1.2.1 Transferring your training from F2F to virtual classroom

5. Familiarize learners

4.     Familiarize learners

Many participants do not know what to expect when joining an interactive online session for the first time. They may have been in webinars, where people are kept on mute and expected to be a passive audience. Therefore you need to familiarize them with 3 things: 

• The virtual classroom environment and the features available to them
•  Their role as learners: what is expected from them in terms of participation?
• the virtual etiquette of your session: is it OK to speak up and annotate? What if someone has to leave early? Are the emoticons used and if so for what purpose?