Consistancy and organization, are key to making students feel included and informed.

Feedback and interaction are very important. Not just for an instructor but also for the students. 

I was using the discussion board to allow students to post questions and track interaction with the class. I am now going to have two discussion posts. One that is strictly for questions over the material and another that will allow me to ask deeper questions about the content.

I will be looking into blog post or eportfolio's as a way for students to turn in assignments as well as provide feedback. I have disccusssion boards open within the LMS but worry that they don't comment as freely because everyone can see it.