Make asynchronous students feel they're equal participants in your course

Getting set up, and teaching tips, for a successful first day of your HELIX Classroom course.

Tools, techniques and resources for building community in your course.

This is an example of how to do a norm setting activity with students in your in-person course. Please note that this activity can and should be modified to reflect the specific needs of your class.

This is an example of how to do a norm setting activity with students in your synchronous online course (for example, a web conference course using Zoom). Please note that this activity can and should be modified to reflect the specific needs of your class.

This is an example of how you might choose to do a norm setting activity with students in a class that has no mandatory synchronous presence. Please note that this activity can and should be modified to reflect the specific needs of your class.

Community & Interaction is defined differently for different classes, instructors, and students. See these tips for building community online.

Tips to make all 3 of your student populations feel included.

In this instructor spotlight video featuring Karina Lin-Murphy, she shares how she has built a community in her online course at the Harvard Extension School (HES) by infusing Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies.

Connecting with your students in an online course is essential to student success. Here's how you can do it.

Ways to promote engagement among all your students no matter how they are attending your classes.