Supporting your tutees remotely
During these difficult times, due to Covid-19, communication with your tutees will be even more important when supporting and advising them as they transition into uni life. There may be times where it is just not possible to meet face-to-face with individuals or groups. The following information is guidance on the tools you can use within your remote tutorial sessions to enhance the student experience.
Meeting the Challenge of Remote Personal Tutoring
Tips on how to run a tutorial at a remotely
Run a tutorial from home or office
Use WebEx to live stream the tutorial from your location to remote students. Note: you need to tell your students the time and date of your live stream.
Use Google Meet to schedule a live meeting between yourself and a student (or a group of students).
Use Zoom to schedule a live meeting between yourself and a student (or a group of students).
Requirements for Staff
You need a microphone (often these are built-in to laptops) and headphones to be able to hear student responses.
Requirements for Students
You need a microphone (often these are built-in to laptops) and headphones to be able to hear student responses.
Top 10 tips for personal tutoring online expanded
top-10-tips-for-personal-tutoring-online-expanded.pdfTips on tools to support a group tutorial session
Padlet – Online virtual collaboration board
Easy to set up and share
Set up a Padlet for your tutees to work collaboratively on. This is a great way for your tutees to get to know their peers.
You could set up a Padlet notice board where your tutees can ask questions anonymously
Multiple templates available to support different activity types
Top Tips for Creating Engaging Collaborative Content using Padlet – training session recording
