Clearly state expectations for timely and regular instructor feedback (questions, email, assignments).

Clearly state expectations for interaction (community guidelines for interaction, models/examples, and timing and frequency of contributions).

Provide a variety of opportunities and activities for learners to meaningfully interact with their instructor.

Provide resources or activities intended to build a sense of class community, support open communication, and establish trust (e.g., Meet Your Classmates activity, Ask a Question discussion forum, Class Café discussion forum).

Provide a variety of opportunities for learner to learner interaction and constructive collaboration.

Encourage learners to share resources and inject knowledge from diverse sources of information in their course interactions.

Raise awareness about the potential for implicit biases.

Develop strategies for checking microaggressions.

Model constructive, respectful feedback for peer review.

In community building exercises, be attuned to cultural, socioeconomic, and other differences when asking students to reveal information about themselves..