Top 10 Best Practices For Online Orientations (Historical)
via GoToWebinar
October 19, 2016
2:00–3:00 pm EST (Expired)
Speakers: Valerie Kisiel, Kristen Seldon & Jessica Wilson
Overview
Providing orientation to students when they need it, how they want it and in an engaging format promotes student understanding, independence and persistence. This webinar will showcase best practices for delivering online student orientation to engage students and enhance the student experience.
Participants will learn about technology features, necessary requirements, ADA, mobile-friendly, content creation, SSO, implementation, reporting, etc. We will showcase best practices for delivering online student orientation.In addition, we will discuss how this online orientation solution can be used to supplement your current in-person orientation, deliver a stand-alone orientation, onboard online/distance learners, or simply provide an ongoing resource for student success. We will demonstrate numerous ways institutions can utilize multimedia tools, whiteboard animations, infographics, and microlearning to engage and connect with students. We will showcase best practices for delivering online student orientation and the importance of orientation being an ongoing resource.
Objectives
- List how you plan to use online orientation and identify your target audience
- Consider potential challenges to implementing your online orientation?
- List your top 5 must-have features (ADA, mobile-friendly, assessments, etc.).
- Discuss the importance of providing ongoing resources for orientation
- Illustrate the importance a user-friendly online orientation for faculty, staff, and students
- Showcase how online orientation can be not only high-tech, but also high-touch
- Describe the necessity of moving orientation online
- Discuss challenges to current orientation systems
- Discuss challenges of online learning and student preparation
- Describe resources for building online supplements to New Student Orientation
- Identify engaging and customizable solutions
- Demonstrate the latest technology and how it can be applied to online orientation