When Should I Schedule My Live Sessions For?

Allison McComb Updated by Allison McComb

When Should I Schedule My Live Sessions For?

Ideally, Live Sessions should last about 45 minutes and be scheduled once per week (i.e., three-week courses will have three sessions), preferably on Monday evenings anytime between 6PM to 9 PM ET. Monday evening sessions allow us to establish consistency of this offering among eCornell’s course catalog and for planning purposes for students and facilitators.

Avoid scheduling live sessions in the early morning (before 10 AM ET) or late evenings (after 9 PM ET) unless requested by the students. Most of our students are located in the Eastern and Pacific time zones, and you should generally aim to accommodate both groups.

If Mondays are not possible due to a pre-scheduled conflict, please consider Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 6PM to 9PM ET as preferable alternative options during the week. Please avoid mornings, mid-day and weekend sessions. If a session must be held over the weekend, Sunday afternoons, 4PM ET to 7 PM ET are preferred, if possible.

The table below summarizes these preferences, with preferred times in green, times to avoid in red, and acceptable times in yellow.

Please remain in the session and wait for students to join for at least 30 minutes in case students arrive late.

You may be able to host a combined Live Session for concurrent sections of the same course. All other Live Session sections must be hosted at a unique time. Check with your PFM to determine if concurrent sessions will be possible.

How did we do?

Enabling Student Use of Closed Captioning in Zoom

Changing Live Session Date and Time After Created with Facil Tool

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