Synchronous sessions are of the utmost importance in the online environment. It gives students a time to interact with their instructor and vice versa. For my synchronous sessions, I usually like to start with questions students might have. I encourage students to send me their questions before hand so that I can have a "slide" prepared to review this topic. Then I move on to what I want to cover that day. I utilize an app called Air Sketch and my iPad to do problems. Here is an example of a synchronous session.
Some items you can add to make your synchronous session more fun is a song when students come in. I like to start the song about 2 minutes before students enter and then it gives me a "timeline" of when to begin. I also like to post some sort of image welcoming students, giving them an idea of what topics will be covered, and asking them a random fact about themselves.
Having students share a fact about themselves helps to foster community with their classmates and myself!
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