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= Welcome Presentation =

Begin your welcome presentation by talking about yourself. Tell the students who you are, where you are from, what your interests are, how you came to Wayne State University, etc.. This will be one of the few times that they will be able to get to know you as a person, so make it count. Also, don't hide behind slides or other presentation tools. Let the students see who you are.

After you have introduced yourself, go through the course syllabus with them. While they can certainly read it on their own, stress the specific sections that you want to make sure they hear and understand. I typically focus on the technology use requirements that I have (see the Syllabus section). And if you really want the students to get to know you, continue to show your face during the remainder of the presentation. For example: Note that after experimenting with this first video, I had the COE purchase me a full copy of ScreenFlow (which removed the watermark for all other videos in the course).