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Designing learning activities / Encouraging completion

How to motivate students using course design

A lack of motivation is one of the most common reasons why a student does not complete an online course. This causes problems for an online orientation program, as such …

Encouraging completion

4 considerations for incentivizing completion

While it’s nice to think that all students will jump at the chance to complete an online orientation program and be better prepared to start at your institution, I think …

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Encouraging completion

How to write more effective reminder emails

No matter how good your marketing is, and how many incentives you offer, you’re likely going to want to send students personalized reminder emails to help get them across the …

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Encouraging completion

7 things to consider in your marketing strategy

Designing an online orientation program is a lot of work, and can take a lot of time. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but at the …

Encouraging completion

8 reasons why someone may not complete your online orientation

Online courses don’t have the best reputation when it comes to completion rates. In for-credit university and college courses, where the incentive to complete is gaining the course credit, online …

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