Eileen Narozny, an instructional designer at the University of Central Florida, provides some tips on how instructors can allow their personalities to show when teaching online. She states that when you are teaching online, you don't have to "lose your personal touch with your students."

1. Create an introduction assignment the first week of class.
2. Start an online discussion that can be shared with the rest of the class.
3. Have students create their own blog.