Sometimes you may host a webinar without being fully aware of how you should go about making the presentation. You can choose between doing a basic presentation, or present in form of a question and answer session, or as a continuation of a past presentation. It is always recommended that you have a mix of the three methods.
A basic presentation is just that- straightforward presentation, whereby you present to your live audience using PowerPoint by sharing your screen to all participants of your webinar. You can then go ahead and explain yourself using notes and diagrams in your PowerPoint presentation. When required, you can minimize the presentation and open up your web browser or any other software program to demonstrate to your student what you mean by a particular point.
An example is a good friend of mine who teaches embroidery via webinar classes. She has captured all required information including the step by step processes involved in manufacturing and processing the required materials on an Excel Spreadsheet . She is able to explain herself clearly and all the processes that she uses to enable her students' setup shop quickly and automate whatever processes they can for efficiency.
A basic presentation only serves to teach your processes to others. If a student has not understood something or just needs clarification on some point, he should be given room to ask a question. This now is the question and answer session. This session is normally slotted at the end of the class and is very important as it will allow you to interact with the students to find out what areas your students didn't understand properly.
For some of the expensive courses that you might be offering, it might be a good idea to set aside one whole day for answering questions from students. This is particularly important since some students might think that they understood some things but after leaving class, they went out to try applying the said knowledge and end up failing. The weekly question and answer forum gives them the chance to ask why they were unable to do whatever they tried to do and you in turn would direct them on where they went wrong.
Finally, it is also important to keep checking on the progress your students are making rather than blindly assuming that they are doing fine. You could follow up on your students by sending periodic emails reminding them of their assignments and also do a blog post every once in while covering some of your classes.
You can also come up with challenges for your students to have them test the skills you have taught them. Challenging them to use their skills that they have acquired so far is important since it allows them to practice and practice until they perfect their skills.
These are the major components that should be included in your next course i.e. a basic presentation, question and answer forum, and follow-ups and challenges. Whether your course is cheap or expensive, try as much as you can to include these three components.
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