What are some of the ground rules I need to be aware of when Im in a Virtual Classroom?
• Turn off e-mail and phones and clear other distractions away from your workspace. • Participate and prepare to be called on by name. • Remember that the instructor needs to be able to call on people without physical cues as to who may have a response, so please offer up your comments in the chat when you have something to add. • Raise your hand if you have an immediate question or comment. The instructor cannot look at you to see if you are confused on a particular point. • Be patient waiting for a response to your chat message. The instructor may need to finish a point before the answer can be typed. • If you leave the program, please send a message to the instructor when you leave and when you return. The instructor needs to know if you can be called upon, and also needs to know you are not having technical difficulty. • It is important to mute your phone until you are being called upon to share (*6 mutes the phone, pressing *6 again un-mutes the phone). This will ensure that cross
