The document provides time saving tips for teaching online. It recommends completing a welcome letter and fully organizing everything upfront. Creating a complete syllabus and overwriting instructions will help reduce repeating questions. A dedicated discussion board for questions allows students to help answer each other's questions and build a learning community. The first week of class should focus on how the class works and having students try features to build trust and community. Specific discussions forums organized by topic can also help save time.

2. Time Saving Tips

3. Time Saving Tips
When Teaching Online

4. Teaching
Online
Takes Time

5. Tools to
Save Time

6. Complete
Welcome
Letter

7. Pre
Organize
Everything

8. Create
Complete
Syllabus

9. Over Write
Instructions

10. Keep Track
of
Repeating
Questions

11. Reduce
Redundant
Questions

13. Dedicated Question
Discussion Board

14. Dedicated Question
Discussion Board
Use Students to
Answer Questions

15. Dedicated Question
Discussion Board
Use Students to
Answer Questions
Builds Learning
Community

16. First Week
of Class

17. Introduce Students
to How You Will
Teach Your Class

18. Focus on How the
Class Works

19. Focus on How the
Class Works
Have Students Try
The Class Features

20. Focus on How the
Class Works
Have Students Try
The Class Features
Build Trust and
Community

21. Organize
Discussions
for
Questions

23. Specific Discussions
for Students

24. Specific Discussions
for Students
Discussions for
Assignments

25. Specific Discussions
for Students
Discussions for
Assignments
Forums for T.A.s

26. Preview
Each Week

28. Review
Each Week

30. Remember:
The more times
a student
can “bump”
into
information,
the better.

31. Online
Office
Hours

33. Use the Chat
Function

34. Use the Chat
Function
Can Stagger Times

35. Use the Chat
Function
Can Stagger Times
Don’t Feel Bad If No
One Shows Up

36. Use
Announcements

38. Change
Announcements
Often

39. Change
Announcements
Often
Make them Friendly

40. Change
Announcements
Often
Make them Friendly
Target
Announcements to
Specific Groups

41. Use Chats

42. Clear
Grading
Criteria

43. Use Grading
Shortcuts

44. Remember:
Be Nice and Be
Patient.
What is clear to
you may not be
clear to others.

45. Remember:
There will be
less and less
problems the
more you teach
your class.

46. Above All

47. Above All
Enjoy your
classes