Vratislav Holub Today, each of us deals with situations that we are not used to in everyday life. It's something new for all of us. For children, teachers, but also for parents. Schools are closed and teachers are trying to provide pupils and students with the best distance learning possible. But is it even possible to organize it effectively? How can modern communication technologies help in this situation?
Today, more than ever, it is necessary to find a place where we can communicate with each other, even if we are each somewhere else. Most students and families are used to communicating with each other in some communication application, so the easiest way is to add online education right here. Viber Communities offers a space where students can be in contact not only with each other, but also with teachers, and where teachers can provide them with online lessons. Communities can have any number of members and offer great options for managing content and information flow. Plus, it's great that even if someone joins later, they can see all the content from the history.
Imagine your children's teacher starting a community for 9th graders. It's so easy and anyone can do it quickly in five steps:
- Go to conversations, click on the icon ? in the lower right corner in the case of Android or the icon ? in the upper right corner for iPhone ?> New Community> Add a community name and brief information about the community.
- Decide which type of community is best for you:
? Closed - only for a clearly defined group of people (only the teacher sends invitations to the community)
? Public - anyone can join and invite others either by direct invitation or by sharing a community link
- Decide how communication will work
➡️ One way only - only teacher can post, students can read, like and share
↔️ Both ways - community members can also contribute
The rules can be changed at any time.
- Create rules for your community. Write them in the first post and pin them above the community name for everyone to see.
If someone does not follow the rules, you can block that person.
- The most important thing is the content – it should be clear, concise and accurate. You can try polls for quick feedback.
At the moment when the community is created, it is possible to add members. Then you can already share online teaching materials, give advice to students, send voice messages up to 15 minutes long, share files up to 200 MB in size, organize polls for feedback. The possibilities are endless and management is very easy.
We all hope that everything will return to normal as soon as possible. Until then, however, it is certainly possible to ensure quality online education for your children. Digital technologies are the biggest helper in this regard.
