Originally, our courses were mainly designed for face-to-face classroom teaching and training, but in recent years, many of you have asked whether our training course materials can also be used for online teaching. For this reason, we’ve included notes at the bottom of the PowerPoint slides where relevant to make it easier for you to use these materials for teaching online.
Can these training materials be used online?
Yes. Our editable training materials are designed for both classroom and virtual delivery.
Every package includes:
- Online activity guidance
- Trainer notes
- Breakout room suggestions
- Editable PowerPoint slides
- Teacher handbook
What We’ve Added to Make Our Training Materials Ready for Online Teaching
Every Symonds Research training materials package includes guidance for virtual delivery, helping you adapt the activities, PowerPoint slides, and teacher notes for online classrooms.
Apart from the obvious physical difference between classroom teaching and teaching online, in that you are standing in front of your participants, whereas with online teaching you are teaching on a computer, there are also some differences when using the training materials.
One of the key differences in how you use the training course materials is adapting training activities and games so that they can be used for online teaching.
In a classroom setting offline, putting participants into groups is very easy in that you can simply point to people and allocate them into a group. You can then ask each group to find a space in the training room and to start the task.
It is actually just as easy online, as you can allocate participants to what are known as ‘Breakout rooms’. We have written a detailed post on:
Inside every one of the training materials packages we sell, we also include the following to help you if you wish to teach online.
1. PowerPoint PPT Example – with ‘Teaching Online’ Notes Included at the Bottom of Slides with Activities
There are many activities in the training materials we sell, so we have made sure that these also include information on how to adapt the activities if teaching online.
So, in the notes of any PPT PowerPoint slides that involve activities such as icebreakers or team-building games, instructions on how to also do this activity if you are teaching online are included.
You can find them at the bottom of the teacher notes section below the slide (see the image above).
2. Teacher’s Handbook Example
With each training materials package, there is always a teacher’s handbook as a digital document.
Inside the Teacher’s handbook documents (there is always an MS Word version and a PDF version included in our training course materials packages), and included in this handbook are the notes for teaching any activities in a virtual classroom.
Which Online Teaching Platforms Work Best With Our Training Materials?
In order to run group activities when teaching online, the easiest way is to use ‘Breakout Rooms’.
Not all web-conferencing platforms online have ‘Breakout Rooms, ‘ so you might want to use Zoom, Webex, Adobe Connect, or GoToTraining. We will update this table below as the platforms change.
| Whiteboard | Breakout Rooms | Chat | Screen Share | Poll | Quiz | |
| Zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Webex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Adobe Connect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GoTo Training | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes | Yes |
Additional Guides for Teaching Online
These resources might also be extremely helpful for you in teaching online:
- What equipment do I need for online teaching and tutoring when looking for online teaching opportunities?
What’s included in the Training materials packages?
Our training packages are all:
- Designed both for classroom teaching and ready to use for virtual and online training. We did all the hard work researching and designing, so you can focus on delivering training online.
- Fully customizable. You own the rights to edit and reuse them as you wish for your own use.
- Instantly downloadable. You will have access to the packages as soon as you purchase them.
Looking for more advice on delivering engaging virtual training? Browse our online teaching guides.
If you’re still choosing your software, see our guide to the best online tutoring and teaching tools for trainers and teachers.
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