This is a complete guide to assist our teachers in delivering their best while teaching online. If you're an experienced online teacher and have any feedback to share, please feel free to share the same.
Online teaching is carrying out the practice of teaching through a digital medium. In literal meaning, it's live real-time instruction where teacher and student(s) are in varied locations. It means you can teach anyone from the comfort of your home.
To be an online trainer, you need the below mentioned things:
- You must be possessed with basic computer skills
- A computer/laptop with a strong & smooth internet connection
- A good command over the subject you'll teach
- Digital pen (optional)
Teachers registered at World O'Tutor charge from $1 to beyond $100 per hour. They charge according to their talent, the nation they live in, existing students, and the demand for their specific skills.
If you're not really sure, start from the lowest possible and increase eventually with experience.
Unless you're employed by a company, you can schedule the timing yourself. Moreover, you can discuss the view with your students to reach a mutually agreed time suitable to both sides.
You must work to enhance your typing speed. You can further use software to learn and increase the typing speed. The most effective way to type is to touch type, i.e. typing without looking at the keyboard.
There are many tools available to teach online - free and paid. Initially, if you can't spend money , you can use these tools as they work really well.
It's quite a popular tool because it is free and has millions of users. It offers video calling, and screen sharing features beside audio calls. The sound quality is way better than other tools & services.
It's another fascinating software that is easy-to-install and user-friendly. It provides reliable screen sharing experience while giving control to the other party so that they can work on your system. This feature helps where things can't be done on a whiteboard, for instance, when you need to show someone some work on PowerPoint etc.
It's just like the blackboards and whiteboards we use in a physical classroom. It also has some additional benefits, such as to upload documents, text formatting etc. There are many options available when you google 'Online whiteboard'. Once you're on the board, you receive a unique link which you give to your student and can work altogether on the same board.
In order to make writing on a whiteboard easy and quick, you can use a digital pen. It is an improvised version of using a mouse or touchpad. You can use any of the ordinary academic subjects digitally and you want to do it properly, you should have a digital pen.
It's not an essential, yet you should have it. Keep a cheap webcam handy. As per our experience, adult students prefer not to have a webcam. However, many parents want a webcam to keep the child involved. Thus, you can discuss it with a student at the point of teaching discussion.
You can follow any of the below options:
- World O'Tutor: Many students don't prefer paying in advance due to faith issues. When paying through us, we hold their funds and release payment after a month - enough time to experience your service. This is beneficial for teachers as well because they will get assured payment after delivering the service. Through us, you will further get reviews on your profile which assists you gain more business. Also, there is a 15% commission on receiving payments.
- Through Banks: It is the default gateway for getting payments if the student is in the similar nation as you are. Without any charge or fee, you get instant money, Hence, it's another reliable option.
- PayPal: It's the most easiest of all but includes a fee. They charge almost 5% commission directly and when there is a conversion involved, you need to pay an extra 3-5% on the currency exchange. It's a decent tool that is well-trusted by millions of people.
Though there is always a risk of spending an hour of your time that may or may not convert. In our experience, giving a free demo class, in most cases, turns out to be an excellent way of converting students into paying customers.
As finance and accounts teachers have to deal with tables and columns of data, carrying it on a whiteboard can be really tedious. Gratefully, Google has a free solution to all our troubles. Many people know about Google Drive, only few know the actual way to use it. What you need to do is to login to your Google account, go to Google Drive, select create, and click on spreadsheet. You can share the sheet with the student. Also, with the power of Excel in real-time, both of you and the student can share the spreadsheet at the same point.
So, what are you waiting for? Get started now! Happy Tutoring!!!
