Register below for our series of three 30-minute lightning sessions focused on driving student persistence! Each session will provide the latest tips and tricks for assisting students through their degree progression.
Session 1: The Art of Meaningful Connections with Online Students

The first of three special edition webinars focused on helping your online learners persist in their accelerated course. This 30-minute session focuses on strategies to seamlessly kick-off your course and provide course-wide and one-on-one support to students.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:
- Review the Course Facilitation Packet and Top Four Tips for Increasing Student Persistence.
- Schedule a customized, weekly plan to be present for your students.
- Define student milestones and one-on-one support strategies.
- Select a strategy to discuss each student’s “meaningful why.”
- Draft a Course Kick-Off Announcement that contains key information needed by online learners.
Register now for a session on October 17, 2022.
Session 2: Identifying Student Individuality with Engagement Analytics

The second of three special edition webinars focused on helping your online learners persist in their accelerated course. This 30-minute session focuses on strategies to support all students over the course of the semester, from at-risk students to your highest performers.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:
- Explore student engagement analytics in your institution’s LMS to drive student persistence.
- Aim to understand and accommodate each student’s barriers to persistence.
- Identify key support offices and resources at your university that align with student needs.
- Draft template messages for at-risk students.
- Schedule 1-on-1 touch-ins with at-risk students.
Register now for a session on October 25, 2022.
Session 3: Good Grading! A Guide to Giving Great Feedback

The third and final of three special edition webinars focused on helping your online learners persist in their accelerated course. This 30-minute session focuses on feedback strategies that help alleviate grading stress while improving your grading interactions with students.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees should be able to:
- Improve rubric descriptors by including actions and resources.
- Prepare a library of feedback to provide higher quality feedback on assignments and assessments.
- Identify multimedia feedback options in your institution’s LMS to drive student persistence.
- Consider opportunities for students to provide feedback on the course.
- Plan for course revisions based on persistence, engagement, and student feedback.
Register now for a session on November 1, 2022.