Table 3.

Evidence Based Approach—Building Teaching Presence in Online Classes.

Feature	Methods
Personalization	Create a personalized class platform and share information about yourself through pictures, stories and other medium. Invite students to share information as well.
Open office hours and regular check in	Schedule online open office hours through zoom or online chat and invite students to participate. Reach out to students to see how they are doing and how one could facilitate teaching and learning for them. This will help students especially if they fall behind in their class work.
Activities to raise awareness of technology	Include initial activities that would allow students to become familiar with technology and software that is being used in the class.
Meetings via zoom and use of webcam	Arrange regular zoom meetings and use different features of zoom such as raise hands, break out rooms to interact with students. Encourage students to turn on their webcam so other colleagues/students can see them during meetings.
Acknowledgment and peer support	Acknowledge students work, their progress and praise them openly. Provide support to students especially if they struggle to complete assignments and tasks. Praise students and encourage them to be supportive of their peers.
Join virtual meetings early	Join the meeting room early to connect with students in case they join early as well. This will also help in building connections with students.
Clear expectations	Assignments should be clear. Students should be aware that they can reach out to faculty (synchronously or asynchronously) if they need support.

(Adapted from Online Teaching Presence, n.d.).