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Foil 12 Guidelines for Instructors

From Using TangoInterative in Distance Education Jackson State Miss. Training Workshop -- 16-17 August 99. by David Bernholdt, Nancy McCracken


It is important to practice the delivery of TANGO-based classes until you are comfortable with the tools and windows.
One of the biggest differences that you will experience in class is the lack of feedback from facial expressions of students.
Expect distance classes to move a little slower than local classes. There is more transition time and words must replace gestures and body language.
The audio quality typically used in TANGO is roughly telephone-quality sound, not broadcast quality. You should be careful to speak clearly and perhaps a little more slowly than with a face-to-face class.
At the moment, there is no pointer, so whenever you would point to a place on a slide, you must describe it in words instead.



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