Live Session Planning

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Explore resources to support you with creating and managing live session plans for your online course.

CONTENT TYPE: SELF-GUIDED

DURATION: 5 - 15 min. (per resource)

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Who is this page for?
The resources on this page are for degree program course designers who are creating or managing live session plans for their online course.

Learning Objectives

Describe an impactful live session plan.
Apply live session planning best practices to your online course.

What is a Live Session Plan?
A Live Session Plan is a plan for what should be accomplished before, during, and after a Live Session. A quality set of Live Session plans should map out each Live Session to help reinforce asynchronous learning week by week as effectively as possible.

How does a Live Session Plan work?
While the format is highly variable, a Live Session Plan should outline tasks and communication strategies for Section Instructors to accomplish before a live session, guided activities instructors should facilitate during live sessions, and follow up actions instructors should take after a live session. A Live Session Plan may also contain links to relevant sites, files or images to download, or any other resources that a Course Lead or Designer felt pertinent to include.

Foundational Context

Start here to gain grounding context about live session plans. The resources below provide an overview and practical tips for creating and managing live session plans for your course.

[Read]Educator Knowledge Center Articles: Live Session Plans

Visit the Educator Knowledge Center or chat with Xpert in the Digital Campus to ask questions about live session planning. You can access the articles directly using the links below.

New to using Xpert to search for answers? Review this reference article about navigating the Xpert Chat Bot .

6 Reasons to Create Live Session Plans.pdf

[Read]6 Reasons to Create Live Session Plans

Review this infographic to understand 6 reasons why creating live session plans can benefit the online classroom experience.

Download a plain text version of this infographic here.

6 Solutions Live Session Plans Provide.pdf

[Read]6 Solutions Live Session Plans Provide

Review this infographic to understand 6 common online course problems that live session plans can provide a solution to.

Download a plain text version of this infographic here.

Practice and Apply

The self-paced interactive practice and application activities below are designed to help you to engage more deeply with live session plans.

[Watch]Live Session Plan Template Demo

This demo walks through filling out a live session plan template for your online course that can be found in the Digital Campus.

[Learn]Schedule a 1:1 Consultation

Our Instructional Consultants are here to help Course Designers plan engaging live sessions. We provide technical and andragogical support, guiding you to use Digital Campus tools to share your expertise and create effective and engaging live sessions. Schedule a 1:1 consultation here.

[Plan]Live Session Plan Checklist

When filling out your Live Session Plan templates (or designing your own), this checklist may help you to ensure that you have covered the important features of a Live Session Plan.

Additional Resources

Read and review the resources below for additional information on the benefits of live session plans.

[Watch]Teach Smarter, Not Harder: Navigating the New (and Actually Useful) Student Activity Insights Tool

If you would like to iterate on your live session plans as course terms progress, the Student Activity Insights tool can help you collect data and feedback to inform your iteration. Review the seminar recording to learn more about how to use this tool.

[Watch]Top 10 Suggestions and Feedback from Live Classroom Support

In this recorded seminar, Instructional Consultant TJ Reissner will provide 10 key takeaways that educators can implement to enhance their teaching practice. His guidance and live feedback, grounded in real-world experience, will serve as a practical resource for educators aiming to conduct and prepare for their live classes more effectively.

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