What Can Students Expect from You?

Student at a computer; text asking, what can students expect?

 Some of the questions listed on the previous page overlap with what students can expect from you -- for example, your response time to student inquiries and turnaround time on providing feedback. Your online syllabus and Getting Started module should thoroughly address what you expect from students and what they can expect from you.

When you clarify what you will provide to students, you give them some assurances and also give yourself some protection against unreasonable student expectations such as expecting you to be available 24 hours a day to respond immediately to questions. 

Basic Expectations

Some basic expectations of an online course include: