
Learn to teach online with confidence and ease, getting started quickly with practical guidance from an experienced online teacher, covering remote teaching essentials in under an hour.
Lean forward about 15 degrees into the camera to avoid the 20-pound effect, prevent a double chin, and keep the focus on your face and message.
Speak to one person at a time with a soft, conversational tone in online teaching, avoiding loud projection. Keep a natural, full voice for clear, engaging instruction.
You already have the core teaching skills; learn minor modifications for online teaching, and in about an hour you'll be very effective teaching online.
Avoid common online teaching mistakes by placing the camera at eye level with front lighting; avoid a window behind you, and use books to raise your laptop while minimizing distractions.
Position a neat, non-distracting backdrop, such as a simple picture or PowerPoint projection, so viewers focus on your face and teaching, and avoid a window with light behind you.
In online teaching, pay attention to your background; avoid distractions such as liquor bottles, wine bottles, or clutter like unmade beds and laundry since students notice.
Maximize online teaching impact by showing your face and facial expressions, not just your voice, and use full-screen notes or slides to keep students engaged.
Learn to look and sound your best on camera by using natural head and hand movement, a subtle smile, and eye contact for relaxed online confidence.
Prioritize clear audio by choosing a quiet room, dampening echo with carpet and walls, and using an affordable microphone close to your mouth to ensure students hear you without distraction.
Focus on your expertise and engagement in online teaching, speak to students on camera instead of slides, and shed self-consciousness about appearance.
Engage online students at all times, whether live or on demand, through interactive assignments and questions; record a video, email it to a colleague for feedback, and iterate to improve.
Overcome camera nervousness by recording a one-minute self-review, identify things you can change such as speaking pace and pauses, and practice multiple takes until you come across confidently on video.
Use the camera you already have, even a phone, but prioritize audio, lighting, and your engaging presence to teach online; avoid unnecessary camera purchases or store trips.
Select a school-supported online teaching platform with the camera on to keep students engaged. Practice in advance—with a family member—to gain comfort using video, not just voice.
Avoid teleprompters and full scripts in online teaching; use a simple outline or notes to stay natural, confident, and engaging.
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Overcome the initial nerves of online teaching by engaging students with the right tools rather than relying on voice alone, and soon enjoy no commute and confident instruction.
(Please note this is a beginner course designed to be completed in less than one hour for classroom teachers who are looking to become more comfortable and confident teaching online.)
Online Teacher Training
The Coronavirus has changed the world. Teachers who have spent a lifetime teaching students in the classroom must now learn (quickly!) how to teach students online and in virtual classrooms.
This course is designed for busy, stressed teachers who are battling numerous crises at the moment and don't have time for a 1-3 day course on online teacher training. This course can be completed in less than one hour!
For anyone used to teaching in front of real students, the prospect of talking in an empty room to a video camera can seem intimidating and even scary. But it doesn't have to be!
TJ Walker is a teacher who has taught online for more than 20 years. In addition to conducting online teacher training, Walker has conducted online and in-person media training and public speaking workshops for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, and network news anchors.
Traditional Teacher Training has not included techniques to help teachers communicate effectively and confidently in front of a video camera. This course fills that gap. If you want to learn all the fundamentals on how to speak with confidence and poise on camera AND to engage your students effectively, then this course is for you.
Teaching online is not harder than teaching in a live classroom, but it is different. The skills needed to excel as an online teacher aren't difficult, but they aren't common sense either. TJ Walker will guide you through the process, step-by-step, on how to be equally confident and competent in the online classroom as you are in the real world classroom.
You will never be nervous again in front of a video camera or in front of students you can't see.
Learning to teach effectively on camera in an online environment is now an unfortunate but necessary ingredient in teacher training. Please enroll today to get your teacher training skills prepared for the current times.
Here is what Udemy students say about this course:
"I like all tips which are easily available at home. The whole instructions are very practical and easy to follow. These instructions are useful for any video call personally with family, friends and professionally at work" Madhuri Singh
"Excellent presentation, very interesting, informative, engaging, and succinct." Holly Takatsuka