Instruments for Building Social Online Course Communities -

When you increase your number of clients, it usually is logical to let students to communicate with one another. This isn't applicable to all courses, but it can be applied to a variety of areas.

The majority of us like the social aspect of life, and that's the reason why social networks are popular. The internet is a place that people interact whether through comments, sharing pictures and tweets, or sharing videos.

With the fact that students are used to online social settings making the introduction of social aspects into your class much more easy. This is the norm.

Making social elements for your online course shouldn't be difficult. There are a few tools that you could use to create social aspects:

• closed Facebook Group - Everyone knows how to use it, therefore there's no need to follow any procedure. It is not necessary for a second login or username. Be careful though because you don't own the platform and any policy change can have negative consequences.
• Forums The primary method by which people communicated online. Forums are simple to setup and permit you to grant people credits/clout for continuous activity.

If you're still waiting to launch your course then you could be concerned about the social aspect of the program will be almost entirely vacant. It will be at first. Many people circumvent the issue by delaying the launch until after. It's a great solution, as long as you do not put off the launch for too for too long.

If you have an existing course (or multiple courses) however you don't have an opportunity for students to connect, then I'd suggest you consider some of the options that follow. If you're still waiting ready to publish your course ensure that you outline the way you would like learners to interact with each other and the course content.

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