At our school, every teacher and student has access to Schoology. This allows me to post instructions, assignments, announcements, calendars, etc. It’s a one stop shop for anything related to your course!
The main challenge that I see in virtual instruction is having meaningful, authentic interaction with more than just a handful of students. After going through the course so far, I would imagine that utilizing video and/or audio feedback could be a very engaging tool to work through this issue. As I become someone that creates personal feedback through video/audio, the students will feel seen and (hopefully) become more apt to engage in the class with me.
Utilizing Google Drive allows for all of your materials and content to be available at a moments notice – that is, assuming you can find the right file! Creating descriptive folders and sub-folders to help with organization has been helped me tremendously as I accumulate more and more resources. It also helps to title documents with as much description (and often a year). That way, if navigating back to the file is proving difficult, a search query through your Drive will pick up exactly what you are looking for!
