Student engagement and participation can be more difficult to establish during remote instruction, particularly if you cannot “see” all students and gauge their participation in the course. Furthermore, students may be unable to attend a synchronous session if they experience internet access issues. There are multiple ways to engage students and address attendance concerns including but certainly not limited to:

• Polling students
• Asking students to post in the chat
• Having students move themselves to specified breakout rooms
• Asking students to answer discussion questions (by raising their hands to contribute or by posting in the chat window)
• Individual or collaborative work that results in a product (see below for further interactive work options)
• Reviewing attendance records of streaming sessions
• Requiring students who were unable to connect to view recordings and either summarize or answer specific questions about the missed session
• Carefully consider students’ needs for specific materials, such as those required in studio courses. Given the difficulty students may have in acquiring these materials, instructors may want to prepare individual kits to be mailed or distributed to students, budget permitting.