. The technical orientation should walk students through the technology used in the course and include such topics as navigating the LMS, required plug-ins that students may need to have in order to use multimedia components and other tips that will make the student's interaction with technology smoother.
Course Previews
Course previews provide the student with information prior to the start date and allows them to review and prepare. Students can then buy required text and set up any technical requirements needed for the course.
Gauntlets
Gauntlets provide a useful method to ensure students have the tools and skills to begin taking the online portion of your course. Most instructors would prefer to not spend the first week dealing with technical and access issues.
You can set conditions which require the student to pass the gauntlet with some specific score in order to even enter the course.
Don't forget to include contact information on where and when students can get help. The LC&T hotline is an excellent reference for students and instructors because they have the widest variety of experience with problems that students encounter. They also route problems that can't be solved immediately directly to the appropriate resources.
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