Engaging Students Online: Strategies and Tools

This workshop series explores how student engagement evolves across different stages of language acquisition, and how teaching approaches need to adjust as students progress. Through real lesson examples, activity breakdowns, and practical commentary, you’ll learn methods to support and engage learners more effectively.

You’ll also learn to use ClassIn’s editing tools to create interactive activities like scavenger hunts and targeted engagement tasks. Along the way, you’ll access exclusive podcasts that offer deeper discussions on language development stages and how they influence student behavior and classroom interaction.

Introducing Activities with Confidence and Creativity

Learn practical and engaging ways to introduce activities in your online lessons. Follow step-by-step guidance from instructors and practice applying the techniques yourself.

Tutorials and Lesson Breakdowns

This course includes a collection of tutorial videos and lesson breakdowns that guide you through techniques and strategies for applying real teaching practices in your online lessons.

Topics we will cover include:

• Understanding language acquisition stages and their impact on student participation.
• Addressing common barriers to engagement, such as technical issues, distractions, and motivation challenges.
• Applying student-centered techniques like gamification, role-playing, and group discussions.
• Using quizzes, polls, and live annotations to support lesson goals.
• Encouraging stronger student participation with practical strategies.
• Adapting teaching methods as students advance in their language skills.
• Using ClassIn’s tools to build dynamic and interactive lessons.
• Accessing EDBs and ready-made resources to support your classes.

This series focuses on practical applications you can bring directly into your online classroom, helping you create lessons that meet students where they are and encourage meaningful participation.

Take a quick look inside the workshop.

Deeper Learning and Resources
Courses offer a deeper exploration of each topic, along with downloadable resources, ClassIn templates, EDBs, and practical guides to support your lessons and teaching practice.

By the end of this series, you’ll have a stronger understanding of how to engage students at different stages of their learning, along with a toolkit of strategies and resources to support your online teaching.