Since switching mid-March 2020 to all online, I've learned that communicating content in the classroom, especially in a public speaking course, is vastly different from online. Breaking up the presentation and content into 15-minute segments is most important since students clearly are tuning out. In the classroom, a PowerPoint presentation lecture/discussion can work well if enough students participate in reflecting on the ideas, relating them to textbook readings, and responding in front of their peers. Online students, like I, are staring at tiny video windows where there's a clear distance among learners. Breakout rooms in Zoom can help correct the distancing if enough students engage with each other in the groups, but I have to build in clear goals for each breakout session and clear instructions so students achieve the intended outcomes. For Asynchronous learning, the discussions within Canvas have worked the best since students are used to Facebook and other online forums asking them to comment and respond to other students' thoughts. 

Content summary of course with ideas I intend to implement:

Social Engagement
-Making contact prior to course start; welcome email or video with contact info; have students jot down my contact information offline if the Internet connection fails.
-Constant contact throughout the course
-Student to student: Have students share a photo/avatar with questions about the course; could be Canvas discussion in W1 helping students share common bonds.
-Provide sharing opportunities for students with each other; could be an announcement with a link in modules; could use Zoom sessions in between class times for study groups.
-Change textbook takeaway assignments to discussion boards with me interacting to steer the conversation, similar to Hypothesis.
-Use more threaded announcement boards and put the links in the weekly modules so students know they can participate. Otherwise, Canvas keeps the announcements in the right column along with upcoming assignments and many students won't see them.

Motivational Engagement
-Efficient & Effective Feedback so students always know where they are in the course and specifically what they're doing well and ways to improve.
-Making directions available in a variety of ways. Learners learn in different ways. Use multiple ways--written document, video, chart, with examples. Including discussion boards helps so students can answer each other's questions.
-Use content chunking (15-minute videos, lectures, etc.). Working learners get more out of the course based on their available schedules.
-Give friendly reminders. Use Canvas and emails to students who don't turn in assignments on time. (See if text messages can be used; remind.com.)
-Leverage technologies for online. Use appropriately for mobile and other devices and works within Canvas. Let students access everything from within LMS. Videos, readings, discussions, and others can work with each technology.
-Create a detailed outline for implementation.
-Leave Canvas assignments unlocked but specify the consequences for turning assignments in late.