The Importance of Communication

Communicating with your students is important in any learning mode but consistent communication is extremely important in an online learning environment. For some students, communication with their instructor is their only connection with the institution and without that, students often feel isolated. In addition to providing individual feedback on assignments, there are many ways to create and continue the feeling of community in an online course between the instructor and the students, the students with each other and the student with their course materials.

Ways to Communicate with Your Students Through Moodle

News & Announcements Forum

 

Introductory Forums

Whether online or in the classroom consider an introductory forum that requires students to provide some information about themselves. Think about changing up the questions as students move through course levels so that they are providing different information as they near graduation and beyond.

Discussion Forums

 

Notifications

 

See the technical instructions for using these tool in the article Communicating with Your Students in Moodle