8 ways to boost online class Q&A
How to perfect the art of making discussions meaningful and fun
Q&A is a foundational aspect of online teaching that is often treated as an afterthought. Too little or too much discussion — both have their issues.
Clearly, organization, policies, and guidance on how to use the chat can be helpful for the entire class.
However, setting rules alone cannot make up for the deficiencies of the chat features at your disposal. For example, it would be helpful if…
- The chat didn’t just end after the lecture
- It were possible to distinguish between questions and chat messages
- It were possible to export chat statistics
- It were possible to create distinct discussion topics instead of having a single thread
With Acadly Pro, we’ve addressed all these gaps and more.
How Acadly helps
Acadly is a student engagement and virtual classroom platform with Zoom integration. It helps professors share live activities such as polls and quizzes during the lecture and automate Zoom attendance.
One of the defining features of Acadly is how it helps professors manage Q&A effectively. Here’s are some of Acadly’s key Q&A features.
Tips for organizing Q&A using Acadly
- Keep discussion topics or “prompts” ready before the lecture so that you can ask students to comment on specific aspects.
- Encourage students to read and upvote queries to avoid repetition of questions. The 5️⃣ indicator below is the number of upvotes for the query.
- Reward students for the quality of their participation
- Use discussion quantity and quality statistics in the final course grading rubric
- Use Acadly’s Word Cloud feature for examining trends
To sign up for Acadly, sign up here. Happy teaching!
