1. Ensure your own readiness
- Review technical considerations
- Ensure you have equipment:
- Headset, headphones with microphone, or external mic
- Webcam (if sharing video)
- Wired or stable wireless internet connection
- Run a practice session with your teaching team (with enough lead time to adjust, if necessary)
2. Ensure your own Readiness (immediately before session)
- Gather notes
- Open all applications/files required for the class session (to make sharing easier and quicker)
- Close unnecessary applications/files on your computer
- Disable desktop notifications (e.g., Outlook)
- Eliminate nearby distractions where possible
- Conduct audio and screensharing test
This content was modified from ACT's Facilitator Package: Teaching from a Distance: Webinars and Lecture Recording. A recorded version of the session is also available (led by ACT's Justin Fletcher and Tamara Bahr), "Teaching from a Distance."