Webinar Basics: Planning, Interactivity, and Conducting Tips

1. Webinars

2. Webinars • One of the fastest growing methodologies • There are similarities and differences between classroom training and webinars

3. Webinar Basics Overview • Webinar Basics • Planning considerations • Basic webinar interface • Platforms • Constructing a Webinar Lesson • Objectives • Webinar interactivity • Webinar lesson checklist • Conducting a Webinar

4. Keeping students involved • Students must feel engaged • With the content • With the instructor • Students need to feel they can engage

6. Class size What is the best number of students for effective classroom interaction?

7. Class size • This consideration is similar to traditional in-seat classes…except, • Individuals judge the technology instead of the number • The larger the number the less the interaction

8. Platforms • Go-to-Webinar • Live Meeting • Adobe Connect

9. Platforms • Similar functions • Chat • Polling • Audience features • Audio • VOIP and telephone • Recording

10. Platforms • Screen share vs. server-based

11. Preparation and practice • Technology • Allow for development time • Allow for familiarization • Practice

12. Constructing a Webinar Lesson • Objectives • Webinar interactivity techniques • Lesson outline • Webinar lesson checklist

13. Objectives • Clear precise objectives keep our lesson focused • Enable us to prepare an appropriate lesson outline • Guide us to prepare appropriate type and number of interactions to achieve the objectives

14. Lesson outline Lesson Objective • Introduction • Attention • Motivation • Overview • Body Objective Objective Objective • Content • Conclusion • Summary • Remotivation • Conclusion

15. Lesson outline • Body Objective Objective Objective • Content - Content presentation - Questions and Polls - Activities

16. Lesson variables • How much content? • What’s required to meet the lesson objective? • How many students?

17. Interactivity • Has a cognitive impact and an affective one as well

18. Interactivity Instructor Instructor – student Student – student Student- material Student - technology Technology Course Material Participants Participants

19. Application Sharing Breakout Rooms White Board Response Facilities Icons Polling Chat Audio

20. Instructor-student • Direct questioning • Polling • This method engages all students • Chat is available for students to post questions

21. Student-student • Chat • If desired, should be initiated by instructor • Discussion questions directed at lesson objectives • Projects/exercises • Determined by logistics • Whiteboard • Available on some platforms • Breakout rooms

22. Student - technology • Familiarize students with technology at beginning of webinar • Set up expectations, encourage them to ask questions (if desired) • Use some type of poll, question, or interaction early so students can respond and use the technique

23. The Control Panel Menus Provides access to leaving/ending The webinar, attendee options Screen Sharing Provides presenter with visual reminder of On Air status Grab Tab Enable presenter to minimize control panel Dash board pane Provides a quick view of the timer, attendance, attentiveness, unanswered Questions and hand raised Attendee list pane Audio pane Webinar information

24. Presentation • PowerPoint • I once sat in on a webinar that went nine minutes on one slide • Go back to the lesson outline – plan... • Content • Questions • Interaction

25. Webinar lesson checklist • Overview and Introduction • Learning Objectives • Assessment and Measurement • Resources and Materials • Learner Engagement • Course Technology • Learner Support

26. Conducting the webinar • Plan, prepare and practice • Conducting • Concluding • Lesson conduction checklist

27. Plan, prepare and practice • Plan • E-mail invitations sent to participants • Technological considerations met (headset, earphones, etc.) • Files created and uploaded • Do you have a quiet place?

28. Practice • Have you made a dry run? • Practices helps us verify • Our technology • Our techniques • Our timing

29. Conducting tips • Be deliberate • Familiarize students with the technology and methodology • Briefly familiarize students with the interface • Chat, (how to ask a question) audio, hand-raising, etc. • Introduce interactivity early, and make it simple • Familiarizes students with the technique, encourages them to use it

30. The first three minutes • Students will judge the methodology first, not the content • Practice your beginning • Are you… • Distracted by the technology? • Jumping into the content with the proper introduction and set-up?

31. Concluding • Provide a summary • Make any links, resources, materials, obvious for the participants • Remind students of survey and feedback channels • Provide a conclusion

32. Webinar conduction checklist • Two days before • Two hours before • 50 minutes • 40 minutes • 15 minutes • Start

33. Webinar Train the Trainer Review • Webinar Basics • Planning considerations • Basic webinar interface • Constructing a Webinar Lesson • Objectives • Webinar interactivity • Webinar lesson checklist

34. Webinar Train the Trainer Review • Conducting the webinar lesson • Plan, prepare, practice • Conducting • Concluding • Lesson conducting checklist

35. Webinar basics review • Webinar Basics • Planning considerations • Basic webinar interface • Constructing a Webinar Lesson • Objectives • Webinar interactivity • Webinar lesson checklist • Conducting a Webinar