Student engagement in virtual educational institutes

 Student engagement has always been an issue when it comes to education. Whether it is offline in a classroom or online on video lectures, making students get involved in classrooms has always been a tough job. The pandemic has resulted in the near-closure of educational institutes all over the world. Schools, colleges, and universities saw almost no attendance from students as well as the academic staff as they were advised to stay at home to protect themselves from the virus. In order to make sure that studies are not hampered during these trying times, colleges and schools started uploading video lectures and study materials on their websites so that students can access notes and lectures at the comfort of their homes. Colleges also started organizing online lectures on multiple video calling platforms in order to resume the college and school schedule even during the pandemic. Here are some ways to ensure student engagement in virtual educational institutes.

• Active Learning -  In order for your online tuitions to be successful, your teaching methods need to be better than not only your competitors, but they should also be better than that of the schools the students go to. Having a unique, attention-grasping, and fun teaching method will help you garner more students for your tuitions, resulting in more profit. Interacting with students, providing them with study materials, and explaining topics with real-life applications are some of the methods which can help you become better than your competition. This ensures that 

• One-on-One sessions - Conducting one on one lectures with students also ensures active student interaction among students. Students who lag behind in their academics can opt for one on one sessions either with their college professors or hire private tutors online. Since the lecture is only comprised of a tutor and a student, the student gets an ample amount of attention and ensures that the student is engaged during the lecture. The classes are one-on-one live sessions, ensuring undiverted attention to the student. In order to join the class, you need to go to the Classtrak website or app and log in. Classtrak also reminds you automatically whether you have any classes for the day and also reminds you a few minutes before the class is about to take place. While the classes are going on, they are automatically recorded and saved. These recordings can be accessed at any time on the Classtrak website once you log in.

• Goal-Setting and Competitiveness - Encouraging students to set goals for themselves ensure that they participate more often in online lectures. Tutors and teachers can also set up goals for their students so that they can develop personal milestones and feel a sense of achievement. Rewarding students for achieving goals ensures active participation in classrooms, especially when it comes to virtual lectures, which can tend to be monotonous and boring. Having quizzes and trivia on academic subjects is also an easy way of ensuring mass participation among students and inculcates a sense of competitiveness which can be helpful ahead in the corporate world. 

What is Classtrak?

Classtrak is a platform that connects a large number of students, parents, and teachers with each other. Classtrak helps in connecting tutors and teachers on one single portal, enabling vast business growth for tutors and a plethora of quality tutors to choose from for the students. The site is beneficial for both the students as well as the tutors are provided with a vast student base from all across the country and the students are able to choose their preference of tutors from a single website.

Besides the website, Classtrak also has a mobile phone app of its own where students can search for tutors regarding any field of expertise. For tutors to exploit the full advantages of Classtrak, they must first register themselves on the website and create their professional tutoring profiles. They can also create their availability calendar where you can specify the time slots in which you can teach. Potential students can choose from these time

slots to book their classes and the calendar can also be edited at any point in time. Classtrak also provides students with a free demo class in order to get an idea of the teacher’s teaching methods. At the end of every month, Classtrak automatically transfers the amount due to you, hassle-free. This helps in creating the perfect work environment for the tutors especially during these trying times due to the pandemic. Classtrak has helped with providing a means of livelihood to thousands of tutors all over the country without having to risk getting infected.