The document discusses how to keep students engaged in virtual classrooms. It recommends that teachers 1) prepare students in advance by sending supply lists, 2) set clear rules for online etiquette at the start, and 3) use a variety of techniques like rewards systems, frequent questions, short lessons, check-ins and the flipped classroom model to maintain interaction and focus. Maintaining the student-teacher bond is also important for engagement in virtual learning.

1. HOW TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED IN
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM?

2. AN INTRODUCTION
Over the years, innovative and enterprising teachers have come
up with unique ideas to help the students connect with the
subject. From introducing games to the students to including
video to make the topics more relatable to the students and to
boost engagement rate between student and teacher. Hence,
virtual classroom software plays an important role in student’s
life.

3. LEARNING IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
Today, the world is changing once more as work-from-home and
learn-from home is the new mandate in almost every part of
the world. In this scenario, schools have adopted virtual
classrooms as the new norm and educators are making every
valiant effort to keep educating kids as best as they can.

4. STEPS ON HOW TO KEEP STUDENTS
ENGAGED IN VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

5. 1. PREPARE IN ADVANCE
Just like a traditional classroom, a virtual classroom also needs
the teachers and the students to be prepared in advance. A
useful tip will be for the teachers to create a list of all the things
the students need and then to send out the list to all the
parents so that they can prep the learners with all the
resources. These can include books, texts, stationary etc.

6. 2. SET THE RULES AT THE BEGINNING
Just like the teachers, the students too are not familiar with the
concept of a virtual classroom and hence teachers can start
every morning with familiarizing the students with the rules of a
virtual classroom. These rules can include guidelines on mike,
camera, chat etiquette for the students to follow.

7. 3. CREATE A REWARD SYSTEM FOR THE
STUDENTS
One simple way to engage the learners in the virtual classroom
is to introduce short-term and long-term goals and rewards into
your online classroom. Rewards such as positive feedback,
virtual points, badges can go a long way in reinforcing the
learning's and motivating the student to engage better in the
classroom

8. 4. QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS AND MORE
QUESTIONS
In an attempt to keep the students more engaged, it is
important that the teacher ask as many questions to the
students as possible. Instead of just reading or explaining the
lesson to the students, questions allow the lesson to be more
interactive and hence keeps the students engaged.

9. 5. KEEP THE CLASS SHORT AND LESSONS
CRISP
Learning online is a huge task, especially for younger students
who may find it daunting to sit before the screen for long hours.
By splitting content into smaller more manageable bite-sized
chunks, educators can help to keep students to stay engaged
and feel enthusiastic about the virtual learning experience.

10. 6. CONTINUOUS PROGRESS CHECK-INS
One of the easiest ways to remind students of the previous
lessons and help them feel connected to the class is through
short-term progress checks. These can include revision,
assignments or quick quizzes on previous topics to jog the
student’s memories and help them connect the dots between
the classes.

11. 7. BUILDING A STUDENT TEACHER BOND
Just as some students do not connect in a traditional, physical
classroom because they feel invisible and believe that they have
no valuable inputs, similarly many students may also feel that
they will not be missed in the virtual one. Additionally, some
students do not find their teachers very engaging or are unable
to relate with them.

12. 8. USE THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM MODEL
TO ENGAGE THE STUDENTS
Using the flipped classroom model, teachers can send students
resources such as texts, videos, podcasts, etc., to provide
background knowledge to the topic being learnt. The actual
learning time in the virtual classroom can then be used for
subsequent learning activities like group or one-on-one
discussions.

13. CONCLUSION
Today, teachers need to remember that the need of the hour is
for unlearning their processes and teaching method and look
for new ways in which they can harness technology to teach
better and made a stronger impact on their students, who are
also struggling in isolation without their peers.

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