Classes taught on a weekly schedule, where the instructor meets with the students and delivers materials (lectures, activities, labs, etc.). This gives the instructors and TAs opportunity to meet and talk to the students via online conference software like Zoom or Webex.

Majority of modern CS synchronous courses focus on Active Learning.

As an Active Learning course, collaborative learning is its cornerstone, where activities given in class focus on group interactions.

As a result, interactions in these courses will most likely involve group activities, which in an online learning environment will be done in breakout rooms.

Compared to synchronous courses, asynchronous classes deliver their material completely online without any meeting times, usually through a website like Canvas. Students study and work on assignments during their own time, and assignments, tests and projects have set dates.

Communication, in turn, will be done asynchronous as well. Forums (such as Piazza) are commonly used for communication between students and instructors.

Office hours are of utmost importance, as they will be the only time you will be able to meet and speak with the students directly.

Aside from office hours, you can create other situations that will help you speak and help the students directly, such as making a tutoring section before a test, or setting a time one day a week to help students with their project works. Coordinating the creation of these extra meeting times with the instructor will help in figuring out what students would need the most in these asynchronous courses.