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Distance learning doesn't have to be cold and impersonal.

Here are just a few ways you can add warmth back to your course and connect with learners even if you're miles apart.

Welcome Them!

Take advantage of the custom enrollment email to welcome learners to the course.

Better yet, kick off the course by introducing yourself and the course in a video. Learners will get to see and hear the expert who's behind the scenes.

Be Heard!

Recording audio to accompany your course content lets learners hear your voice. Use the audio to emphasize points, share stories, or inject your personality.

Keep In Touch!

Email learners to discover what they want to get out of the course, or send them a message to see if they have any questions. It's as easy as clicking on their email address or clicking the mail icon.

When marking long answer quiz questions, provide learners with specific feedback on their responses.

It's easy to go green with SmarterU. Read on to learn how we make it simple to reduce, recycle, and renew your existing course materials into great online courses.

Reduce!

SmarterU's online environment makes reducing waste a cinch:

• Make your presentation slides available as Webpage tasks.
• Distribute your documents, handouts, and forms using PDF tasks.
• Administer your quizzes and exams using Quiz tasks.

Not only will you reduce waste, but you'll save time and money.

Recycle!

Don't throw out your lecture notes and videos just yet!

You can use your existing lecture notes as a script to record the audio files for your SmarterU course.

There are countless tools for converting your videos and multimedia files so that they can be added as Video or Flash tasks.

Renew!

Give new life to your existing learning activities and exercises by converting them into SmarterGames. SmarterGames are an excellent way for you to engage learners in tasks that are informational and fun.